Earth News

How green is hydrogen fuel - and how much will it cost you?

As countries slowly commit to phasing out oil and natural gas, fossil fuel giants are starting to pivot to hydrogen gas. But how green is it - and how much will it cost you?

6 February 2023

Germany

Green hydrogen plans in the pipeline for Germany

Germany is to join France, Spain and Portugal in an ambitious hydrogen project that could see greener gas generated using renewables piped from the Iberian peninsula.

23 January 2023

Europe

How Macron and Sánchez hope for diplomatic reset at Barcelona summit

Talks on energy and migration will dominate the summit on Thursday.

19 January 2023

Tech News

This ‘artificial leaf’ can make hydrogen from sunlight and thin air

Scientists in Switzerland have designed a device that extracts water from the air and uses sunlight to turn it into hydrogen.

12 January 2023

Europe News

Is EU's hydrogen revolution achievable in time to meet climate goals?

The European Commission wants to produce 10 million tonnes of hydrogen per year by 2030.

5 January 2023

Ecotech

What are the risks of transitioning to ‘green’ hydrogen?

If hydrogen leaks into the atmosphere, the benefits of using it over fossil fuels could be completely wiped out, scientists warn.

29 December 2022

Earth News

EU strikes deal to make ‘polluters pay’ for carbon heavy imports

Its meant to prevent companies from moving polluting activities to countries with weaker environmental rules.

13 December 2022

Spain

New green hydrogen pipeline planned between Barcelona and Marseille

The aim of a new green pipeline between Barcelona and Marseille is to supply hydrogen which is generated from renewables, rather than fossil fuels, and help reduce Europe's reliance on Russia's gas and oil.

9 December 2022

Europe News

Hydrogen pipeline between Spain and France to be complete by 2030

Hydrogen pipeline between Spain and France to be complete by 2030 and cost €2.5 billion

9 December 2022

Home

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.

24 November 2022

Europe News

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.

20 October 2022

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?

8 October 2022

Home

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.

22 September 2022

Earth 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?

25 August 2022

Earth 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.

17 June 2022

Ecotech

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.

7 June 2022

Earth 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.

11 May 2022

Earth 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.

29 April 2022

Earth 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.

13 April 2022

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.

2 March 2022