Europe’s electrolyzer manufacturing industry has the capacity to produce about 8.49 GW of equipment annually, yet the region’s much larger problem is increasingly on the demand side.
Italy is preparing to commit up to €400 million annually to renewable hydrogen support, putting one of Europe’s largest national subsidy mechanisms behind an auction model designed to test how much production the market can deliver at competitive prices.
Europe’s electricity system is facing a temporary but highly visible test of its ability to manage fast changes in renewable generation as Wednesday’s solar eclipse reduces photovoltaic output across parts of the continent.
Tthe United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL) signed a Joint Declaration establishing a framework for cooperation on the circular economy, advanced batteries and green industrial development.
Stricter carbon accounting for electrolytic hydrogen does not necessarily undermine project economics, but it also does not ensure that subsidized hydrogen is genuinely low carbon, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Mannheim.
Smoltek Hydrogen and Heraeus Precious Metals are preparing a 3,000 hour durability test of a porous transport electrode designed to operate with less than 0.1 mg of iridium per square centimeter.
Spain’s industrial decarbonization strategy gained another financial boost after Hydnum Steel secured a €150 million investment commitment from the Co-investment Fund (FOCO), strengthening funding for what is planned to become the Iberian Peninsula’s first fossil fuel free steel plant.
