Hydrogen economy could insulate Scotland from volatile oil price
In the week or so before I sat down at my desk to write this column, four important and potentially linked events took place.
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Students unveil hydrogen-powered car ahead of Shell Eco-marathon
Students from Aberdeen University have unveiled a hydrogen-powered car they designed and built for this year’s Shell Eco-marathon.
Sir Ian touts ‘energy transition park’ concept for Aberdeen
Oil and gas doyen Sir Ian Wood said yesterday a “major energy transition park” could help Aberdeen capitalise on the switch to a low carbon economy.
Hydrogen could ‘replace’ natural gas to heat homes, report claims
Hydrogen has the potential to replace natural gas as a heat source in homes across the UK, according to a new report.
China’s father of electric cars says hydrogen is the future
His vision to make China an electric-vehicle powerhouse revolutionized the global auto industry, cementing a move away from the combustion engine. Now, Wan Gang says get ready for the next game-changing moment.
Unleashing the power of hydrogen
Very soon, the Climate Change Committee is expected to call for a ‘net zero’ carbon emission target for 2050. It underlines how serious rapid global warming is and how we should all act collectively as quickly as possible, but even in the face of doomsday predictions there is increasing evidence that an alternative future can be realised, using technology that is both clean and green.
‘Hydrogen valley’ planned for Aberdeen
Council bosses are considering plans to create a “Hydrogen Valley” in Aberdeen.
CCUS is a stopgap to a big hydrogen world
As a proponent of hydrogen being key to the UK’s atmospheric decarbonisation drive, I am concerned that hydrogen receives so little press when compared with carbon capture and storage (CCS).
Shetland council eyeing up what would be UK’s largest renewable hydrogen project
The idea of turning surplus energy from a wind farm in Shetland into hydrogen to use for heating and transport is being explored - leading to hopes that it could kick start other local renewable operators into doing the same.
New DNV GL report highlights explosion in hydrogen demand
Demand for hydrogen will explode over the next three decades as the decarbonisation drives gathers pace, a new report said.
New green heating system could slash emissions from homes
Carbon emissions from heating could be slashed by installing hybrid technology that does not require major changes to people's homes, Government climate advisers have suggested.
Russia looks to hydrogen as way to make gas greener for Europe
Russia is looking at how to develop a market for hydrogen in Europe, a move that would help maintain demand for one of its primary exports as governments everywhere work to cut pollution.
‘Aberdeen vision’ for pioneering hydrogen from gas project
The north-east is to be used as a testing ground in a pioneering project to prove if hydrogen could be deployed at scale to eliminate emissions from the UK’s energy system.
‘Mistake’ to overlook hydrogen electrolysis in clean energy drive
As a proponent of hydrogen being a very significant component in the UK’s atmospheric decarbonisation drive, I read with interest two recent reports; Delivering Clean Growth, CCUS Cost Challenge Task Force, July 2018 and Reducing UK Emissions, Committee on Climate Change, June 2018.
‘Substantial’ contract for TechnipFMC for India’s largest hydrogen unit
Energy services giant TechnipFMC has been awarded a “substantial” contract for India’s largest hydrogen generation unit.
OPINION: Hydrogen is really happening
At some point in almost every decade since the 1970s a politician has insisted that the oil and gas industry has no more than 10 years to run.
Opinion: The need for a Scottish Institute of Technology
I’m concerned. I follow a large number of UK and overseas university and energy related research institutes both on Twitter and directly. It helps keep me up to speed on what the latest research work is and where it’s going on.
Opinion: Renewables + Hydrogen = Industry Reimagined
Hydrogen has been closely associated with key aspects of the new energy transition for many years. Its properties as a storage medium and energy carrier make it a key point in any serious discussion about energy storage, and its consequent role in increasing renewable penetration in energy generation, transmission and distribution. Hydrogen fuel cells are also high on the agenda for expanding the number of light electric vehicles on the road.
Shell opens ground-breaking new hydrogen refuelling station
Shell has opened a new hydrogen refuelling station in Buckinghamshire.
Consortium including Shell given £8.8million grant to improve use of hydrogen vehicles
A consortium including energy giant Shell has won a multi-million pound government grant to improve use of hydrogen vehicles in the UK.
The hydrogen-powered car’s big setback is a blow to automakers
If a green ride-sharing service were to flourish anywhere it would be in Munich, where you can rent no-emission cars on just about any city-center street. And yet Linde AG is about to shut its two-year experiment with hydrogen.
Aberdeen gets world’s first hydrogen road sweeper
Aberdeen has become home to the world’s first hydrogen-powered road sweeper.
Isles aim for world’s first seagoing hydrogen ferry
Plans for the world’s first seagoing hydrogen ferry are taking shape in the Western Isles – fuelled by community-owned wind power.
Surf ‘N’ Turf green project launched in Orkney
A groundbreaking hydrogen project called Surf ‘N’ Turf has had its official launch in Orkney.
Statoil, Vattenfall in project to convert gas plant to hydrogen
A group of firms will try to convert a Dutch power plant from gas to hydrogen.