Highlands hub spearheads Scottish grasp for hydrogen leadership

A view of the Cromarty Firth A multi-partner plan involving the Port of Cromarty Firth has been launched to establish a green hydrogen hub in...

UK falling behind Germany and South Korea on low-carbon hydrogen

The UK has been ranked 5th out of 15 countries in its deployment of low-carbon hydrogen as a fuel source, according to a new...

Vehicles handed over to hydrogen transport hub in Tees Valley

Ten Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric cars and a Toyota fuel cell forklift truck were handed over to the Tees Valley Hydrogen Transport...

Hydrogen from biomass

A technology to produce green hydrogen from biomass has been developed by a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc).

World’s first dedicated clean hydrogen investment fund launches

A unique private infrastructure fund dedicated to delivering clean hydrogen infrastructure projects at scale has been launched. The group behind the FiveT Hydrogen Fund...

New centre to advance hydrogen and syngas production from waste plastic

Powerhouse Energy Group PLC (PHE), a firm commercialising syngas and hydrogen production from non-recyclable waste plastic, has unveiled (on 24 May) plans to create...

BEIS funding supports utility’s project to turn biogas into hydrogen

The UK Government’s department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has awarded £212,000 funding through the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP) for the...

Government funding for ammonia-to-hydrogen project in the Midlands

A consortium led by Gemserv has secured around £6.7 million from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to deliver the Tyseley...

Portable hydrogen cartridge prototype demonstrated for home and similar applications

A working prototype portable hydrogen cartridge is able to transport and supply hydrogen energy to power a broad range of everyday applications both in...

National Grid to trial decarbonisation device “turbo charging the UK’s access to hydrogen”

In a bid to "boost the amount of hydrogen in the UK’s gas supply", National Grid has signed up to trial a new kind...

£2.65m green hydrogen project aims to advance emissions-free distilling ambitions

A new and seemingly ground-breaking hydrogen combustion technology is to be trialled at Bruichladdich Distillery’s operations on Islay. UK based green-hydrogen firm Protium is working...

Green light for first hydrogen blending on a public gas network

Winlaton, Gateshead to become "first community to receive hydrogen blend via the public natural gas network" The next phase of a seemingly ground-breaking green energy...

Big four boiler manufacturers make hydrogen-ready price-promise

A hydrogen-ready boiler will apparently cost no more than its natural gas equivalent as a result of a new price-promise made in late July by the UK’s major boiler manufacturers.

£1.3 million of new funding for net zero-driven energy data application winners

Close to £1.3 million of new funding across nine new digital energy data projects has been announced by UK Research & Innovataion (UKRI). The...
Petrol pumps

Grant awarded for facility to convert waste plastic to hydrogen

A firm developing hydrogen production from waste plastic has been offered a conditional £1.25m grant for a planned plastics-to-hydrogen facility at Protos, near Ellesmere Port.

Hydrogen double decker heads to COP

What is said to be the world’s first hydrogen powered double decker bus stopped off at the Baxi factory in Bamber Bridge, on its way to the 26th UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.

Coventry University and Severn Trent partner to convert waste ammonia into hydrogen

Researchers from Coventry University are collaborating with Severn Trent and the Organics Group to turn sewage waste into a clean fuel for tankers and...

Oil and gas firms committed to radical reinvention expect dramatically greater growth, says report

Report identifies best practices for reinvention and notes that industry leaders expect transformative impact from cloud and a boost in value from low-carbon businesses The...
Envirotec Sept/Oct 21

Blend ambition

By publishing a hydrogen strategy on 17 August the UK has joined a club of 30+ other nations who have outlined a policy framework for the renewable fuel, viewed as indispensable to global efforts to prevent temperature rises above 1.5ºC by 2050. A mixed reception seemed apparent from commentators, particularly in relation to ongoing support for blue hydrogen. Envirotec reports.

Making clean hydrogen from sunlight: Texas group claims important advance

For decades, it has been a grail to use solar power to generate the key reaction for producing hydrogen as a clean energy source...