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Surrey firms unveil hydrogen-powered craft gin

Envirotec Magazine

The Surrey Copper Distillery is teaming up with AFC Energy, a provider of hydrogen power generation technologies, to produce a low-emission craft gin. Hydrogen FuelThe special edition gin is available from The Surrey Copper Distillery website.

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New certification aims to boost British hydrogen sector

Envirotec Magazine

There is currently no recognised way for producers of low carbon hydrogen to prove the credentials of their product. This is intended to help the growing UK green energy market to verify sustainability claims, whilst delivering industry and consumer confidence in low carbon hydrogen.

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£4.6m goes to hydrogen for maritime project

Envirotec Magazine

innovation project, led by renewable electrification specialist AceOn, to develop battery and hydrogen technology to power the marine vessels used for servicing offshore wind turbines, has been given the green light for Government funding. Hydrogen FuelThe Princess Royal Vessel.

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Why Hydrogen Green Energy is the Fuel of the Post COVID World

The Environmental Blog

About 77% of the citizens agree that a more important energy priority should be developing alternative energy resources like wind and solar power and hydrogen technology instead of increasing fossil fuel production. Clean and Sustainable Energy.

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New hydrogen accelerator receives UK government backing

Envirotec Magazine

On 10 October the Carbon Trust announced its new clean hydrogen accelerator, which aims to help secure the UK’s energy supply and support climate targets. The high end-to-end cost of clean hydrogen is one of the main barriers to its use. Hydrogen Fuel

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Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand?

GreenBiz

Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand? One novel spin on emerging hydrogen fuel options is "clean hydrogen" made from trash. . Today, more than 95 percent of hydrogen is fossil-based and does not rely on renewables. Energy & Climate. Hydrogen.

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Green hydrogen: Scaling the decarbonization heavyweight

GreenBiz

Sponsored: With support from governments, hydrogen produced from renewable energy is fast becoming a key player in global decarbonization efforts

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The truth about hydrogen, the latest, trendiest low-carbon solution

GreenBiz

As misconceptions about the emerging tech abound, we can dispel common myths to encourage hydrogen's potential for decarbonization. Energy & Climate hydrogen Renewable Energy Rocky Mountain Institute

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Hydrogen Microgrid Project Operational Using GKN Hydrogen’s Metal Hydride Hydrogen Storage

CleanTech San Diego

GKN Hydrogen’s HY2MEDI energy storage system utilizes metal hydride hydrogen storage to displace a propane generator and using off grid solar electricity will power the site to support the renewable energy technology development activities.

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Has green hydrogen’s time finally come?

GreenBiz

Los Angeles is behind a two-phase, first-of-its-kind transformation that will turn a coal-fired power plant in Utah into one powered by green hydrogen by 2045. Cities Energy & Climate Power Operations Power Points Renewable Energy

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Green hydrogen could curb one-third of fossil fuel and industry emissions by 2050

GreenBiz

That's according to a BloombergNEF report that calls policy support for the hydrogen economy "insufficient.". decarbonization hydrogen Hydropower Renewable Energy

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Hydrogen Production: Can we get to $1 Clean Hydrogen?

CleanTech Group

Cleantech Insights Energy & Power Hydrogen Clean Hydrogen Green HydrogenLast week, the European Commission opened the doors to applications for the initial phase of a regional 40GW 2030 plan, targeting the installation.

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How Africa could become a global hydrogen powerhouse

GreenBiz

Africa’s abundant solar and wind energy could make it a global hub for producing low-carbon hydrogen, the IEA says, but its residents still face access challenges

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$10 billion Namibian hydrogen project selects developer for locomotive

Envirotec Magazine

Namibian-headquartered Hyphen Hydrogen Energy (Hyphen) says it is making positive progress on its discussions with the Namibian Government as it moves towards signature of the Implementation Agreement before the end of the year for its planned US$10 bn Namibian green hydrogen project.

