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The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand has team up with six Thai and Japanese firms to explore hydrogen fuel usage at the Map Ta Phut and Smart Park industrial estates. This initiative is part of efforts aimed at combating global warming.

Indonesia’s state-owned electricity company PT PLN has entered into a collaboration with ACWA Power and PT Pupuk Indonesia this month to develop green hydrogen for ammonia manufacturing in Gresik, East Java.

British entrepreneur Dale Vince plans to launch an electric airline called Ecojet that will be powered using renewable energy.

Plans to produce up to 3.5 million tons of green hydrogen a year from 50 GW of wind and solar in Western Australia have a major new backer, with Korean energy giant Kepco signing up to develop the “ultrascale project.”

Japan plans to invest 15 trillion yen ($107.5 billion) over next 15 years to supply the country with hydrogen, the government said on June 6, as it speeds up efforts to use the gas to shift to a low carbon economy.

BP recently announced plans to invest up to 2 billion euros ($2.12 billion) in its Spanish refinery to produce low-carbon hydrogen and biofuels through the HyVal project.

The European Union countries failed to adopt climate diplomacy conclusions scheduled for Monday due to a developing split over the role of nuclear energy in the green transition, according to EU officials.

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The European Commission on Monday proposed regulations that could allow some hydrogen produced in nuclear-based energy systems to contribute toward EU renewable energy objectives, signaling a victory for pro-nuclear France.

Canadian start-up EverWind Fuels has secured the first environmental approval for the first phase of its commercial-scale green hydrogen and green ammonia plant in North America.

France is spearheading a campaign to have the European Union acknowledge low-carbon hydrogen produced by nuclear power in its renewable energy rules, but some member states are opposed to the notion, fearing it will undermine efforts to quickly scale up w