The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is allocating $8bn for building regional clean hydrogen hubs. Decisions on who to fund are being made now and will be completed by the end of this year. Any methane-based hydrogen project that achieves a 95% carbon capture rate will be sufficiently “clean” to qualify for the federal funding. […] The post Should U.S. DOE risk funding methane-based Hydrogen production when CCS is still not proven? appeared first on Energy Post ..read more

The EC’s new series of proposed targets and reforms, contained in its Green Deal Industrial Plan, aim to ensure that at least 40% of the EU’s low-carbon technologies will be made within its borders by 2030. The eight “strategic net-zero technologies” are: Solar (power and thermal); Onshore and offshore wind; Batteries and energy storage; Heat […] The post ‘Green Deal Industrial Plan’ explainer: 40%+ of the top low-carbon technologies must be made in the EU by 2030 appeared first on Energy Post ..read more

Silicon Valley Bank in the U.S. was a favourite for climate tech start-ups. So its recent collapse inevitably raised questions over whether those start-ups and by extension the whole climate innovation ecosystem was much more fragile than previously thought. Rushad Nanavatty, Colm Quinn and Amy Yanow Fairbanks at RMI explain why that’s not the case. […] The post Silicon Valley Bank failed. Don’t blame the Climate Tech it backed appeared first on Energy Post ..read more

The IEA and the European Patents Office have, for the first time, reported on patents filed worldwide to get a measure of the innovations we’re seeing in the hydrogen sector, summarised here by Ian Shine. Overall, Europe and Japan are leading. Although the U.S. is a close third, with 20% of the total, their filings […] The post Hydrogen’s innovation pipeline: signals strong ahead of World Hydrogen Summit in Rotterdam, May 9-11, 2023 appeared first on Energy Post ..read more

Simon Göss provides an overview of the main issues surrounding the intense policy debate over the future of biomass in the EU. The current proposals of the EU parliament still allow certain woody biomass to be used for all kinds of energy purposes but limits the share that primary woody biomass can contribute towards renewable […] The post What is the future of Woody Biomass in the EU energy mix? appeared first on Energy Post ..read more

In Europe, any building put up for sale or rent must have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC). But as climate ambitions rise, so too must the those of the EPC. That’s the purpose of the TIMEPAC consortium, funded by the EU’s Horizon programme, is working to extend its effectiveness and range of tools, explains Patricia […] The post Buildings “Energy Performance Certificates”: piloting new tools to ramp up renovations appeared first on Energy Post ..read more

There’s been plenty of news about Europe’s worries over the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, launched in August last year. It will deliver a broad range of subsidies, incentives, and domestic manufacturing requirements that promote green technological innovation in the U.S., encompassing wind, solar, hydrogen and more, backed with a budget of $369bn. It also is […] The post U.S. IRA: what can Europe do to stop its firms relocating to America? appeared first on Energy Post ..read more

Meeting the U.S.’s wind and solar ambitions in full would take up less than 1% of its land, less than the fossil fuel industry’s current footprint. Steve Clemmer at UCS goes into the details of NREL’s comprehensive study of land use for wind and solar. Of particular interest is the observation that setting a high […] The post Fulfilling U.S. wind and solar ambitions will use under 1% of its land (that’s less than the fossil fuel footprint) appeared first on Energy Post ..read more

If the production and processing of critical minerals cannot keep up with the accelerating adoption of batteries, EVs, wind turbines and solar PV technologies, the pace and success of the global energy system transformation will be put at risk. In this explainer, Lilly Yejin Lee and James Glynn at the Center on Global Energy Policy, […] The post Critical Minerals: will there be enough to meet the 2050 net-zero emissions target? appeared first on Energy Post ..read more

An important part of the strategy of bringing hydrogen into the mainstream of the global energy sector is inserting it into the existing gas infrastructure. That will be done by “simply” blending it with the natural gas. But there are well known challenges and uncertainties, which have been interrogated in a report from NREL and […] The post Blending Hydrogen into the gas network: the challenges of pipeline fractures, faster flow rate + more appeared first on Energy Post ..read more