Government goes cold on ‘hydrogen town’ pilot
Energy ministry D-ESNZ is turning down the heat under plans to run a town-scale pilot to heat homes by hydrogen alone this decade.
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Stanlow refinery celebrates 100 years
The hydrocarbon refining complex which every day delivers 16% of Britain’s fuel oils for road transport celebrates its centenary today.
Originally developed by Shell Oil,...
Stanlow oil refiner names boss to build hydrogen-ready CHP unit
The low carbon gas division of fossil fuel refiner Essar Energy Transition has appointed Rob Wallace to oversee construction of the hydrogen-ready combined heat...
EfW player plans £200m carbon capture hub on Deeside
Energy-from-waste operator Enfinium today unveiled plans for a £200 million plant storing carbon dioxide extracted from waste at its depot in the Parc Adfer...
Bristol’s hydrogen trial powers airport baggage trucks; planes next?
A ground-breaking airside hydrogen refuelling trial, led by easyJet with support from aviation service providers, has been successfully completed at Bristol Airport, in the...
Cranfield secures £69 million to boost hydrogen-as-SAF research
Cranfield University is to deepen its research into hydrogen as a sustainable aviation fuel, following its biggest ever grant win.
A £69 million injection will...
Low heat pump uptake slows progress on hydrogen & decarbing homes, watchdog finds
Government uncertainty over heat pumps and over hydrogen’s role in home heating is slowing adoption of the devices and infrastructure planning, a new National...
Hydrogen generator raises £3m to boost innovation
A British company pioneering a new means of making hydrogen from natural gas or biogas has raised £3million from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance,...
HyNet’s two blue hydrogen plants at Stanlow win planners’ approval
Backers of the UK’s leading HyNet cluster for industrial decarbonisation were celebrating today, after council planners approved plans for its first blue hydrogen plants,...
Green hydrogen scoops £2bn for industry projects, as pilot falters to convert homes
Energy ministry D-ESNZ has committed to back 11 projects making industrial use of green hydrogen with £2 billion over 15 years.
In return for state...
RWE and Dragon LNG sign contract with AtkinsRéalis to carry out an engineering study...
RWE, the largest power generator in Wales, and Dragon LNG, one of the three UK LNG terminals, have awarded a contract to AtkinsRéalis, a...
Sunak’s carbon capture policy ‘deepens fossil gas reliance’; IEEFA report
The UK government’s £20 billion pot of incentives for carbon capture projects disproportionately supports extraction of gas-derived ‘blue’ hydrogen, increasing long-term reliance on the...
Green hydrogen offers up to £ 11 billion savings for UK plc, industrialists calculate
A new study backed by top manufacturers including Tata Steel, Air Products & Airbus has found nearly £11 billion of economic and environmental benefits...
Shapps “will not add H2 introduction charge” to bills; hints other green levies may...
An interview given by energy secretary Grant Shapps yesterday has prompted new speculation that green levies mandated to spur renewables could return to bills...
Flow control firm & SGN partner over gas grids’ hydrogen readiness
The companies will work together as part of the operator's LTS Futures project, designed to verify the compatibility of Britain’s local transmission system (LTS)...
Britain lags on coherent hydrogen policy, says RenewablesUK
Policymakers’ lack of joined-up thinking on hydrogen as a low carbon industrial saviour risks the UK losing out to economies better managed to embrace...
Hydrogen blended into gas grid “unfairly expensive to consumers”, 20 organisations tell Shapps
Boosting Britain’s nascent hydrogen economy by pumping the gas in blends over established grids will impose unfair costs on businesses & households, campaigners including...
“Red & yellow & pink & green”; Ministers seek to sing hydrogen’s simpler rainbow
Standardising hydrogen’s often confusing palette of colours and sources is the government’s aim in its proposed new certification scheme, announced today.
Verifying the sustainability of...
Triple pressure: Britain “may need 150k heat pump installers this decade, not 50k”
Meeting the government’s target for installing heat pumps may require up to three times the 50,000 technicians which Whitehall foresees, industry experts now estimate.
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Government finds £102 million at Christmas to prime new nuclear & hydrogen
The Sunak administration today presented early gifts to investors in nuclear power and advanced hydrogen, finding parcels of £77 million and £25 million respectively...