In South Korea, Business Korea has reported that the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy has finalized “The 4th Energy Technology Development Plan” which presents South Korea’s energy technology vision and R&D investment strategy for the next 10 years. The Ministry has stated that it will focus its efforts on 50 development goals set in […]
In Australia, “The Hydrogen Society of Australia,” originally created as an interest group, is now officially being relaunched as a national association. Their current projects include a hydrogen/ zero-emission highway, a zero-emission directory, and a hydrogen port project. The current President of the hydrogen society in Australia emphasized that Australia’s “remote communities, distributed energy networks, […]
In Los Angeles, the LA Times reports that the Department of Water and Power (DWP) have entered discussions with possible vendors for gas turbines that it plans to install in Utah in order to transition from “planet-warming gas” to “clean-burning hydrogen” at a facility that would replace the coal-fired plant in Utah. “There is no […]
In France, The Financial Post stated that Hydrogène de France (HDF) has launched a high-powered production plant, where it will be the first in the world to mass produce high-powered PACs using proton exchange membrane technology. With this move, it now becomes French industrial company. It will integrate the Fuel Cell stacks of Canadian company […]
In Maine, resource and power consuming curtailment has pushed the state to consider hosting a pilot project that will convert surplus electricity from wind farms and other renewable generators into a gas that can be stored in underground pipelines. One bottleneck in northern Maine forced grip operators to curtail enough renewable power last year to […]
In Australia, a $370 million fund aimed at aiding in the development of new hydrogen projects has gained state and federal support following the release of the National Hydrogen Strategy in Perth, which sets a path for Australia to become a major global player in the hydrogen industry by 2030 through the removal of market […]
In India, the smog levels in Delhi have once again reached a “severely dangerous” level, and the Indian government is considering leveraging hydrogen as a mitigation method. The smog level prompted India’s supreme court to scrutinize the central government for neglecting to limit harmful conditions. India’s solicitor general later told the supreme court that the […]
In Berlin, Germany has announced plans to boost the momentum behind hydrogen alternatives as part of their broader effort to hasten the pace of emission cuts. The government is preparing for an incentive program that will help develop local markets for hydrogen technology. The “hydrogen strategy’ will focus on both technology push and demand-pull policies […]
In the UK, Reuters reports that the British government has announced two competitions that will award a total of 140 million pounds ($180 million) to industrial decarbonization projects as part of the effort to bring the UK to net-zero emissions by 2050. The first competition will allow businesses to apply for a share of up […]
In Washington D.C., Reuters reports top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer proposed a 10 year $454 billion plan to help shift the U.S. away from gasoline vehicles through the offering of cash vouchers. The hope is that this will motivate more Americans to buy cleaner vehicles. This contrasts the Trump administration’s plan to roll back Obama-era […]
