Browsing: Europe

A €330 million financing package for two large-scale battery energy storage systems in Belgium underscores the growing role of storage in Europe’s power markets, with renewable developer Storm securing backing from institutional investors including The Belgian Infrastructure Fund, PMV, and TINC, alongside a syndicate of commercial banks.

The Basque government has initiated a feasibility study to assess a potential secondary hydrogen pipeline from the Enagás trunk line to Irun, a move aimed at linking Euskadi’s growing green hydrogen production to France.

The United Kingdom’s carbon capture and storage ambitions continue to scale, with bids submitted for more than 2 million acres of seabed in the latest licensing round led by the North Sea Transition Authority.

The UK’s low-carbon hydrogen pipeline has added another permitted project, with Uniper receiving planning approval for its Humber H2ub Green facility, a 120MW electrolytic hydrogen plant intended to supply industrial demand from the end of the decade.

The United Kingdom’s hydrogen innovation landscape is under renewed scrutiny following claims that a proposed $1 billion fuel cell venture was abruptly halted, raising questions about how emerging energy technologies are funded, validated, and sustained.

France has gained European Commission approval for a €1 billion framework designed to accelerate the country’s industrial hydrogen production, combining renewable and low-carbon power sources including nuclear energy.

Sungrow Hydrogen has completed near-simultaneous shipments of electrolysis systems to projects in Oman, Italy, and Brazil, offering a case study in how vendors are attempting to scale both manufacturing and delivery in parallel.

Policymakers are evaluating contracts for difference as a central instrument to stabilize revenues and unlock large-scale investment across international hydrogen supply chains.

As oil prices climbed above $100 per barrel following disruptions linked to the Strait of Hormuz, Europe’s largest parliamentary bloc, the European People’s Party, renewed calls to accelerate clean energy deployment and reduce reliance on imported fuels.

US engineering giant KBR has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for a proposed liquid hydrogen (LH2) import and liquid carbon dioxide (LCO2) export terminal at the Port of Amsterdam.