Leigh Collins

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04 01 2023 | 10:45

Prepare for lift-off | Why 2023 will be the year that green hydrogen moves from idea to reality around the world

Government subsidy schemes are due to begin this year in the US, EU, UK, Germany, and maybe Canada and India, all but guaranteeing profitability for renewable H2 projects The next 12 months will…

04 01 2023 | 10:27

It's H2-go | Why 2023 will be green hydrogen's global lift-off year

Subsidy schemes kicking in this year in key economies will all but guarantee profitability for projects that will need huge new sources of renewable power, writes Leigh Collins The next 12 months…

17 08 2022 | 16:42

US green H2 would become 'world's cheapest' under tax-credit plan in new Manchin-approved bill

The surprise breakthrough tax and climate bill agreed yesterday by maverick coal-state Democratic senator Joe Manchin and Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer includes generous tax credits that would…

02 08 2022 | 11:32

Hydrogen ‘twice as powerful a greenhouse gas as previously thought’: UK government study

A study released on Friday by the UK government’s Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has found that hydrogen is twice as powerful a greenhouse gas as previously thought.…

21 05 2022 | 07:51

EU announces 'full switch' of existing grey hydrogen production to green H2, backed by carbon contracts

The European Commission (EC) will roll out carbon contracts for difference (CCfD) subsidies (see panel below) for green hydrogen using cash from its Innovation Fund “to support a full switch of the…

21 05 2022 | 07:08

EU plan to import vast amounts of green hydrogen from North Africa 'makes little sense': study

EU plans to import millions of tonnes of green hydrogen from North Africa make “little sense” due to high costs and counter-productive climate impacts, according to a new study commissioned by a…

21 05 2022 | 07:03

'White elephants' | Green hydrogen will be cheaper than blue H2 in all parts of world by 2030, says BNEF

An expected tenfold reduction in the cost of hydrogen electrolysers coupled with ever-cheaper renewable energy will mean that green H2 will be cheaper to produce than gas-powered blue worldwide by…

18 01 2022 | 13:15

Why multi-million-dollar blue hydrogen investments might quickly end up as stranded assets

There will be multiple downsides to producing ‘clean H2’ from natural gas with CCS, not least because green hydrogen is likely to soon be cheaper, says Irena report Investments in blue hydrogen —…

18 01 2022 | 13:06

‘Crazy, wasteful greenwash’: Japan to spend $242m on mixing hydrogen-derived ammonia with coal at power plants

Japanese power generator JERA will contribute a further $150m to the two demonstration projects, which have been labelled as 'nuts' by one hydrogen expert The Japanese government is to spend ¥27.…

15 05 2021 | 12:50

Gigawatt-scale compressed air: World’s largest non-hydro energy-storage projects announced.

The two 500MW/5GWh 'advanced' compressed-air projects in California would each be bigger than the current record holder. A Canadian company has today announced that it is developing two 500MW/5GWh ‘…