P2X Solutions is injecting renewable e-methane produced at its plant in Finland into the country’s natural gas network, enabling distribution to domestic customers and access to other European markets via the Balticconnector pipeline. Gasgrid, Finland’s state-owned gas transmission system operator, has issued the country’s first guarantees of origin for renewable e-methane produced at the facility. The certificates enable the renewable origin of the synthetic methane to be documented and verified, allowing customers to distinguish it from fossil natural gas. E-methane is produced by combining renewable hydrogen with captured carbon dioxide, creating a synthetic gas that can be transported and used through existing natural gas infrastructure. “Gasgrid has been issuing guarantees of origin for biomethane for almost five years and for hydrogen for around a year,” said the Finnish company. The issuance of the first e-methane certificates marks a further step in Finland’s efforts to integrate renewable gases into its energy system and facilitate their trade across European markets.tself. 

Stargate Hydrogen launched a proprietary ceramic catalyst that reportedly increases the output efficiency of its alkaline electrolysers stacks to 48 kWh/kg while eliminating all dependency on iridium and other platinum-group metals (PGMs). The product is available in stacks up to 0.5 MW, with integration into the 5 MW stack underway. “Stargate Hydrogen’s factory currently produces 140 MW annually, with capacity expandable to 1 GW+ through incremental investment,” said the Estonia-based company.

ITM Power announced that its build-own-operate (BOO) subsidiary, Hydropulse, has signed Heads of Terms with a European oil refinery for a large-scale green hydrogen project.

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