Airbus to study hydrogen contrail characterisation20 Jul 2022 13:52
Airbus’ subsidiary Airbus UpNext has unveiled a flight test programme to study the contrails produced by a hydrogen combustion engine as part the Company’s ZEROe roadmap.
GKN Aerospace says hydrogen-electric propulsion may be available sooner than expected.19 Jul 2022 23:52
UK-based multinational company GKN Aerospace, which specialises in supplying components for the aerospace industry, reported today that its superconducting cryogenic technology would facilitate the implementation of hydrogen-electric propulsion systems on large aircraft.
DUTCH CONSORTIUM EXPLORES SHIPPING HYDROGEN FROM PORTUGAL19 Jul 2022 23:40
Dutch gas shipping specialist Anthony Veder is participating in a consortium, alongside Shell New Energies, Engie and Vopak, which is studying the feasibility of producing, liquifying and transporting green hydrogen from Portugal to the Netherlands, where it would then be stored and distributed for sale.
Battery storage to be 24% of Ireland's installed energy by 203019 Jul 2022 17:36
Data from Cornwall Insight Ireland’s ‘All-island power market outlook to 2030’ paper has shown battery storage capacity will grow to become nearly a quarter (24%) of Ireland's installed energy capacity by 2030. The crucial technology will work to stabilise the network, as Ireland becomes more reliant on renewables and will cater for those technologies’ different system characteristics and variable output.
Kwasi Kwarteng flown around Saudi Arabia by oil firm19 Jul 2022 16:06
BUSINESS Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng’s taking free hospitality from Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil firm shows the “hypocrisy” in the UK Government’s energy policy, the Scottish Greens have said.
Pension fund adviser warns blue hydrogen could be “white elephant”18 Jul 2022 19:43
The responsible investment arm of an influential proxy adviser has warned investors of a significant risk that investments in “blue” hydrogen will become “white elephants”, given rapidly declining costs for renewables-based hydrogen, and an emissions profile that barely beats that of gas-based fuel.