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SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

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Fluor, a global engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance company, which has best-in-class experience in building hydrogen-from-gasification plants, will provide front-end engineering and design for the Lancaster facility.

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IISA study proposes using airships for efficient cargo or hydrogen transportation

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In the study, researchers from IIASA, Brazil, Germany, and Malaysia looked into how an airship-based industry could be developed using the jet stream as the energy medium to transport cargo around the world. The jet stream is a core of strong winds that flows from west to east, around 8 to 12 kilometers above the Earth’s surface.

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JARE investing AUD200M in Lynas Rare Earths; heavy rare earths for Japan

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The new agreements will further strengthen the Lynas balance sheet and support funding of capital projects designed to meet accelerating global demand for rare earth materials. Australia-based Lynas Rare Earths Limited has signed new agreements with Japan Australia Rare Earths B.V. LRE supplied to Japan by Lynas from Mt.

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Pensana plans $125M rare earth separation facility in England

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The global rare earth market, driven by demand from industries including electric vehicles and offshore wind, is expected to increase five-fold by 2030 and the NdPr oxide price is forecast to increase at a CAGR of 4.8 - 9.9%, underpinning strong economics for the investment. China currently supplies 98% of Europe’s rare earth magnets.

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The Coming Boom in Rare Earths

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Perhaps most importantly, though, they’re essential components of the permanent magnets used in the motors of most electric vehicles and many appliances, and also in the generators in most wind turbines. Wind turbines, too. And they’re operating a big plant in Malaysia, if I’m not mistaken. access to rare earths.

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