Hydrogen

The Labour Party will launch its new Great British Energy (GBE) plan today (31st May), less than five weeks away from the general election.

Gloucestershire, UK-based Wild Hydrogen has developed a novel method of producing carbon-negative hydrogen that could be used to power trucks, ships and airplanes.

Air Products has unveiled its plans to develop a network of hydrogen refuelling stations across the state of California.

The European Commission has approved €4bn in state aid to France to decarbonise industry and foster its transition to a Net Zero economy.

Funding worth AU$1m (£480,000) has been awarded to a government-backed Australian energy partnership to develop a project that will demonstrate how green hydrogen production can reduce the cost of renewable methanol by up to 20%.

Lack of knowledge is a major issue for some of the companies that are wanting to adopt hydrogen, a fact which may impact the commercialisation of the fuel going forward.

Empire Diversified Energy (Empire) and Heartland Water Technology (Heartland) have partnered to develop a waste-to-hydrogen site at the Port of West Virginia, as part of the Department of Energy’s Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2).

The case for e-fuels as a great fit for green hydrogen is now reality, with the world’s first commercial scale e-fuels plant now operational.

NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen have unveiled a new three-year pilot project that will produce clean hydrogen while capturing solid carbon in Portland, Oregon.

Japan’s JERA wants to handle over 35 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG), 20GW of renewable energy capacity, and seven million tonnes of hydrogen and ammonia by 2035.