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Toyota may have acknowledged its error in moving so slowly on EVs, but the carmaker isn’t putting other energy sources out of its mind.

Jörg Kukies, State Secretary at the Federal Chancellery, stated in Paris that Germany would not reject nuclear energy but rather acknowledge its role in attaining the EU’s climate goals. Also, they won’t object to using nuclear power to produce hydrogen.

The Bosch company in Homburg hopes to lead the market for hydrogen, which is seen as the energy source of the future. Bosch believed that the Saarland state government ought to participate in this as well.

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Fortum and Zero Avia to look into creating infrastructure for producing and refueling hydrogen at airports.

The EU’s green transportation goals have been rejected by a group of seven nations led by Germany, reigniting a debate with France that has prevented an agreement on the bloc’s renewable energy policy.

Rotoboost, a Nordic hydrogen producer, has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register (LR) for their Rotobox pre-combustion Carbon Capture System (CCS).

Fusion Fuel has been awarded €3.6 million in grant financing through Component 5 (‘C-5’) of Portugal’s Recovery and Resilience Plan to create a 1 Megawatt decentralized green hydrogen production facility co-located with a hydrogen refueling station in Elvas, Portugal.

The building of a 500 MW offshore hydrogen electrolyser that is fueled solely by neighboring offshore wind turbines may be put up to bid as early as next year by the Dutch government.

A flowline jumper failure that led to a subsea leak in the Gulf of Mexico in 2020, according to a U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) study, was brought on by hydrogen embrittlement.

Massachusetts utilities’ plans to blend low-carbon hydrogen into natural gas distribution networks to feed houses and other buildings have prompted a nationwide discussion over “green” hydrogen’s reliance on renewables and its impact on the electric grid.