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Fuel bills could rise 90% under Government’s hydrogen plans

Envirotec Magazine

Replacing gas with hydrogen for home heating would result in huge energy bill rises for households over the next three decades, a report by energy analysts Cornwall Insight appears to find. Hydrogen Fuel

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Purification technology will overcome challenges of extracting hydrogen from ammonia, says group

Envirotec Magazine

Researchers at Teesside University are working with hydrogen consultancy EnAcumen to develop a first-of-its-kind hydrogen purification process which they say will overcome the difficulties in extracting hydrogen from ammonia. ” Hydrogen Fuel

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Where Green Hydrogen Is Headed

GreenTechMedia

Suddenly everyone is talking about green hydrogen. Governments and developers are eyeing hydrogen as a decarbonization tool. But the rush is also raising lots of questions: Where will hydrogen be most useful? And she’s president of the green hydrogen coalition.

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Scaling up clean hydrogen lies within the experience of hydrocarbon-rich countries – McKinsey report

Envirotec Magazine

Hydrocarbon-rich countries have the potential to effectively produce clean hydrogen at scale, repurposing existing infrastructure and supporting global decarbonization, according to a new study from business consultancy firm McKinsey. Hydrogen Fuel

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Comment: “Green ammonia is going to be the fossil-free ‘crude’ of the hydrogen fuel economy”

Envirotec Magazine

Hydrogen has the potential to decarbonize a wide range of heavy industries including energy, chemicals, steel and cement, which means demand is going to be huge. However, there are a few important limitations to overcome for hydrogen to become competitive. No energy is lost.

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Green hydrogen is the final piece to solving the decarbonization puzzle

GreenBiz

Sponsored: Green hydrogen should be used in tandem with an integrated renewable energy architecture that also consists of solar, wind and batteries

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Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy?

GreenBiz

Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy? And what energy product will be used both to power this city and sell to the world? It claims to be the world’s largest green hydrogen project — and more Saudi plants are on the drawing board. Green hydrogen? Hydrogen.

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Going green: The future of hydrogen energy

Renewable Energy World

By Bill Ireland, Logan Energy. Hydrogen is one of the energy solutions that can significantly address climate change and has a vital role to play in decarbonization. We must ask ourselves – does hydrogen have a wider future? Accelerating hydrogen activity.

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Water industry event discusses opportunity for hydrogen

Envirotec Magazine

Hazer Group produces fuel-cell grade hydrogen from methane, with high-quality graphite as a by-product rather than CO2. At the event, Dr Jenifer Baxter, director for innovation and policy at Protium Green Solutions, gave a rundown of key insights into hydrogen for the water sector.

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Vehicles handed over to hydrogen transport hub in Tees Valley

Envirotec Magazine

Ben Houchen, Tees Valley Mayor, driving a Toyota hydrogen-fuelled forklift. In September 2020 the Government announced that Tees Valley would be home to the UK’s first Hydrogen Transport Hub, established in partnership with Teesside University. Hydrogen Fuel Transport & Equipment

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Government funding for ammonia-to-hydrogen project in the Midlands

Envirotec Magazine

million from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to deliver the Tyseley Ammonia to Green Hydrogen Project, through the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio Low Carbon Hydrogen Supply 2 Competition. Hydrogen Fuel

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Portable hydrogen cartridge prototype demonstrated for home and similar applications

Envirotec Magazine

A working prototype portable hydrogen cartridge is able to transport and supply hydrogen energy to power a broad range of everyday applications both in and outside the home. Benefits of Using Hydrogen Cartridges. ? Next steps for the hydrogen cartridge.

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Where Green Hydrogen Is Headed

GreenTechMedia

Suddenly everyone is talking about green hydrogen. Governments and developers are eyeing hydrogen as a decarbonization tool. But the rush is also raising lots of questions: Where will hydrogen be most useful? And she’s president of the green hydrogen coalition.

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Speech cements government commitment to hydrogen

Envirotec Magazine

Concept of home hydrogen unit for renewable energy storage. The Government has committed to hydrogen heating for UK homes in a seemingly significant speech by one of the key ministers responsible for energy strategy.

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UK falling behind Germany and South Korea on low-carbon hydrogen

Envirotec Magazine

The UK has been ranked 5th out of 15 countries in its deployment of low-carbon hydrogen as a fuel source, according to a new analysis of countries that have branded themselves as potential leaders in the new hydrogen economy. It was conducted by energy consultancy Cornwall Insight.

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World’s first dedicated clean hydrogen investment fund launches

Envirotec Magazine

Hydrogen fuel dispenser at a transport refueling station in Aachen, Germany in January 2020 (image credit: Alexander Kirch / Shutterstock.com). A unique private infrastructure fund dedicated to delivering clean hydrogen infrastructure projects at scale has been launched.

