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‘World’s first fossil-free steel’ produced in Sweden and delivered to Volvo
September 1, 2021
Sweden’s SSAB says it has “produced the world’s first fossil-free steel” and has started delivering it to the Volvo Group, its first customer. The news represents the latest development for the Hybrit project, which was set up in 2016 and is owned by SSAB, energy firm Vattenfall and LKAB, a mining and minerals group. Both […]
Bill Gates commits $1.5B for clean technologies including hydrogen
September 1, 2021
Bill Gates wants to spend $1.5 billion on clean technologies, including hydrogen, through a new partnership with the US Department of Energy (US DOE). Expressing a passion for hydrogen and clean fuels, Gates explained that whilst the clean fuel is very promising the price must be right, not just for the US, but for the […]
China approves renewable mega-project for green hydrogen
August 25, 2021
The Chinese region of Inner Mongolia has approved a massive power project that will use solar and wind to produce green hydrogen. Inner Mongolia’s Energy Administration has given the go ahead to a cluster of plants in the cities of Ordos and Baotou that will use 1.85 gigawatts of solar and 370 megawatts of wind […]
Private sector launches task force to increase hydrogen market in Brazil
August 25, 2021
A group of private sector companies led by Shell announced the creation of a task force to increase the competitiveness of hydrogen in Brazil before COP26. Source (in Portuguese)
UK sets out to implement its hydrogen strategy by 2030
August 17, 2021
As the U.K launched its Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution last year, developing a thriving low carbon hydrogen sector in the UK is a key plank of the government’s plan to build back better with a cleaner, greener energy system. With the potential to overcome some of the trickiest decarbonization challenges facing […]
Colombia outlines ambition to be at the forefront of hydrogen in South America with its hydrogen blueprint
August 17, 2021
Colombia is set to accelerate its decarbonization efforts with the release of a hydrogen blueprint that looks to put the nation firmly on the global map for hydrogen. Within this proposed strategy, published by the Ministry of Mines and Energy, identifies five key pillars that Colombia will utilise to support its net zero ambitions. […]
Development floating offshore hydrogen production plant South Korea
August 13, 2021
A South Korean consortium involving state research bodies and private companies has been launched to develop a floating offshore plant using wind power to produce hydrogen. The consortium aims to build a 1.0-megawatt pilot plant in 2022 before developing and demonstrating a gigawatt-class plant in 2030. The consortium led by Korea Maritime & Ocean University […]
For many, hydrogen is the fuel of the future. New research raises doubts.
August 13, 2021
Industry has been promoting hydrogen as a reliable, next-generation fuel to power cars, heat homes and generate electricity. But a new peer-reviewed study on the climate effects of hydrogen, the most abundant substance in the universe, casts doubt on its role in tackling the greenhouse gas emissions that are the driver of catastrophic global warming, as reported by […]
Hydrogen plan isn’t very green under U.S. infrastructure deal
August 4, 2021
Building a hydrogen-based energy system in the U.S., which some analysts call key to fighting climate change, would be based largely on fossil fuels under the bipartisan infrastructure bill heading for a Senate vote. The legislation provides for $8 billion in spending to establish at least four “regional clean hydrogen hubs” producing and using the […]