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Johnson Matthey pump £80 million into Hertfordshire H2 fuel cell factory

Metallurgy and clean tech innovators Johnson Matthey are to build an £80 million plant in Hertfordshire, scaling up production of proton exchange membrane (PEM)...

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...

Insurers Lloyds smile on hydrogen to replace freighters’ diesel

Prospects for hydrogen as a fuel for sea freight took a step forward today, with news that key marine insurers Lloyd’s Register has agreed...

Strategy review at Powerhouse due ‘around time of AGM’

An operational review of business activities at Powerhouse Energy, the Merseyside-based extractors of clean hydrogen from end-of-life plastics, is expected to be complete by...

Teesside to host Britain’s first SAF handling terminal

Britain’s first dedicated bulk handling terminal for sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) is to be built on Teesside.  Output equivalent to 10% of the government’s...

‘Natural’ gas without climate warming? Brit pair partner in its promotion

Two technology pioneers in clean synthetic gas allied today in pursuit of perfecting, then selling hydrogen and other intermediate low-carbon fuels fabricated from waste. EQTEC...

Vertical electric air taxis, dosh from Extreme E racers: diesel-destroyer AFC rises hy(-drogen)er &...

Fuel cell innovator AFC Energy today unveiled full year financials which it claims set it on route to strike it rich in the world’s...

Velocys announces long-term clean avgas deals with airline behemoths

Fuel-from-waste pioneer Velocys has made the world's biggest sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant more investible, as it detailed massive likely long-term supply deals to...

Plymouth in frame for Carlton Power’s third green H2 hub

The gas synthesising firm has secured planning permission for its third planned green hydrogen plant, a 10MW facility to be located in the Langage...

ITM Power’s shares drop 12% on new boss’s profits warning

Shares in AIM-quoted catalyser builder ITM Power closed more than 12 per cent down today at a year low, as investors reacted to a...

SAF-er skies for Ryanair, as clean juice firm Safran & investor Hydrogen One lift...

Low cost flight behemoth Ryanair, the airline seen once on TV getting its pilots to top up planes with avgas on a charge card...

‘Vorsprung durch elektrische Technik’: Brits‘ love of EVs teut-teuts on

Electric car sales rose 6% last month compared to a year ago, with Volkswagen, Audi and BMW between them taking around 30% of Britain’s...

Hydrogen-fuelled passenger jets planned by Airbus and Delta

The prospect of carbon-scrubbed or electrolysed hydrogen as a zero emissions aviation fuel has taken a big step forward, with Europe’s biggest plane maker...

“Compel 100% accessibility for public EV chargepoints”: campaigners

All EV chargers available to the public should be easily usable by people with disabilities, and as of right, campaigners for disabled drivers are...

Powerhouse progresses deal for EfW joint venture in Poland

Further details emerged today of a proposed deal enabling power-from-waste pioneers Powerhouse Energy to launch their intended joint venture in Poland. Under outline terms agreed...
LC Energy: Got wood and boilers

Hello, Columbus: Velocys lifts clean wings towards the Americas

Increasingly globe-spanning aviation-fuel-from-waste provider Velocys is looking to the US and to US project engineers Bechtel Corporation for imminent expansion. A deal with Bechtel, the...

Vestas to trial hydrogen-fuelled service launches maintaining North Sea turbines

Low carbon launches ferrying technicians on service trips to offshore wind-spinners will be put through their paces in the North Sea from next week,...

Hydrogen fuelling London to San Francisco jets? That’ll be Fly Zero

Long haul flights for up to 279 passengers in a British-designed, hydrogen-fuelled plane blipped up as a prospect on airlines' radar this morning, courtesy...

Hydrogen’s second wind: winners share £60 million in D-BEIS prizes

Innovators involved in Britain’s pursuit of hydrogen in its green as well as less green variants are today celebrating wins in a government competition. D-BEIS...

Car decarb minister Norman urged to act on 300k charging target

Green motoring campaigners have urged decarbonisation minister Jesse Norman to add his name to moves aimed at speeding up Whitehall’s flagging drive towards 300,000...