World news: Portugal, Israel, Trinidad and Tobago, Vietnam, China

Big hitters among GreenH2Atlantic consortium EDPR, Vestas, Engie and Martifer, as well as Portuguese oil & gas group Galp planning to deploy 100MW electrolyser in Portugal.
The €76m project aims to turn a former coal generation site into a ‘hydrogen valley’ showcase for renewable H2, aided by a €30m grant under the EU’s Horizon 2020 Green Deal initiative.
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A survey of 170 energy industry “decision-makers” — including those in oil & gas, power and renewables, and investment firms — has found that 81% are investing in hydrogen, planning to enter the market, or considering doing so.
According to US/UK law firm Womble Bond Dickinson’s 2022 Energy Transition Outlook Survey Report, 31% of respondents said they were already actively operating, investing in or researching blue or green H2, 29% were considering entering the market in the next one to five years, with 21% planning to move into the sector in the coming year.
A total of 67% of respondents said that hydrogen represented the most appealing growth opportunities in the energy space, slightly behind battery storage (69%), but ahead of energy efficiency (58%) and electrification (56%).
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The Israel-based firm Doral has won a NIS 3.3 million grant from the Energy Ministry for a first-of-its-kind project: using a PV facility with a 400 kilowatt (kw) capacity to generate green electricity and, from that, generate green hydrogen.
The facility, located in Kibbutz Yotvata, would generate the green hydrogen for use in industrial infrastructures like transportation systems and industrial plants.
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U.S. engineering company KBR has been awarded a study to help establish a green hydrogen market in Trinidad and Tobago financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
Under the contract, KBR will look into strategies for establishing a green hydrogen economy in the country, consider supply and demand dynamics for green hydrogen generation, transportation, and end-use applications.
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Offshore wind developer Enterprize Energy and the Vietnamese Institute of Energy have teamed for a study assessing “green hydrogen’s potential to supercharge Vietnam’s energy capabilities.”
Enterprize is proposing to produce more than 330,000 tonnes of green hydrogen for export and domestic consumption annually, as part of its Energy Plus model. This approach would convert seawater to green hydrogen via large-scale offshore turbines connected to adjacent electrolysers.
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An established Chinese bicycle-sharing platform, YouOn has launched its first in-house hydrogen-powered bicycles to the public on 22 December 2021. Currently, these bicycles are only offered in Changzhou urban city area in the Jiangsu province of China. As of the launch day, there are 1000 of these bicycles offered in the area at a rental price of 2 RMB per 20 minutes.
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