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Europe’s energy crisis is boosting green hydrogen. Is it the future?

The challenge of making hydrogen using only clean energies has long been to get the costs down to compete with fossil-based hydrogen. Then came the Ukraine war.

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Spain and France announce new deal to build underwater gas pipeline

The leaders said the previous MidCat pipeline project across the Pyrenees would be abandoned.

Mobility

Are hydrogen-powered cars a better option than electric vehicles?

While Europe is squarely focused on electric cars, Asia is betting big on hydrogen to power our cars in the future. Which approach is better?

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Italian researchers build first hydrogen-powered house in Europe

This student house in southern Italy is powered by hydrogen fuel cells - a first as Europe tries to reduce its carbon emissions and reliance on traditional energy sources.

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Green News

Is Germany on the right track with its new hydrogen trains?

Germany has launched the world's first hydrogen-powered rail line. Is this the sustainable alternative it seems to be?

Green News

Euroviews. View: Ukraine’s green hydrogen can replace Russian fossil fuels

As Europe weans itself off of Russian fossil fuels, Ukraine is offering a solution that would also help to rebuild its economy.

Eco-Innovation

Banana peel could hold the key to more 'renewable' biofuel

Scientists have engineered a new way to produce energy from biomass after tests on banana skins and orange peel.

Green News

Euroviews. Why solar power is the greenest renewable we have at our disposal

"We have still barely even scratched the surface of solar’s true potential to revolutionise the global power system," says Dr Harald Överholm.

Green News

Euroviews. View: Why Europe cannot decarbonise without African hydrogen

The CEO of Hydrogen Europe hits back at criticism that investing in green hydrogen production in Africa is a form of colonialism and explains why Europe cannot decarbonise without African support.

Green News

Renewable prices soar as Ukraine war is 'last straw' for the sector

These kind of market disruptions have worsened since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, reversing a decade of cost declines for the renewable energy sector.

Climate

Shetland: How the remote islands are making the most of strong winds

Shetland’s fortunes were bound up in North Sea oil and gas. Now it's at the start of a green new chapter just as the energy crisis bites.

Eco-Innovation

Take a look inside the room that’s hotter than the sun

Scientists in an Oxfordshire town are creating temperatures of 50 million degrees Celsius, in a bid to make clean energy.

Green News

Saudi minister backs pink hydrogen made by ‘emancipated young ladies’

Bin Salman told the World Economic Forum of the petropower’s ambition to become a green and blue hydrogen leader too.

Green News

Germany says EU’s proposed switch to nuclear is “risky and expensive”

Germany rejects the EU’s proposal for fuel switch, claiming nuclear power is dangerous and hydrogen power is unrealistic.

Eco-Innovation

Half the water in a toilet flush could power your home

Earthshot Prize-winner Enapter starts mass production to bring green hydrogen to everyone.

Climate

Is green hydrogen less sustainable than we thought?

Green hydrogen’s reliance on purified water may make the renewable energy too expensive for water-stressed areas.

Japan

Japan's hydrogen power play

In partnership with The Government of Japan

In this episode of Green Japan we focus on the power of hydrogen as an alternative energy to fossil fuels

Tech News

Macron unveils €30bn plan to revive French industry with high tech

With six months until France’s presidential election, Emmanuel Macron is hedging his bets on tech to revive the country’s economic fortunes.

Eco-Innovation

What is the hydrogen revolution taking place in the Netherlands?

Big players in the green hydrogen sector met in Amsterdam at the World Hydrogen Congress and this is what happened.

Eco-Innovation

Hydrogen power could provide a third of the UK’s energy by 2050

A world-leading hydrogen economy is being touted as the answer to the UK's emissions problems but experts question if it will help the country reach net-zero.