Canada and Germany agree on green energy deal

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz are set to sign a green energy agreement later this month in Newfoundland that could prove pivotal to Canada’s nascent hydrogen industry. The German government issued a statement confirming the agreement will be signed Aug. 23 in Stephenville, where a Newfoundland-based company plans to build a

Uniper may stop using LNG from Woodside

Germany’s Uniper is prepared to swap liquefied natural gas (LNG) it gets from Australia’s Woodside for US gas, so it can boost supplies in Europe more quickly during the coming winter. The strategy reflects efforts by companies and governments across Europe to seek alternative lines of supply and draw up contingency plans for the upcoming

Researchers from Japan and Europe to partner on optimizing CO2 hydrogenation

A group of European and Japanese researchers have been working to develop processes to optimise CO2 hydrogenation in terms of energy efficiency and production cost to produce e-methanol for transport, including ocean shipping. Under the Laurelin project, backed by the EU and Japan, ten research expert organisations are looking into the microwave heating, plasma induction,

Daimler Truck tests liquid hydrogen prototype

Daimler Truck is putting a fuel-cell truck prototype into operation in Germany to test the use of liquid hydrogen. A newly installed prototype filling station at the development and testing center in Worth, Germany, enables refueling with liquid hydrogen. Daimler Truck recently celebrated the first successful liquid hydrogen (LH2) refueling of the Mercedes-Benz GenH2 protype

Germany takes over Dynagas LNG vessels

Dynagas LNG Partners has said that the German government has picked up the charters of its three LNG carriers previously fixed to Russia’s Gazprom. The vessels have been under the control of Germany’s Federal Network Agency since April after it took over Gazprom Germania and all its subsidiaries, the indirect parent of Gazprom Marketing and

Putting a price cap on Russian oil on the G-7 negotiators agenda

Group of Seven negotiators agreed that discussions on a potential price cap on Russian oil had progressed enough to send the issue to leaders to discuss at a summit starting in Germany. The negotiators known as sherpas held what one official described as ‘intense’ talks on the matter in the Bavarian Alps ahead of the

Europe is reluctantly turning to coal, as gas supplies from Russia drop

Germany, Italy, Austria and the Netherlands have all indicated that coal-fired plants could be used to compensate for a cut in Russian gas supplies. European governments are scrambling to fill underground storage with natural gas supplies ahead of the winter. German Economy Minister Robert Habeck has warned that the situation is going to be “really

Sanctions against Russian gas hit Germany an extra $5.4 billion cost for replacement

According to a report by a German newspaper, Russia’s sanctions against Gazprom Germania and its subsidiaries could cost German taxpayers and gas users an extra 5 billion euros ($5.4 billion) a year to pay for replacement gas. Russia stopped supplying Gazprom Germania, which had been the German subsidiary of Gazprom in May 2002, after Berlin

Lhyfe gets green signal to build green hydrogen plant

Lhyfe gets green signal to start construction of a renewable green hydrogen plant from the city of Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany.  The new plant will have a capacity of up to 4 tonnes/day, about 10 MW. The plant will be built near publicly accessible hydrogen filling stations and a pipeline to supply a nearby technology park

$197 bn worth of renewable energy projects underway in India: Bhagwant Khuba

Bhagwant Khuba, Union Minister of State for New and Renewable Energy, has invited global investors to invest in India’s clean energy industry. Addressing investors at a conference in Munich, Germany, he stressed that projects worth around $196.98 billion are underway in the sector. Khuba delivered the keynote address at ‘Intersolar Europe 2022’ on “India’s Solar