Author: Arnes Biogradlija
Arnes Biogradlija
Arnes Biogradlija is the founder and Editor in Chief of EnergyNews.biz, which he launched in 2021 to separate energy transition realities from fairy tales. He writes data driven analysis on hydrogen, energy storage, small modular reactors, grids and industrial policy, and leads the Energy Talks interview series. EnergyNews.biz reporting has been cited more than 100 times by the International Energy Agency.
With a focus on green hydrogen, the Ministry of Innovation and Development is creating a roadmap for the use of hydrogen. The objective is for Bulgaria to grow its innovative sector in order to open up a variety of investment options for the nation.
A lengthy campaign to pass a significant climate bill through Congress was unsuccessful last year with the approval of the Inflation Reduction Act. Yet, there is still work to be done to make sure that this record amount of financing for clean energy results in lower emissions.
The Port of Suape announced a collaboration with the UK for a project to advance green hydrogen development and manufacturing in the industrial complex.
At AVL Powertrain’s engineering plant in Basildon, UK, First Hydrogen Corp. invited Ballard Power Systems to test drive their first-generation zero-emission light commercial vehicle (“LCV”).
In its study on hydrogen and carbon capture in Scotland, the UK House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee finds that Scotland may hold the key to the widespread adoption of both technologies throughout the UK.
Enagás wants to operate a hydrogen network. The firm that has 5% of the shares in the State through SEPI wants to have control in Spain over the substance that could eventually replace gas. Europe must approve it, and in order to do so, the business run by Arturo González must sell Enagás Renovables in order to meet European requirements.
In response to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the German hydrogen company Thyssenkrupp Nucera has witnessed a surge in client demand in the United States. If the market takes off, the company may partner with Italy’s De Nora to establish local production capacity.
From his ministry’s “transformation workshop,” the minister of economic affairs reports. In it, one imagines hydrogen serving as a fuel and develops a “hydrogen network acceleration law” to achieve this. The only aspect of hydrogen generation and heat pumps that are yet unknown is where the electricity will come from.
As part of a significant global drive toward renewable hydrogen, Total Eren, a renewable energy producer partially controlled by the French oil company Total, claims it is considering a huge number of “gigawatt” size renewable projects in Australia.
In an effort to have the Renewables Directive not apply to hydrogen and “low-carbon” fuels, seven EU nations have written to the Commission. Spain, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg, and Portugal are the countries that have participated.