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Will Hydrogen Look Like Solar?

GreenTechMedia

Will the burgeoning hydrogen space follow a similar bumpy road? Hydrogen is at a similar phase of market and technological maturity, with similar levels of hype. Disclosure: Shayle just led Energy Impact Partners’ investment in the company).

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Arizona nuclear to clean hydrogen project receives $20 million from Dept. of Energy

Renewable Energy World

of Energy to demonstrate technology that produces clean hydrogen energy from nuclear power, as part of the agency's goal of reducing the cost of clean hydrogen production by 80%. But hydrogen has its share of skeptics. Follow @EngelsAngle.

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Hydrogen in China

CleanTech Group

During the summer, China’s Science and Technology Minister, Wan Gang, called for China to “look into establishing a hydrogen society.” China Energy & Power Hydrogen Energy EfficiencyGiven the Minister.

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The Fight to Define ‘Green Hydrogen’ Could Determine America’s Emissions Future

DeSmogBlog

But the work of ensuring this unprecedented bundle of funding for clean energy actually leads to reduced emissions is just beginning. But the hydrogen industry, oil companies like Chevron and BP that are investing in the technology, and even a few renewable energy groups argued otherwise.

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Africa's first green hydrogen plant to be complete by 2024

Inhabitat - Innovation

A French power producer HDF Energy (HDF.PA) is constructing a 3.1 million) hydrogen plant in Namibia, Africa. The plant will be complete in 2024, making it Africa's first hydrogen power plant. billion Namibian dollar (USD $181.25 The firm says that once the plant becomes operational, it will supply electricity 24 hours a day, all throughout the year

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Heating with hydrogen power costs 70% more than natural gas

Inhabitat - Innovation

Some green-minded folks have been betting on hydrogen energy, but a new study shows that heating your house with hydrogen power could cost 70% more than using natural gas. This could present a hiccup on the U.K.’s s road to net zero by 2050

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Hydrogen Optimized achieves benchmark technology performance in collaboration with renewable energy developer CWP Global

altenergymag

Hydrogen Optimized, in a collaboration with renewable energy developer CWP Global, recently demonstrated the unique suitability of its patented RuggedCell™ water electrolysis technology to the challenging conditions of large-scale wind and solar-powered hydrogen projects.

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Britain’s gas grid to be ready to deliver hydrogen across the country from 2023

Envirotec Magazine

Britain’s gas grid is seemingly set to be ready to start to blending hydrogen around the country from next year, helping provide families with more secure, homegrown energy supplies, according to plans published by energy network firms on 13 January. Hydrogen Fuel

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Converting light to hydrogen: Photocatalyst hints at promise for solar water splitting schemes

Envirotec Magazine

The group from KAUST says it has developed a nanoparticle photocatalyst that can generate hydrogen fuel from water more efficiently than standard inorganic semiconductor schemes (image credit: © 2022 KAUST; Ivan Gromicho). The work has been published in Nature Energy.

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New centre to advance hydrogen and syngas production from waste plastic

Envirotec Magazine

Powerhouse Energy Group PLC (PHE), a firm commercialising syngas and hydrogen production from non-recyclable waste plastic, has unveiled (on 24 May) plans to create a UK based, Global Technology and Innovation Centre (GTIC), which it aims to open in early 2023. Energy Hydrogen Fuel

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National Grid to trial decarbonisation device “turbo charging the UK’s access to hydrogen”

Envirotec Magazine

In a bid to “boost the amount of hydrogen in the UK’s gas supply”, National Grid has signed up to trial a new kind of decarbonisation device developed by graphene technology firm Levidian (formerly Cambridge Nanosystems). Hydrogen Fuel

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Hydrogen Gains Steam As a Competitive Fuel and Energy

altenergymag

Solar Impulse Foundation supports hydrogen growth and environmental protection

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Major hydrogen initiatives underway at US Department of Energy

Renewable Energy World

DOE announces 52M for 31 hydrogen projects; issues RFI for projects to which Avangrid responds. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $52.5 Hydrogen is a clean fuel that—when combined with oxygen in a fuel cell—produces electricity with water and heat as by-products.

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