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MAN Energy Solutions, ANDRITZ Hydro to produce hydrogen from hydropower

Renewable Energy World

MAN Energy Solutions and ANDRITZ Hydro have completed a strategic framework agreement to jointly develop international projects for the production of green hydrogen from hydropower. H2 Global is a market-based funding platform that aims to promote the market launch of green hydrogen and hydrogen-based power-to-X products.

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European Hydropower Dawdles as Hydrogen and Batteries Soar

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It’s the oldest and the biggest of all the clean energy technologies, but hydro has an uncertain role in Europe’s decarbonization plans. In the meantime, green hydrogen and batteries pose a rising threat to hydropower plants and their future profits. The challenge from batteries and green hydrogen.

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IHA paper: Couple green hydrogen with hydropower to create a net-zero future

Renewable Energy World

The International Hydropower Association (IHA) has released a research and policy paper that outlines how hydropower could be pivotal in supporting growth in green hydrogen. Looking ahead hydropower could potentially supply at least 1,000 TWh of the additional electricity demand required in IRENA’s 2050 scenario.

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Hydropower and green hydrogen sectors collaborate to achieve net zero

Renewable Energy World

The newly formed Green Hydrogen Organisation (GH2) and the International Hydropower Association (IHA) have set out a mutually strengthening vision of how their two sectors can collaborate and contribute to tackling climate change. The Green Hydrogen Organisation will promote the production and use of green hydrogen.

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Hydropower Jostles for Role in Global Green Recovery Programs

GreenTechMedia

The world’s hydropower developers want a seat at the green recovery funding table alongside other key decarbonization technologies such as wind, solar, batteries and green hydrogen. That’s equivalent to a 65 percent increase on current global hydropower capacity, according to the IHA’s 2020 Hydropower Status Report.

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Axpo to produce hydrogen at 43.4-MW Eglisau-Glattfelden hydropower plant

Renewable Energy World

Axpo plans to produce green hydrogen by building a production facility at its 43.4-MW MW Eglisau-Glattfelden hydropower plant on the Rhine River in Switzerland, the first of several hydrogen facilities Axpo will commission in the coming years. If demand for hydrogen grows as expected, plant capacity can be doubled to 5 MW.

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Brookfield Renewable, Plug Power partner on hydropower-fueled hydrogen plant

Renewable Energy World

announced plans to build a green hydrogen production plant, which would use 100% renewable energy from Brookfield Renewable’s 252-MW Holtwood hydroelectric facility. Green hydrogen from this facility will support decarbonization of the transportation and logistics industries in the Northeast and the mid-Atlantic. Plug Power Inc.