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Germany’s carbon dioxide emissions fell to 640 million tonnes in 2025, a 1.5 percent year-on-year decline that places the country 49 percent below its 1990 baseline. On paper, the national target under the Climate Change Act was met. In practice, the slowdown in emission reductions compared with 2024 signals a more fragile trajectory, driven less by structural decarbonization and more by weak industrial output and favorable solar conditions, according to Agora Energiewende’s annual review of Germany’s energy year.

John Risley’s World Energy GH2 has abandoned plans for a green hydrogen and ammonia plant in Stephenville, Newfoundland, acknowledging that…

Global low-carbon hydrogen demand is projected to surge from roughly 1 million tonnes per annum today to nearly 200 million tonnes by 2050, according to Wood Mackenzie, intensifying the search for alternative production pathways.

Green hydrogen economics remain constrained by energy intensity. Conventional solar driven electrolysis requires significant electrical input to split water, with the oxygen evolution reaction accounting for a large share of the thermodynamic and kinetic losses.

China’s electrification rate in final energy consumption reached 28.8% in 2024, representing a 0.9 percentage point annual increase and surpassing…

Renewable energy sources are projected to comprise 46% of global electricity generation by 2030, up from 30% in 2023, according…

Thyssenkrupp’s hydrogen subsidiary Nucera recorded a 77% decline in green hydrogen segment orders during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024/25,…

From subsurface hydrogen disputes and aviation feasibility to the raw material limits of Net Zero, Best of Face to Face 2025 captures the most consequential debates EnergyNews.biz hosted this year.

Editor’s Picks 2025 brings together the stories that most clearly exposed the fault lines of the global energy transition.

Energy News presents the most-read interviews of 2025, offering a deep dive into the minds shaping the future of clean energy and hydrogen.