Hydrogen
Introduction For the last 4 years, we have seen the world of energy going from globalization to an era of political energy. More and more the energy map is merging with the political map.And 2026 started in the same direction with the “kidnapping” of Venezuela president by the USA. Beyond the political aspect, it rose […]
Introduction The key difference between Blue and Green Hydrogen is the production process. Historically, Hydrogen is produced from Natural Gas through Steam Methane Reforming. It is what we call Grey Hydrogen. This process releases massive volumes of CO2 into the atmosphere. To reduce this carbon footprint, we can capture the CO2 and, either store […]
The independent Texas-based company Next Decade LLC (NextDecade) started the pre-filling process in view to obtain the Federal Energy Regulatory (FERC) approval for its liquefied natural gas (LNG) Rio Grande LNG export terminal project to be located at the Port of Brownsville on the Texas Gulf Coast, at the boarder between Mexico and USA. NextDecade […]
When President Trump reintroduced tariffs on imported goods, the move was framed as a push to protect American manufacturing, but of course Trump Tariffs also impact US energy Projects. The policy imposes steep duties on a wide range of equipment sourced from countries like China, India, Brazil and key European suppliers. For US energy projects, […]
This article “Where has the Hydrogen market gone?” has been written by 2B1st Consulting fueled by the data from Project Smart Explorer for a publication in Vulkan-Verlag publication. Analysis and comments reflect our vision of the Hydrogen market evolution along the last few years, tracing projects and working with many actors of this supply chain. […]
A pool of international and national oil companies (IOCs) and (NOCs) involving BP, Eni, Equinor, Occidental Petroleum (Oxy), Shell, Total and Lotte Chemical are mobilizing their competences and financial capacities to develop a large scale carbon capture usage and sequestration (CCUS) named BP Net Zero Teesside Blue Hydrogen at one of the largest industrial area […]
The Netherlands’ independent green fuel company, SwitcH2, and the independent floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel engineer and operator, BW Offshore, are considering developing the SwitcH2 NH3 OFFSET FPSO Green Ammonia, a green ammonia floating production unit. The Dutch government plans to reduce by 2030 its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 45% compared to […]
