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Coal-Burning High Shows Britain's Fossil Fuel Trap

Britain has burned more coal in the last seven days than at any time in nearly a year, suggesting that progress toward one of the UK’s key climate goals is stalling. Figures from National Grid ESO show how fossil fuel use spiked in the last week with high demand in cold weather conditions. Gas and coal regularly hit 60% of electricity generation. Day-ahead prices reached £1,000/MWh last week, as National Grid issued repeated notices about power supplies.

12 Jan 2021

Ammonia Fuel Cells for Deep-Sea Shipping a Key Piece in the Zero-Emission Puzzle

Interest in ammonia-powered fuel cells for the maritime sector is growing, but stakeholders have been hesitant to commit to investments in large-scale systems. Now the ShipFC project, granted funding from EU’s Research and Innovation program Horizon 2020 under its Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), is aiming to secure a place for ammonia in the future of deep-sea shipping.

21 Dec 2020

New Microbial Fuel Cell System Effectively Purifies Wastewater

Scientists from Washington State University (WSU) have designed a sustainable wastewater treatment system that depends on electron-producing bacterial communities to purify the water.

18 Dec 2020

Experts on Energy, Mobility and Transportation Fuels Come Together at the International Conference for Renewable Mobility “Fuels of the Future 2021”, to be Held Online From January 18th to 22nd, 2021

The upcoming conference “Fuels of the Future”, which takes place in January 2021, is the global key event to get updated on both the current discussion and future agenda on energy and mobility transition. Like in the previous years, the conference provides important insights into topics regarding renewable mobility and biofuels.

15 Dec 2020

EMEC Mobile Hydrogen Refuelling Solution to Power Aviation World First

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has unveiled an end-to-end hydrogen refuelling solution supporting ZeroAvia’s hydrogen-powered test flight programme in Cranfield.

From ZeroAvia 23 Nov 2020

Renewable Electricity Used for Widespread, Distributed Hydrogen Fuel Production

Researchers at Northwestern University have formulated a very effective, eco-friendly method for turning ammonia into hydrogen.

19 Nov 2020

New Green Fuel Product for the Off-Road Market Catches Eye of Speedy Hire Plc

FuelBox and Green Biofuels have together launched a brand new renewable, fossil-free, low emission fuel product for off-road vehicles which has already been taken up by Speedy Hire Plc, the UK’s leading tools and equipment hire company.

From Green BioFuels Ltd 15 Sep 2020

Zeroavia Takes on a Toyota Mirai to Help with Ground Operations for Its Zero Emission Aviation Drive

Zeroavia, a company working on decarbonisation of the entire aviation industry, has taken delivery of a Toyota Mirai fuel cell car at its Cranfield base, where it will form an important part of the company’s ground-breaking Hydrogen Airport Refuelling System.

From ZeroAvia 11 Sep 2020

GenCell Validates Joint Use Case of Alkaline Electrolyzer and Alkaline Fuel Cell to Power Hybrid and Backup Green Energy Solutions

GenCell Energy, a leading Israel-based manufacturer of fuel cell energy solutions, today announces that it successfully completed integration between the Enapter AEM Electrolyzer and the GenCell alkaline fuel cell.

From GenCell Ltd 11 Sep 2020

Novel Catalyst Helps Develop Hydrogen-Powered Vehicles

A Copenhagen research team has created a novel catalyst that can be used to create vehicles powered by more affordable and much more sustainable hydrogen.

25 Aug 2020