World news: China, Malaysia, Norway, Sweden, Singapore and Western Australia, South Korea

Shell has started production at a 20MW electrolyser in Zhangjiakou, China, which will supply about half of the wind-powered green hydrogen for fuel cell vehicles at the competition zone in Hebei province during the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, set to begin on 4 February 2022.
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Malaysia could gain a new large-scale clean hydrogen project with Lotte Chemical, Samsung Engineering, POSCO, and Malaysia SEDC Energy partnering to accelerate hydrogen adoption.
By producing hydrogen at the Sarawak site, the annual production of the project could see 7,000 of green hydrogen tonnes per year enter the Malaysian markets in addition to being exported.
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Norway has announced plans introduce hydrogen powered ferries. The Norwegian Public Roads Administration and operator Torghatten Nord AS signed the contract, reported to be worth NOK 4.9 billion ($550 million).
Torghatten Nord has contracted Norwegian Ship Design to design the new vessels, planned to be 120 m long and with capacity to carry 120 cars and 599 passengers. The new vessel's fuel consumption will be 5 to 6 tonnes of hydrogen per day, and the contract stipulates that only green hydrogen is to be used.
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The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency is supporting the development of two new hydrogen stations in the country to support the transition to clean transportation. Everfuel confirmed that it has received two grants valued at SEK 45m ($4.7m) for the stations that are set to be developed with OKQ8 as part of an ongoing collaboration.
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The InterContinental Energy company behind two proposed green hydrogen megaprojects in Western Australia – the 26GW Asian Renewable Energy Hub and the 50GW Western Green Energy Hub – has received the backing of Singapore’s US$744 billion sovereign wealth fund GIC.
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South Korea‘s two port cities, Busan and Ulsan, along with the southern province of Gyeongsang will adopt a total of 624 hydrogen fuel cell buses with the ultimate goal of replacing public buses with internal combustion engines by 2025. This is all thanks to state funding of about 300 million won, about $252,000.
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