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UAE commissioning first

green hydrogen plant

UAE EMIRATI Energy and Infrastructure Minister According to a joint statement: “The Alliance
Suhail Al Mazrouei announced that the UAE partners will collaborate to establish Abu Dhabi
will this week commission its first green hydro- as a trusted leader of low-carbon green and blue
gen plant to produce clean transportation fuels hydrogen in emerging international markets.
for use during the Dubai Expo 2020 due to take They will also work together to build a substan-
place later this year. tial green hydrogen economy in the UAE.”
The minister told a press conference at the The focus of the alliance will be domestic
launch of World Utilities Congress in Abu development of the green hydrogen sector,
Dhabi: “This week, in Dubai, we are commis- while ADNOC focus on “blue hydrogen inde-
sioning the first green hydrogen plant that will be pendently within the UAE, leveraging its existing
supplying certain buses and cars that will be used capacity and capabilities”.
during the Expo.” Expo 2020 was delayed until The MoU was signed during a virtual cere-
this year because of the coronavirus (COVID- mony by Mubadala’s managing director and
19) pandemic. CEO Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, UAE Min-
The hydrogen project is being developed ister of Industry and Advanced Technology and
between Dubai Electricity and Water Authority ADNOC Group CEO Sultan Al Jaber and ADQ
(DEWA) and Germany’s Siemens Energy utilis- CEO Mohamed Hassan Alsuwaidi.
ing electrolysis technology at DEWA’s R&D Cen- Al Jaber noted: “This alliance integrates our
tre at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum complementary strengths as industrial, energy
Solar Park. and financial leaders to address the global chal-
Al Mazrouei added that Abu Dhabi Future lenge of meeting energy demand while reducing
Energy Co. (Masdar) has begun an initiative emissions. In addition, this alliance will build on
to use solar PV to produce hydrogen for use in Abu Dhabi and the UAE’s global energy lead-
buses and passenger vehicles and buses at the ership and position as the centre of gravity for
carbon-neutral Masdar City as well as in aviation energy innovation.
fuel to be used by Etihad and Lufthansa. “Working together as an alliance, we will
In January, Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. identify viable international market opportu-
(ADNOC), Mubadala Investment Co. and hold- nities while we develop a roadmap to create
ing company ADQ signed of a memorandum hydrogen production sites in Abu Dhabi, and
of understanding (MoU) to establish the Abu the UAE,” he added.
Dhabi Hydrogen Alliance (ADHA). At present, Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.
The formation of ADHA marks a significant (ADNOC) produces around 300,000 tonnes
step to fulfil plans first noted in November by per year of hydrogen, and has said it will “place
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed special emphasis on blue hydrogen as a major
bin Zayed, vice-chairman of the former Supreme natural gas producer and look to expand its total
Petroleum Council (SPC), when he instructed hydrogen capacity to more than 500,000 tpy”.
ADNOC to “explore potential opportunities in The UAE cabinet approved a policy for
hydrogen with the ambition to position the UAE hydrogen vehicles as efforts focus on increasing
as a hydrogen leader”. domestic hydrogen production.™

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