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The adoption of clean energy sources and the pursuit of carbon neutrality has prompted Europe to seek alternative fuels, including hydrogen, as an alternative to fossil fuels.

The Italian government is facing a new challenge in implementing its National Recovery and Resilience Plan (Pnrr), the country’s economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as the Court of Auditors has raised concerns over the achievement of certain targets.

DEME, the Belgian engineering firm specializing in renewable energy, has partnered with OQ, a leading energy company in Oman, to establish a pilot project for the certification of green hydrogen.

Associations in the Brazilian renewable energy sector have recently signed a pact to collaborate and accelerate the growth of the country’s low-carbon hydrogen market.

Air Products, a US-based industrial gases company, has revealed its plan to construct two new carbon monoxide (CO) production plants in Texas.

South Korean car manufacturer Hyundai has announced its decision to put the N Vision 74 concept car into mass production.

Aker Horizons ASA has signed a letter of intent with German gas group VNG to supply up to 200,000 tonnes of green ammonia per year from Narvik, Northern Norway.

Indian renewable energy company ACME and city-gas distribution company Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly explore business opportunities in Green Hydrogen supply.

“The holy grail” of the energy future – hydrogen may soon have a very serious problem, which, if not solved quickly, will bring the whole “hydrogen revolution” to a halt for us. This is caused by the already absolute certainty that hydrogen in the Earth’s atmosphere reacts with tropospheric hydroxyl (OH) radicals. Therefore, its uncontrolled emission into the atmosphere disturbs the distribution and holds dangerously the decomposition of methane, ozone or water vapour, which can lead us, in the short term, to a possible climate cataclysm.

Germany has long been known for its ambitious plans to transition away from fossil fuels, and green hydrogen has been a critical element in this strategy. However, the country can only meet 30% of its own needs for this clean fuel, according to German Economy Minister Robert Habeck. This shortfall has led the country to search for trade partners to deliver the remaining 70% of its green hydrogen needs.