Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 17, 2024

H2 can be used carbon emission-free, but the way it is produced can make a difference A few years ago, we published a list of the most common hydrogen colors on Hydrogen Fuel News. Until a better system is in place, hydrogen colors can be helpful in these areas. Hydrogen FAQ’s Q1: What are hydrogen colors?

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Hydrogen can be used in innovative ways in industries like steel manufacturing (image credit: Zhang Sheng / Shutterstock.com) In a bid to elevate transparency and confidence in the UK’s low carbon hydrogen sector, the UK government has outlined plans for “a globally recognised low carbon hydrogen certification scheme.”

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

DeSmog analysed examples of more than 100 influencers being paid to promote fossil fuel firms worldwide since 2017, from the US to Malaysia, in campaigns that have reached billions of people. While there’s more knowledge in general around climate change and the harms of fossil fuels, I think that people have a lot of trust in creators.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

Keep your eyes on these 9 electric truck and van companies in 2021. Mon, 01/04/2021 - 02:00. Here’s a look at what nine big-name players accomplished over the past 12 months, and what to keep an eye on in 2021. Ford is promising that the E-Transit van will be available starting in late 2021. Mike De Socio.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 8, 2023

Although there are many human activities that impact global warming, there are two that are its greatest contributors: deforestation and, above all, the burning of fossil fuels. Steinberger wrote in Climática , “This is a crucial point to understand: fossil fuel companies are not energy companies. ExxonMobil.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand? One novel spin on emerging hydrogen fuel options is "clean hydrogen" made from trash. . Green hydrogen — made by splitting water’s hydrogen and oxygen using electricity produced by renewable sources — is a small fish in the "energies pond."

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 3, 2023

Even more unpopular is the province providing financial subsidies to fossil fuel companies to encourage more LNG exports, with nearly half disagreeing with this idea (47.5%) compared to 30.5% who would support fossil fuel subsidies. Among NDP and undecided voters, opposition is even higher.

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Charged

JULY 9, 2023

In a recent article for CleanTechnica , he discusses the latest edition of the US National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap , a policy document that the DOE produces and updates periodically. As Barnard sees it, the wrong federal department is in charge of US hydrogen policy.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2021

As global efforts to ramp up the hydrogen industry gain support with big government subsidies, new research casts increasing doubt on the climate credentials of the main recipient of that support, so-called “blue” hydrogen, which is extracted from natural gas and paired with carbon capture technology.

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CleanTech Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In 2021, 98% of hydrogen was produced from fossil fuels—global emissions reached over 900 Mt of carbon dioxide amounting to 2.5%

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Green hydrogen produced from renewable energy, such as solar and wind, is expected by many to play a major role in the energy system of the future. The green fuel can be used for trucks and other heavy-duty vehicles, and it can also be a way of storing energy from renewable sources when the sun is not shining, and the wind is not blowing.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 25, 2023

For the last several months, one of the nation’s largest pipeline operators has gone from one local government meeting on the Navajo Nation to another, outlining plans for what could end up being the country’s longest hydrogen pipeline. On the Navajo Nation, climate change and fossil fuel development aren’t mental exercises.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Photos I shot in 2022 for DeSmog capture damage from extreme weather events and the continued expansion of the fossil fuel industry — the dominant industry causing global warming. They claim carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) and the expansion of the so-called blue hydrogen industry are climate solutions.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 22, 2021

Former UK Energy Minister and original COP26 President Claire O’Neill has been cleared to take up a role at a business consultancy known for running “astroturf” campaigns for fossil fuel companies, despite warnings from the body that approves such appointments. FTI’s Brussels headquarters is the same as that of the Hydrogen Council.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

I live in South Louisiana on the front lines of the climate crisis and cover the fossil fuel industry and impacts related to the warming planet, so facing gaslighting is a regular occurrence for me. They want to keep saying blue hydrogen, because hydrogen gets this rap for being a clean burning fuel.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Nearly two thirds of social media posts put out by six major European fossil fuel and energy companies since the end of 2019 present a “green” image of the company, despite the majority of their business activity remaining in fossil fuels, reveals new analysis by Desmog.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 14, 2022

Coal is the most polluting fossil fuel. Fossil fuels are primarily composed of carbon and hydrogen. When hydrocarbons are combusted, the carbon forms carbon dioxide and the hydrogen forms water vapor. 2021 Consumption and Production Statistics. Below were the world’s Top 10 coal consumers in 2021.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 15, 2023

If there was a common theme at the second annual Canadian Hydrogen Convention, held in Edmonton Alberta this spring, it was the hydrogen industry’s effort to move away from “blue hydrogen” and other color-coded descriptions. Vera-Perez did not respond to DeSmog’s request for comment. Howarth, the David R.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 12, 2023

A hydrogen industry lobby group has produced a comic book aimed at high schoolers that suggests solar and wind power are incapable of fueling decarbonization goals, and that only hydrogen fuel cells provide sufficient energy to eliminate fossil fuels.

