Author: Cory

Keele University has announced that the UK’s first live pilot to inject zero carbon hydrogen into a gas network to heat homes and buildings is now fully operational. The £7mn project, HyDeploy, based at Keele University, went live at the beginning of January. The green energy trial has the potential to open the door to […]

In 2019, the global hydrogen fuel sector added over 1GW of new capacity for the first time, according to E4tech. On 9 January, the consultancy published its Fuel Cell Industry Review in which it set out how 1.1GW of fuel cell capacity was shipped worldwide last year, up 40% on 2018. Fuel cell vehicles continued […]

Integrating the UK’s offshore energy sector can reduce carbon emissions from oil and gas production, the UKCS Energy Integration project has found. In an interim report for the first phase of the Oil and Gas Authority-led (OGA) project, it set out how closer links between oil and gas and renewables would actively support delivery of […]

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Hydrogen Council have signed an agreement to collaborate on developing innovative schemes to finance hydrogen projects. The hydrogen economy will require annual investments of $20-25bn until 2030 and while hydrogen technologies are poised to play a key role in accelerating the energy transition, they still have to be scaled […]

The UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) has outlined its research aims for the next five years, exploring the challenges and opportunities presented by the net zero transition. UKERC’s programme will do this through four national capabilities and seven research themes, the first of which will analyse UK energy in a global context. It noted that […]

Green hydrogen could reach cost parity in Australia, Germany and Japan by 2030, according to analysis by Wood Mackenzie. Released at Wood Mackenzie’s Energy & Commodities Summit in Singapore, the analysis revealed the Asia Pacific region will become the leading market for new solar and wind installations in the world by 2040. It is forecast […]

Mandating hydrogen-ready boilers is one of a series of actions needed to unlock a net zero emissions gas network, according to research for the Energy Networks Association (ENA). Navigant’s Pathways to Net Zero, commissioned by the ENA, mapped out a pathway to delivering a zero-carbon gas grid by 2050, supporting low-carbon heating in 23mn homes […]

The EU has been urged to ramp up investments in hydrogen refuelling infrastructure for fuel cell electric vehicles (EVs). On 9 October, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), Hydrogen Europe and the International Road Transport Union (IRU) signed a joint statement, calling for the next European Commission and newly elected MEPs to provide the right […]

Tractebel has revealed it is working on an offshore platform that could generate hydrogen from offshore wind power. On 1 October, it announced that energy experts from Tractebel Overdick and Tractebel Engineering were developing a platform that will be capable of producing green hydrogen from offshore wind energy at an industrial scale. It will do […]

The government is supporting the development of a hydrogen fuel-cell programme that will lead to a small passenger aircraft testing the technology in a flight out of Orkney. The HyFlyer project, led by ZeroAvia, is aiming to demonstrate the technological readiness of a hydrogen fuel-cell powertrain. It has been backed by a £2.7mn government grant […]