Energy performance in buildings is key to meeting 2030 emissions target
Ursula von der Leyen and Frans Timmermans have pledged to kick-start a renovation wave across Europe. This is a management challenge with three aspects that…
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,…
A solution to engineering energy-saving smart materials
Dr Mohammad Taha It is estimated that between 40-60 per cent of energy usage in buildings is due to climate control, including air conditioning and…
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,…
Coronavirus pandemic leads to profound cutbacks in fossil fuel use
Consumption has fallen enough to meet emissions targets, temporarily. A banner on the International Energy Agency website spells it out in bold font: “The global oil industry…
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,…
The heat is on to make German buildings ‘nearly’ climate-neutral
A mainly fossil energy guzzler, heating in Germany has taken a back seat to the Energiewende’s poster child, the power sector. But the “Wärmewende”, or…
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…
‘Smart bricks’ could work to store energy in buildings
Making a run to the home improvement store for your next project? That’s what scientists in the United States did when they needed red bricks…