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Business Green

AUGUST 19, 2021

Steel produced using hydrogen at HYBRIT plant in Sweden delivered to Volvo which is set to produce its first vehicles using the material by the end of 2021. In April, Volvo committed to producing its first vehicles using fossil-free steel by the end of 2021 with small scale production starting next year.

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2022

Thanks to declining upfront EV costs, a widening range of available plug-in models, tighter CO2 standards, and increasingly demanding deadlines for phasing out the sale of new fossil fuel vehicles across Europe, the shift away from petrol and diesel is poised to rapidly accelerate, according to the analysis from the Platform for Electromobility.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Most H2 is produced using fossil fuels like natural gas, but can the right methods make that green? The term “clean hydrogen” doesn’t have a specific official definition, but on the whole, it tends to refer to H2 that is produced in a way that doesn’t generate carbon emissions.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 7, 2021

billion from South Korea’s SK Group, to be used for boosting hydrogen fuel cells and green hydrogen electrolyzers as a cleaner source of energy for transport and industry throughout Asian markets. But policy support for green hydrogen in the U.S. Green hydrogen growth plans. Plug Power has raised $1.5

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Governments need to move faster and more decisively on policy measures to enable low-carbon hydrogen to help the world reach net-zero while boosting energy security. Currently, 17 governments have released hydrogen strategies, and more than 20 others have publicly announced strategies are in the works.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

A new and seemingly ground-breaking hydrogen combustion technology is to be trialled at Bruichladdich Distillery’s operations on Islay. UK based green-hydrogen firm Protium is working with partner ITPEnergised (ITPE) on the pilot project, which received the go-ahead on 24 November. The method. Potential for other applications.

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Business Green

JUNE 1, 2021

Letter from 50 campaign groups urges government to heed recent advice of International Energy Agency that growing fossil fuel supply is incompatible with a 1.5C The court ruling was hailed by climate campaigners as a watershed moment that could potentialy pave the way for other climate litigation against major fossil fuel firms.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

After all, a substantial fraction of global carbon emissions arise from the production, transportation, and consumption of fossil fuels. Today, I want to discuss the role of hydrogen as a way of improving ESG metrics. The Role of Hydrogen. One of those pillars is “Hydrogen and hydrogen?based based fuels.”.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 29, 2021

” Now its next milestone could be as one of the first 100-megawatt scale green hydrogen sites in Europe. Vattenfall acknowledged last year that the plant was not economically viable and would be closed down in 2021. Swedish state-owned Vattenfall is aiming to close all its remaining fossil-fuel generation by 2030.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Green Hydrogen is the trendiest clean energy source around, touted for its ‘simple’ ability to turn water into a highly combustible energy source capable of replacing our demand for oil and gas. However, the costs of green hydrogen are significant and unviable from a commercial perspective, at this point in time.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The way we power our aircraft will be a big part of achieving that goal, and this exciting project to make aviation fuel from air and water shows how it might be done.". Zero Petroleum and the RAF launched Project MARTIN in June 2021, developing ZERO SynAvGas over five months with negative carbon technology company IGTL Technology.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 14, 2022

Commercial rents in downtown Calgary are on the rise, and long-thought dead fossil-fuel export projects have zombified. Previous high oil and gas price cycles have driven consumers to purchase more efficient cars and better insulate their homes, while the business community found ways to use less fossil fuel. And the U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The newly formed Green Hydrogen Organisation (GH2) and the International Hydropower Association (IHA) have set out a mutually strengthening vision of how their two sectors can collaborate and contribute to tackling climate change. The Green Hydrogen Organisation will promote the production and use of green hydrogen.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 19, 2021

Source: IEA World Energy Investment 2021 Note: Companies included are the Majors (Shell, BP, Total, Chevron, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips) and selected others: ADNOC, CNPC, CNOOC, Equinor, Gazprom, Kuwait Petroleum, Lukoil, Petrobras, Repsol, Rosneft, Saudi Aramco, Sinopec and Sonatrach. The Oil and Gas Industry’s Eye for Hydrogen.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

These were the APPGs on Net Zero, Hydrogen and Carbon Monoxide. At least 12 APPGs have oil and gas connections – from direct funding or services via think tanks, to administrative support by industry associations, or having fossil fuel companies as “external members”. Policy Connect did not respond when contacted for comment.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

A new report from clean transport consultancy CALSTART found that there are some 5,480 full-size zero-emission buses in operation in the US—an increase of 66 percent since 2021—and another 859 in Canada. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which became law in November of 2021, has made historic levels of funding available.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Long-awaited Energy White Paper set to be unleashed alongside plan to establish domestic UK emissions trading scheme from 2021. A raft of further net zero policy plans are also expected in 2021 as the government seeks to cement its position as a global climate leader ahead of the summit in Glasgow next year.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Twenty-five startups joined our community in the final months of 2021, working on innovations as diverse as solar-plus-storage for blackouts, plastic and tire recycling, geothermal power generation, and construction-less dam electrification. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you! Electricity.

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