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…
Renewables
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…
Power-to-X and energy from Patagonia: does it make sense?
It is often said that every day is a school day, and I certainly learned some lessons from a webinar on 12 November featuring speakers…
Europe must take ambitious lead in green hydrogen – German govt advisor
Europe’s economy is well placed to benefit from the fledgling global hydrogen economy and should decisively follow through with its hydrogen strategies, says Veronika Grimm,…
UK gas plans a carbon-free future with hydrogen
This story is published as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. Committed to a carbon-free future by 2050,…
The Impact of the Coronavirus on the Renewable Energy Industry
Scientists and experts around the globe agree that to mitigate the worst consequences of climate change, the world must transition to a 100 percent clean future powered by clean…
Making Europe’s hydrogen economy a reality
Top-down investment alone will not be enough to make the European hydrogen economy a reality, writes Andreas Schierenbeck. Not only does production need ramping up,…
Renewable or ‘low-carbon’? EU countries face off over hydrogen
EU member states are fighting over which type of hydrogen to support, with two opposing camps facing off: those backing green hydrogen produced exclusively from…
Hydrogen is an Essential Component of the Energy Transition
Forschungszentrum Jülich’s contribution to the Federal Government’s hydrogen strategy The energy transition is one of the great challenges to society of our time. Germany and…