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Direct solar hydrogen production has long promised a simpler pathway to renewable hydrogen by eliminating unnecessary energy conversion steps. While most commercial green hydrogen projects rely on photovoltaic electricity feeding standalone electrolyzers, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) have demonstrated a laboratory scale integrated system that converts sunlight into hydrogen with a solar to hydrogen efficiency of up to 31.3%, placing it among the highest reported performances for direct photoelectrochemical hydrogen production.

International technology group ANDRITZ and energy storage company RAG Austria AG have begun construction of what is expected to become the country’s largest green hydrogen production facility, designed to convert surplus summer solar power into hydrogen for use during periods of higher winter energy demand.

The Netherlands is moving to address one of the least developed segments of the hydrogen value chain by committing €450 million ($513 million) to support large scale underground hydrogen storage, recognizing that production and transport infrastructure alone will not be sufficient to establish a functioning hydrogen market.

Germany’s latest economic recovery program places renewed emphasis on infrastructure investment and industrial competitiveness, but the country’s gas and water industry argues that the strategy risks overlooking a critical component of the energy transition.

Conventional enhanced geothermal systems access rock at temperatures around 150 to 200 degrees Celsius. Quaise Energy is targeting 300 to…

Global sodium-ion battery shipments reached 9 GWh in 2025, up 150% year over year, almost entirely driven by Chinese manufacturers…

Heating and cooling buildings account for over a quarter of UK CO2 emissions, and the country has deployed almost none…

Nova Scotia has conditionally approved what would become the province’s largest onshore wind project, advancing a renewable energy development that is central to Canada’s ambitions to establish a green hydrogen export industry.

The United States is entering a period of rapidly rising electricity demand at the same time federal policy is becoming less supportive of the lowest cost sources of new power generation.

Europe’s stationary battery market is expected to nearly quadruple this decade, with Wood Mackenzie forecasting annual demand to increase from 36 GWh in 2025 to approximately 138 GWh by 2030.