Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from India and around the world:

Power solutions provider Cummins has collaborated with engineering, procurement, and construction company Tecnimont, the Indian subsidiary of Marie Tecnimont Group, to build what is considered India’s largest proton exchange membrane electrolyzer for GAIL in Madhya Pradesh. Cummins said the project would produce 4.3 tons of green hydrogen per day, which is equivalent to ~10 MW of electrical power input. Cummins has supplied and commissioned over 600 electrolyzers globally with PEM and alkaline technologies.

The U.S. Department of Energy announced funding of $8 million for six solar energy research projects across six states and the District of Columbia to support agrivoltaics. The funding aims to create new economic opportunities for farmers, rural communities, and the solar sector. The department will also help co-locate agricultural production and solar energy generation on the same land. To date, less than 2% of solar energy projects in the U.S. are co-located with crops or pollinator habitats. The projects will analyze multiple configurations of solar system design, crops and cultivation methods, and soil and environmental conditions.

Electric vehicle (EV) battery maker SK On signed a memorandum of understanding with sustainable mobility solutions provider Hyundai Motor Group to supply batteries to Hyundai’s EV assembly plants in the U.S., where it plans to manufacture diverse EV models. The two companies will also avail of the EV tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act, which requires the final assembly of EVs within North America.

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) and Honda Motor (China) Investment Co. jointly announced that from 2024 through 2030, Honda would buy 123 GWh of batteries from CATL for EVs in China. CATL will produce the batteries at its manufacturing base in Yichun, Jiangxi. The two companies signed a pact in 2020 to form a comprehensive strategic alliance on new energy vehicle batteries. This has helped them collaborate in a broad range of areas, including a stable supply mechanism and the recycling and reuse of batteries.

The government informed the Lok Sabha that oil and gas marketing companies participating in the Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) program had issued 3,694 letters of intent until October 2022 to entrepreneurs to procure compressed biogas (CBG). The program aims to set up 5,000 plants by 2023-24 to produce 15 million metric tons of CBG per annum. The government said that these companies had commissioned 38 CBG/ biogas plants with an installed capacity of around 225 metric tons per annum.

Technology group Wartsila inked a contract with EDF Renewables UK and Ireland to deliver a 50 MW/ 100 MWh lithium-ion storage facility in Sundon, Bedfordshire, UK. As part of a new Energy Superhub in the region, the facility will be equipped to store sufficient electricity to power 100,000 homes for two hours. It would bolster EV charging infrastructure and electrification of public transport. The latest deal for the 50 MW project was included in Wartsila’s order book in the fourth quarter of 2022. Construction work is likely to begin by spring 2023.

EDF Renewables North America entered into an agreement with a Brookfield Renewable company Luminace under which Luminace will acquire a 21.6 MW portfolio of three community solar marine projects— Overlook Solar in Bristol, Tower Solar in Embden, and Green Mile Solar in Woolwich. The projects have been developed by EDF Renewables, which will serve as the EPC contractor throughout the construction phase. Luminace would be the long-term owner and operator of each project. The projects are expected to generate 27,600 MWh of low-carbon energy annually, enough to power ~8,400 homes in Maine, equivalent to mitigating over 19,560 metric tons of carbon emissions annually.