In June,the Clean Hydrogen Partnership and the European Commission organised Hydrogen Valley Days to publicise existing Valleys as well as discussing future actions to develop new Valleys. The Days consisted of a two day conference in Brussels with the aim of creating new Valleys across Europe. It also looked at the progress of current Valleys,…

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The North Sea Hydrogen Valley Ports project has been approved by the North Sea INTERREG Monitoring Committee.   The project was approved on 25 October and is due to start on 1 January 2024. The aim of the project is to deliver four Hydrogen Valley Port Master Plans in Bremen, Brest, den Helder and Esbjerg.  The…

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I am in Netherlands this week for two Conferences. The World Hydrogen Derivatives Conference held in Rotterdam on Monday and Tuesday and then the Wins Meets Gas 2023 Conference in Groningen on Thursday and Friday. In Rotterdam, the World Hydrogen Derivatives Conference was part of the World Hydrogen Leaders Conference. There was a Panel Session…

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On 28 September 2023, the European Commission organised a half day workshop with the newly created European Hydrogen Bank, the European Investment Bank and H2Global Foundation to outline their intentions on Hydrogen Import Auctions into the European Union. The European Commission wants to hold this import auction in the first half of 2024 and wanted…

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The European Union and the United Kingdom Government have finally come to an Agreement concerning the UK’s entry into the Horizon Europe Programme as an Associate Member.  It is an “in principle” Agreement and also includes the Copernicus Programme.  Entry into both Programmes were part of the Trade and Co-operation Agreement but this has been…

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There are just seven days to go before the “Developing A European Hydrogen Market: Import and Export of Hydrogen in the North Sea Region” Conference is held in Edinburgh on Wednesday 17 May 2023 and there are some places still available. Scotland and the United Kingdom are well-placed to begin to export green hydrogen to…

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