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In an effort to boost Greece’s decarbonization efforts and phase out the country’s polluting lignite plants, a group of companies formed by the largest energy groups in the country have submitted the national proposal for White Dragon, in the framework of the Greek call for expression of interest for Hydrogen Important Projects of Common European Interest. “The White Dragon project indeed involves in the first line renewably produced hydrogen. The vast space of the lignite fields allows especially solar production,” Hydrogen Europe Secretary General Jorgo Chatzimarkakis t...

And this list will undoubtedly grow in the coming weeks and months as more companies seek to get an early foot in the door of what is expected to be an enormous and potentially lucrative new sector. Let's not forget that despite the massive potential for green hydrogen to decarbonise transport, heating and heavy industry, this is still a nascent sector — the largest electrolyser currently in operation is only 20MW. The thinking behind leaping from megawatt-scale to gigawatt-scale is that the future demand for green H 2 will be gigantic, and that costs can be quickly driven down through econ...