Hydrogen is the future of the entire energy revolution. This might seem like a cliché or wishful thinking if it were just anybody saying it. But when it comes from Ronald Grasman, Vice President of Hydrogen and Fuel Cells for the Hyundai Group, it carries a lot more weight: we are talking about the world’s […]
Repair an electric vehicle? It could not be so simple. The press agency Reuters published a journalistic investigation on sustainability of EV Car, with some surprises. “We’re buying electric cars for sustainability reasons,” said Matthew Avery, research director at automotive risk intelligence company Thatcham Research. “But an EV isn’t very sustainable if you’ve got to […]
Eurostat, The Statistical Office of the European Union, has published an important study on electricity consumption in private homes. The data confirm that in 2021, the year following the lockdown caused by Covid, consumption increased by 6%. Especially, households accounted for 27 % of final energy consumption in the EU. Most of the EU’s final […]
While Europe is working on the mobility of the future, evaluating the use of e-fuels to prolong the life of internal combustion engine cars, some doubts continue to emerge regarding the massive use of battery-powered electric cars. As it is well known, producing these cars has a significant environmental impact, which is then compensated for […]
According to a new report from the European Patent Office and the International Energy Agency, innovation in hydrogen technologies has shifted towards low-emission solutions with Europe and Japan leading the way. The report analysed global patent data to provide a comprehensive analysis of innovation in hydrogen technologies. The study covers the full range of technologies, […]
Russia’s war on Ukraine – as World Economic Forum report -caused a spike in energy prices and talk of potential winter blackouts. But it also triggered a long overdue shift away from gas and other fossil fuels towards cleaner forms of energy – so much so that global investment in low-carbon energy technology surged to […]
The European Parliament on Tuesday formally approved a law to effectively ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the European Union from 2035, aiming to speed up the switch to electric vehicles and combat climate change.The landmark rules will require that by 2035 carmakers must achieve a 100% cut in CO2 emissions […]
Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton and European electrolyser manufacturers met in Brussels to discuss how to increase industry’s capacity to produce electrolysers used to produce green hydrogen. The 20 industries signing the declaration set out a strategy to double the previous EU renewable hydrogen target to 10 million tons of annual domestic production, plus an additional […]
The recent surge in energy costs has opened the doors to the future of green hydrogen. The high prices of fossil fuels have forced the importing countries to revise their short-term plans. Only a few months ago the goal was to lower environmental impact to combat climate change, but today the need is to cool […]