Green hydrogen

Octopus Energy and RES team up for £3bn UK green hydrogen plan

Energy

Octopus Energy and RES team up for £3bn UK green hydrogen plan

Renewable energy firms plan to build and operate suite of hydrogen production facilities in 2020s powered by wind and solar

clock 14 October 2021 • 3 min read
Octopus Hydrogen partners with Innova Renewables to combine hydrogen and renewables sites

Infrastructure

Octopus Hydrogen partners with Innova Renewables to combine hydrogen and renewables sites

Octopus will build electrolysers at Innova's solar energy generation sites to produce hydrogen

clock 06 October 2021 • 2 min read
Successful net zero fuel trials pave way for carbon-free cement

Incentives

Successful net zero fuel trials pave way for carbon-free cement

Trials of a net zero fuel mix at a Lancashire cement manufacturing plant have successfully completed, industry confirms

clock 04 October 2021 • 3 min read
'Slow reactions': Top investors launch new push to tackle chemical sector emissions

Investment

'Slow reactions': Top investors launch new push to tackle chemical sector emissions

ShareAction aims to boost climate change investment across the chemicals sector, warning an industry that is responsible for six per cent of emissions must step up decarbonisation efforts

clock 09 September 2021 • 2 min read
Government touts 'hydrogen revolution' for greener heating, industry and transport

Policy

Government touts 'hydrogen revolution' for greener heating, industry and transport

Both 'blue' and 'green' hydrogen to form part of long-awaited Hydrogen Strategy, which proposes CfD-like scheme to scale up production towards 5GW 2030 goal

clock 17 August 2021 • 7 min read
Blue hydrogen 'hard to justify on climate grounds', US study warns

Energy

Blue hydrogen 'hard to justify on climate grounds', US study warns

UK government urged to avoid backing blue hydrogen after US study finds its production could be worse for climate than natural gas

clock 12 August 2021 • 6 min read

Rail

H2 Green and Eversholt Rail team up to scope hydrogen supply opportunities for UK's railways

Tie-up will see subsidiary of GeTech determine how a steady supply of green hydrogen could be delivered to train operators

clock 07 July 2021 • 3 min read

Energy

'Trojan horse': Will blue hydrogen keep the UK hooked on fossil fuels?

Fossil fuel industry lobby for blue hydrogen is attempting to 'capture the UK Government behind a fossil based future', campaigners warn

clock 14 May 2021 • 7 min read

Energy

Nuclear question: Are new avenues opening up for the UK's hydrogen roadmap?

The energy industry's interest in low carbon hydrogen is building fast, and the nuclear industry reckons it could yet have a crucial role to play

clock 18 February 2021 • 7 min read

Energy

Green hydrogen trialled at Port Talbot cement factory

Hanson UK teams up with Swansea University for research into replacing fossil fuels in cement production

clock 11 February 2021 • 3 min read