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The German "Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure" (BMVI) is launching a new call to promote the construction of public hydrogen filling stations for commercial vehicles. Up to 60 million euros are available.

https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/PROTON-MOTOR-POWER-SYSTEM-4006510/news/Proton-Motor-Power-Europe-s-leading-producer-of-hydrogen-fuel-cells-at-ldquo-European-Zero-Emissi-36727546/

PM poses for environmentally friendly pic with donor who lends him private jet.

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/greenwashing-pm-poses-for-environmentally-friendly-pic-with-donor-who-lends-him-private-jet-296034/

Lovely......waiting for some news.

https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/electric/foxconn/

Petrofac very dodgy.
A multinational firm that was headed by a Tory party donor has been fined £70m after admitting it used “systemic” bribery to secure large contracts.

https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2021/10/04/serious-fraud-office-secures-third-set-of-petrofac-bribery-convictions/

Posset, Lutra,
CEO of Protium Chris Jackson is the chap who stepped down as chair of the UK Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association recently.
Unable to find where they source electrolyser from tho.

https://drillordrop.com/2021/08/19/head-of-hydrogen-trade-body-quits-over-expensive-distraction-of-blue-hydrogen/

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has published a roadmap detailing HM Treasury’s new Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) for asset managers and investment products, which it has developed with support from the Financial Conduct Authority.

The requirements, which will also apply to pension schemes, will require businesses to begin to disclose the environmental impact of any activities they finance and "clearly justify any sustainability claims [they] make".

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-sets-new-standards-for-environmental-reporting-to-weed-out-greenwashing-and-support-transition-to-a-greener-financial-system

Budweiser Brewing Group has unveiled plans to create its first green hydrogen supply to a brewery, through a new agreement with energy firm Protium to use onsite renewables at the Magor brewery in South Wales to generate hydrogen to power the facility.

https://www.edie.net/news/6/Budweiser-to-deliver-carbon-neutral-brewery-through-green-hydrogen-deal/

The high price of natural gas and carbon have made it so H2 produced with renewable energy is more affordable.

https://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/green-hydrogen-production-europe/8548765/

Japan’s new prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has said that there can be no delay to plans to release contaminated water from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea, despite opposition from fishers and neighbouring countries.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/18/fukushima-japans-new-pm-wont-delay-release-of-contaminated-water-into-ocean

The combined output of rooftop and large scale solar met more than half of Australia’s grid demand for the first time on Sunday.

https://ieefa.org/solar-meets-majority-of-australia-grid-demand-for-first-time/

Electricity Network Capacity.
Understanding potential future public EV charging demand and the existing electrical network capacity for EV chargepoint connections.

https://www.spenergynetworks.co.uk/pages/connectmore_interactive_map.aspx

https://abetterrouteplanner.com/classic/

Richard Murphy....

https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2021/10/18/the-earthshot-prizes-an-exercise-in-royal-greenwashing/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+org%2FlWWh+%28Tax+Research+UK+2%29

https://www.insidermedia.com/news/south-west/barratt-homes-makes-progress-on-gas-free-somerset-site

German I think.

The government’s new panacea has almost nothing to do with our energy needs and everything to do with Boris Johnson’s ill-considered techno-dreams.

https://www.ianfairlie.org/news/nuclear-fusion-not-the-answer-to-our-energy-needs/

French nuclear companies dumping radioactive waste in Siberia....

New satellite images from Seversk show thousands of barrels lying outdoors exposed to the elements.

https://www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issues/climate-energy/45879/french-nuclear-companies-exposed-dumping-radioactive-waste-siberia/

Haggis, ticking time bombs everywhere sadly, it's about keeping donors happy with BJ, same old story.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/15/uk-poised-to-confirm-funding-for-mini-nuclear-reactors-for-green-energy

Nuclear will drive the price high for sure.