Todays Latest Updates: 21 July 2026

Ammonia production: Chile. Chilean renewables Consorcio Austral submitted the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a $4.7bn green hydrogen and ammonia project in the Magallanes Province of Chile, as it targets construction in 2029. The Acuario Project aims to produce one million tonnes of green ammonia annually for export to end-users in industry, mobility, and chemicals, or using it as a carrier for green hydrogen. It details plans to install 1.73GW of wind turbines, a 220kV underground power line, battery energy storage, water desalination, electrolysis to produce 240,000 tonnes of green hydrogen, air separation for nitrogen, and Haber-Bosch synthesis. Link 21/07/2026.

Hydrogen: Oman. Kanadevia Corp has signed a partnership agreement with Oman’s Bahwan Engineering Company (BEC) to jointly pursue green hydrogen and other low-carbon fuel initiatives in Oman. The partnership will combine Kanadevia’s water electrolysis stack technology, a core component of hydrogen production systems, with BEC’s local engineering and construction capabilities, as well as its established customer base. Link 21/07/2026.

Policy: European Union. Hydrogen Europe indicated that the European Commission’s revision of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and its Electrification Action Plan bring important implications for the hydrogen sector. The ETS revision introduces a conditional allowance scheme that links part of the free allocation to investment in clean processes, which is expected to accelerate final investment decisions for decarbonisation technologies like hydrogen. It also strengthens rules to ensure more revenues are directed to industrial decarbonisation at the member state level. the proposed extension of the “conditional allowance” logic to the aviation and maritime segments. Hydrogen Europe, however, added it regrets the easing of the EU ETS ambition through the scheme’s linear reduction factor. Link 21/07/2026.

Policy: United Kingdom. UK’s Department for Transport has published details of its proposed strategy for allocating contracts under the Revenue Certainty Mechanism (RCM), which is intended to give advanced sustainable aviation fuel producers and investors the confidence they need to build and scale first-of-a-kind SAF production plants in the UK. The proposed size of SAF Allocation Round 1 will have the aim of supporting up to 230,000 tons of annual SAF production capacity. A larger and more technology diverse second round is likely to take place a year after SAF AR1 contracts have been awarded. Link 21/07/2026.