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Renewable electricity generation grew by 9.8% in 2024, its fastest annual rate in recent years and more than seven times…
Lhyfe and Messer Forge Long Term Hydrogen Partnership as Market Shifts Toward Bankable Demand
Lhyfe has signed a strategic partnership with industrial gas company Messer, which will acquire a 30% stake in four of its hydrogen production sites in France and Germany while committing to a 10 year renewable hydrogen supply agreement, strengthening both the company’s commercial outlook and financing model.
The European Investment Bank has approved a €450 million loan for OMV’s large scale renewable hydrogen project in Austria, underscoring the growing role of public finance in advancing industrial decarbonization projects that remain difficult to support through commercial markets alone.
Nigeria Joins IEA as Africa’s Energy Transition Expands Beyond Oil and Toward Energy Access
Nigeria’s admission as an Association country of the International Energy Agency marks more than a symbolic expansion of the organization’s global reach. It reflects a broader shift in international energy governance toward greater engagement with emerging economies where future energy demand, infrastructure investment, and decarbonization challenges are expected to be concentrated.
Germany recorded 459 negative-price hours in 2024 and 573 in 2025, setting new records each time. Through the first half…
The LDES Council estimates that up to 8 terawatts of long-duration energy storage capacity will be needed globally by 2040,…
Tesla reported a federal tax bill of zero dollars for 2025, continuing a pattern in which the company has owed…
Fraunhofer’s Solar to Hydrogen Breakthrough Highlights Efficiency Gains and Commercialization Challenges
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.
Austria Breaks Ground on 12.5 MW Green Hydrogen Plant to Advance Seasonal Energy Storage
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.
Dutch Government Commits $513 Million to Hydrogen Storage as Infrastructure Gaps Threaten Market Growth
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.
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