GreenTechMedia

JULY 1, 2020

Green hydrogen may get all the headlines, but the prospect of it fueling Europe's future hydrogen economy on its own looks increasingly questionable. Blue hydrogen is produced from natural gas, with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology scooping up the resulting CO2. Meanwhile, the U.K.

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FuelCellsWorks

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

GRENOBLE– HRS, a European designer and manufacturer of hydrogen refueling stations, is taking part in the 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) due to take place from November 30 to December 12, 2023 in Dubai.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 8, 2021

A multi-partner plan involving the Port of Cromarty Firth has been launched to establish a green hydrogen hub in the Highlands that “will see Scotland lead the world in hydrogen technology”, as its backers put it. One of its projects will provide distilleries in the region with hydrogen. A map showing key locations.

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2021

Shell this afternoon began operations of Europe's largest PEM hydrogen electrolyser at its Energy and Chemicals Park in south west Germany, pledging to deliver up to 1,300 tonnes of green hydrogen a year from the trail-blazing facility. We are a hydrogen region," said Armin Laschet, North Rhine-Westphalia's Minister-President.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The UK government announced backing for 11 new projects to produce green hydrogen from electrolysis, on 14 December, in addition to giving a tentative green light to hydrogen blending in existing gas distribution networks. InchDairnie Distillery in Scotland, who plan to run a boiler on 100% hydrogen for use in their distilling process.

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GreenBiz

MAY 18, 2022

Dependence on imported fossil fuels can never deliver the energy security we need – nor does it allow us to address global climate change. Offshore wind and renewable power-to-X will play a crucial role in decarbonizing Europe and promoting energy security, but several obstacles are holding back its full potential.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 24, 2023

To mitigate climate change, it is crucial to stop using all fossil fuels, to ban new natural gas boilers, and to massively ramp up renewable electricity production. To replace Russian pipeline gas, European Member States have turned to liquid natural gas (LNG) from outside Europe. “We

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The report plots out the steps required to stay within 2 degrees of warming, finding that Western Europe and the U.S. ’s climate change board. CCS and green hydrogen will both be “vital," despite neither having yet been deployed commercially at scale. China takes a big step.

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CleanTech Group

JULY 13, 2020

Green industries are about to be flooded with billions in investments from governments eager to rebound from COVID-19 and fight climate change. This month, Europe unveiled its hydrogen strategy including: Plans increase production capacity six-fold by.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Among other things, that shall remain nameless, 2020 has been notable for the rush of activity in the green hydrogen space. Using renewable-powered electrolyzers to create low-carbon hydrogen can squeeze emissions out of sectors where direct electrification isn’t going to cut it. This is how it began. Driving demand.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

The European Commission is facing calls to assess the climate impact of scores of proposed hydrogen projects after data revealed that 90 percent of them could be used to prolong the use of planet-warming natural gas. Climate change is accelerating and droughts and floods are hitting our continent,” she said.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 15, 2024

Plug Power and MOL Group Set to Inaugurate a Major Green Hydrogen Plant In an era where climate action has become critical, two influential companies are taking a significant step forward. This unit is expected to churn out approximately 1,600 tonnes of green hydrogen annually.

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Charged

JANUARY 21, 2021

Most automakers may have rejected hydrogen as an energy storage medium for passenger vehicles ( Toyota is the notable exception), but the technology may yet find applications for industrial processes, and in other forms of transportation such as aviation and shipping. The Strategy is supported by a federal investment of $1.5

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 11, 2020

Europe is crafting a €750 billion recovery package in response to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. That could enable hundreds of billions more for renewables, efficiency, clean public transport and hydrogen. Climate Change News: Spain Unveils Climate Law to Cut Emissions to Net Zero by 2050.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 23, 2021

This year’s COP26 summit is widely viewed as one of the last chances to fulfil the 2015 Paris climate agreement and ensure meaningful progress is made towards tackling our net zero targets and the climate emergency. We must ask ourselves – does hydrogen have a wider future? Accelerating hydrogen activity.

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FuelCellsWorks

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Sicily is poised to become a pivotal renewable energy hub in Southern Europe, amidst the pressing challenges of climate change and the escalating costs of

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2024

by Stuart Stone ( @sstone26 ) Unlawful: High Court rules UK's climate plan is in breach of Climate Change Act Court rules in favour of campaigners, who argued plan relied too much on risky technologies and did not adequately consider risks of missing targets. -

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 18, 2021

The UK government has today (Tuesday 17 August) unveiled its long-awaited strategy for developing a hydrogen energy economy. By Kevin Ross, Editor-in-Chief of Enlit Europe and Power Engineering International. Read more: Massive 50-GW wind, solar, hydrogen power plant with unique ownership model announced in Australia.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Global energy companies TotalEnergies and Air Liquide have partnered with French construction firm VINCI and a group of international companies to launch what they are calling the world’s largest clean hydrogen infrastructure fund. Read more: Europe’s offshore wind to green hydrogen plan won’t work for the US, report finds.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 16, 2022

SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall are inaugurating HYBRIT’s pilot facility for fossil-free hydrogen storage at Svartöberget in Luleå, Sweden. The hydrogen storage facility aims to play a very important role in the overall value chain for fossil-free iron and steel production. HYBRIT pilot hydrogen storage Luleå. Courtesy Vattenfall.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The Scottish city of Aberdeen has launched a fleet of 15 hydrogen-powered double-decker buses. Since the discovery of North Sea oil in the 1970s, it has also been known as the offshore oil capital of Europe. Aberdeen’s municipal fleet already includes some hydrogen- and electric-powered council vans and road sweepers. “At

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Business Green

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Two firms to explore potential for shifting away from fossil fuels and harnessing hydrogen to power British Airways' future fleet. By 2027, the company also plans to have hydrogen technologies in service capable of powering commercial aircraft carrying up to 100 people, ramping up to journeys of over 1,000 miles by 2030.

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Business Green

JULY 8, 2020

European Commission outlines its ambition to ramp up the bloc's hydrogen capacity 40-fold over the next 10 years, focusing primarily on green hydrogen infrastructure. The Commission said its priority would be to develop green hydrogen, produced by electrolysers powered by renewable energy.

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 17, 2021

Helios should be fully operational by 2025 and produce 650 tons of hydrogen a day by means of electrolysis – enough for conversion to 1.2 Price of the hydrogen is expected to be in the range of $1.50 It will be among the world’s biggest green hydrogen makers when it opens in the planned megacity of Neom in 2025.

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2022

The prospect of sustainable aviation powered by hydrogen edged a step closer today, after ZeroAvia announced plans to construct two commercial-scale mobile hydrogen refuelers. ZeroAvia's zero-emission powertrains use hydrogen fuel in a fuel cell to create a chemical reaction which produces electricity.

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Business Green

AUGUST 17, 2021

BusinessGreen rounds up all the reaction from politicians, green business figures, NGOs, investors and think tanks to the government's long-awaited Hydrogen Strategy. Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said: "Today marks the start of the UK's hydrogen revolution. It has finally arrived.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Iberdrola, Ørsted, ACWA Power, CWP Renewables, Envision, Yara and Snam lead UN-backed drive to halve cost of hydrogen by 2026. The world urgently needs to massively ramp up deployment of breakthrough solutions like green hydrogen," said Nigel Topping, COP26 High Level Champion for Global Climate Action, and former CEO of We Mean Business.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Several green hydrogen production plants across the North of England and Scotland among host of energy projects to secure BEIS funding. Gas network companies are already world-leading when it comes to innovating and readying our infrastructure to deliver hydrogen to consumers," he said. "We

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

Carbon Clean awarded major contract by Acorn Project, as plans announced for major new Teesside CCS power project and proposals unveiled for world-leading hydrogen storage facilities. Sembcorp Energy UK (SEUK) and US clean energy innovation firm 8 Rivers Capital, acting through its UK subsidiary Zero Degrees Whitetail Development Ltd.

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GreenBiz

JULY 29, 2020

Mary Wroten, director of sustainability at Ford, told GreenBiz that Ford is aiming for 2050 to align with the Paris Commitments and because "anything after 2050 is unacceptable climate change risk.". Several big European and Asian automakers already have started down this road. What do you think?

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Business Green

JUNE 15, 2021

National Grid's Antony Green sets out the company's wish list for the government's hotly-anticipated Hydrogen Strategy which is expected to emerge summer 2021. With expectations for 2021 as a milestone year for climate change as COP26 fast approaches, hydrogen is one of a few key areas government is exploring that could help achieve net zero.

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2021

A pioneering green steelmaking plant in Sweden has successfully demonstrated the feasibility of using fossil fuel-free hydrogen gas rather than coking coal for production processes, marking a "critical milestone" on the road to decarbonising the steel industry, according to the companies behind the high profile project.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 5, 2022

This will deliver 90% fewer emissions than other aircrafts when launched in 2026 and will run entirely on hydrogen by 2030 through fuel cell technology. Have you read: First-of-its-kind hybrid-electric aircraft takes to the skies Slovenian electric plane “world’s first” to receive official certification Hydrogen-fuelled green freight.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

With so many future energy possibilities, where should you focus your attention - and why should hydrogen be part of your decarbonisation plan? There is strong evidence that decarbonisation and tackling the climate emergency are major concerns for people in Britain. This process produces pure hydrogen, with no harmful by-products.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

It would have been the largest gas plant in Europe and, unsurprisingly, drew the attention of environmental groups. ’s climate change laws. He said the prospects for gas-fired power vary greatly around Europe. The project is being developed to be ready to support “carbon capture and hydrogen."

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Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2021

Last year we saw a genuine step change in ambitions to tackle climate change globally crowned by net zero commitments from Europe and China. The world is expecting a turning point in support for a green economy this year, writes National Grid's COP26 director Duncan Burt. Duncan Burt is COIP26 director at National Grid.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 4, 2022

The project will provide industrial- and commercial-scale demonstration of a complete value chain for hydrogen-based iron- and steelmaking, from mine to fossil-free steel. million) (LKAB) for the demonstration of fossil-free DR-pellets production for the hydrogen reduction process. The project itself will produce approximately 1.35

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