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Shell and Uniper to drive development of H2 economy
Shell Gas & Power Developments and Uniper Hydrogen GmbH have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore accelerating the development of a hydrogen economy in Europe. Under the...
New data shows impact of energy transition on distribution networks
depsys, a specialist digitalisation company, reports that the acceleration of photovoltaic installations, charging points for electric vehicles and the intensive use of heat pumps,...
Launch of the EU's DSO entity
ENTSO-E comments that it is looking forward to co-operating with the EU DSO Entity in the fulfilment of their respective legal mandates in the interest of European consumers and...
ABB and Axpo partner on green hydrogen project
ABB has joined forces with Swiss utility Axpo to develop modular green hydrogen production plants in Italy aimed at creating an optimum operating model to produce affordable, green hydrogen.
Gas engines complement CHP in Saarbrücken
On 10 March a 4x10 axle heavy haulage truck that set off from the Austrian municipality of Jenbach finally reached its destination in Saarbrücken, Germany after a journey of nearly...
ACER and ENTSO-E to investigate the 8 January system separation
National regulators along with the European Agency for the Co-operation of Energy Regulators, ACER, have joined ENTSO-E’s Expert Panel investigating the electricity system separation...
Industrial plant trial of hydrogen as a GT fuel
Ineos Group and Engie have announced a pilot project to replace natural gas with hydrogen at INEOS' industrial plant in Antwerp, Belgium. Hydrogen will be fired in a commercial-scale...
Planned hydrogen projects outnumber current projects
The number of planned or announced hydrogen projects across Europe is almost double that of current operational projects, as demand for clean energy solutions heightens...
System separation in Europe – update
On 8 January 2021 at 14:05 CET the synchronous area of Continental Europe was separated into two parts owing to outages of several transmission network elements in a very short...
System split in continental Europe – now resolved
The synchronous area of Continental Europe was split into two separated grid regions between 14:05h CET and 15:08h CET on 8 January 2021.
Consortium to investigate offshore H2 production
The Oyster project, a consortium of ITM Power, Ørsted, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, and Element Energy, has been awarded €5 million in funding from The Fuel Cells and Hydrogen...
Denmark cancels new oil and gas permits
The Danish parliament has announced that it will cancel all future licencing rounds for new oil and gas exploration and production permits in the Danish part of the North Sea and...
World’s first 1 MW hydrogen engine begins field testing
The recent initiation of field testing on the converted combined heat and power (CHP) plant in the Othmarschen area of Hamburg marks a ‘decisive step forward' in a joint flagship...
R&D in hydrogen delivery – converting a natural gas pipeline
Politics and business are increasingly turning to hydrogen as a climate-neutral energy carrier. E.ON is taking a significant step forward in putting the hydrogen vision into practice...
Energy PPA Price Index reveals Italy’s RE advance
LevelTen, reportedly the world’s largest renewable energy marketplace, has released its ‘Energy PPA Price Index’ for Q3 in Europe. It is said to provide the most comprehensive analysis...
Record European demand for RE – despite COVID-19
New statistics from the Association of Issuing Bodies show that the demand for renewables reached 530 TWh at the close of Q2 2020. This is the highest figure recorded, even compared...
GB could be net exporter of power by 2040s
Interconnection with EU nations, regardless of trading arrangements post-Brexit, will continue to play a pivotal role in driving wholesale power prices and system flexibility in...
Greece sets ambitious targets to phase out coal by 2028
Greece has committed €5 billion to phase-out the use of coal by 80% by 2023, to reduce the country’s carbon footprint. But data and analytics company GlobalData suggests that this is...
EU sets out its plans for the energy system of the future
The European Commission has set out its strategies for achieving the transformation of Europe’s energy system, which accounts for 75% of the EU's greenhouse gas emissions, that will...