Britain could dramatically reduce its reliance on gas-fired power by using depleted offshore oil and gas reservoirs to store hydrogen, according to new research from Durham University.
P2X Solutions has secured a 10-year offtake agreement for the full current production capacity of its Harjavalta methanation plant, signaling that demand for synthetic methane is beginning to move from pilot projects toward contracted fuel supply.
Alpiq has acquired a 103.5 MW/238 MWh battery energy storage system in Bollingstedt, northern Germany, marking the Swiss utility’s entry into the country’s operational large scale battery storage market as competition for flexible power assets intensifies.
Algeria is emerging as a potential European green hydrogen supplier because of its combination of renewable energy resources, existing energy infrastructure and geographic proximity to Europe.
Czechia has commissioned its first electrolyzer designed to produce renewable hydrogen at industrial scale, but the 8,000 kilograms of annual output at Solar Global’s Napajedla facility also illustrates the gap between early projects and the country’s longer term hydrogen ambitions.
Sunfire has broken ground on a new high temperature electrolysis test facility at BASF’s Schwarzheide site in Germany, moving its solid oxide electrolysis cell technology toward longer duration industrial validation as electrolyzer developers seek higher efficiency and lower hydrogen production costs.
Hamburg is beginning construction of an infrastructure link designed to connect local hydrogen production with Germany’s emerging national hydrogen backbone and the wider European gas network, as the city moves from individual hydrogen projects toward an integrated industrial supply system.
Masdar has begun commercial operations at its 35 MW/70 MWh Royle Barn Road battery in Rochdale, northern England, adding another grid scale storage asset to the UK’s rapidly expanding battery market as the country accelerates investment in flexibility to support a more renewable power system.
