Avoid hydrogen for heating homes, urges energy efficiency coalition
A coalition of 33 business and civil society groups have urged the European Commission to prioritise renewables and energy efficiency over hydrogen as part of…
Renewables
Why hydrogen energy has seduced a generation of politicians
Hydrogen is often touted in the scientific and general media as a silver bullet for reaching net zero emissions. Such articles might include the following…
Iberdrola brings green hydrogen to Glasgow
The UK’s largest electrolyser is to be built close to the UK’s largest onshore wind farm, Whitelee (539 MW) The plant will include a 20…
Floating solar panels on 1% of reservoirs ‘could double’ Africa’s hydropower capacity
Solar panels floating on the lakes formed by Africa’s hydropower dams could be a major new source of power, according to a new study. If…
Green Hydrogen: Could It Be Key to a Carbon-Free Economy?
Originally published at Yale Environment 360 Green hydrogen, which uses renewable energy to produce hydrogen from water, is taking off around the globe. Its boosters say…
Chile aims to become a green hydrogen powerhouse
New energy strategy is based on the Chile’s great wind and solar power potential, which would enable it to produce low-cost hydrogen fuel Chile has…
Geothermal: the underground renewable energy source that says it can power Europe
Large-scale geothermal energy has long been constrained to volcanic areas where heat can easily be captured and turned into electricity. Today, breakthroughs in drilling techniques…
Can railways be fully solar-powered?
Trains are the most efficient mode of transportation we have. Despite carrying 9% of global passengers and 7% of global cargo, they make up just 3% of…
Five countries object to EU’s latest hydrogen ‘manifesto’
Austria, Denmark, Luxembourg, Portugal and Spain have issued a joint letter calling on the European Union to clearly prioritise renewable energies under an EU-led project aiming to…
Methanol fuel cell company Blue World acquiring Danish Power Systems
Blue World Technologies, developer and manufacturer of methanol fuel cells, is acquiring Danish Power Systems, a 25-year-old High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (HTPEM) membrane electrode assembly (MEA)…
EU countries agree to ‘rapidly upscale’ hydrogen market
Member states have set aside their divergences on renewable vs ‘low-carbon’ hydrogen to focus on efforts to “rapidly upscale the market for hydrogen at EU…
Hydrogen: where is low-carbon fuel most useful for decarbonisation?
Is hydrogen the lifeblood of a low-carbon future, or an overhyped distraction from real solutions? One thing is certain – the coal, oil and natural…
The green and the black
As the profound global impact of Covid-19 continues to unfold, those whose job it is to forecast the future have had to scramble for their…
Wind blows, hydrogen goes
The future of travel will not only belong to battery-powered vehicles. Climate-neutral synthetic fuels are another promising option, and the focus of a pioneering new…
Europe vies with China for clean hydrogen superpower status
The rivalry between Europe and China in emission-free hydrogen technologies could become one of the defining business stories in the global effort to stop climate…
Europe’s first power-to-liquid demo plant in Norway plans renewable aviation fuel production in 2023
An industrial consortium is planning Europe’s first power-to-liquid (PtL) plant that will produce hydrogen-based renewable aviation fuel in Norway. The Norsk e-Fuel consortium is initially…