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Austria’s first off-site production plant for “green” hydrogen has opened in the municipality of Gabersdorf.

The UK government has announced a £77m funding pot to develop zero-emission heavy vehicles such as buses, ambulances and fire engines.

Electric heavy truck manufacturer Nikola has announced its exit from a European joint venture with chassis supplier Iveco Group and its refocus on North America.

Battolyser Systems, a Dutch company, has successfully installed the first industrial-scale Battolyser system at the RWE Magnum power plant in Eemshaven.

The Netherlands is fast becoming a hub for renewable energy, particularly in the field of green hydrogen. The country has set ambitious plans to accelerate the energy transition and replace 80% of its energy use that is still dependent on oil and gas.

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.

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.

“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.