Is it time to hop on the hydrogen train?
Hydrogen trains are now running in Germany. But are they really green and do they make any sense?
Does hydrogen have a role to play in a clean-energy future?
New technology might actually pull hydrogen out of the Alberta tar sands and leave the carbon behind.
Swedish company is building wind turbine towers out of timber
It seems that you can build just about anything out of wood.
How many solar panels does it take to fill up a hydrogen car?
Stanford scientists figure out way to get hydrogen out of seawater. Does this matter?
Coal-fired power plant to become solar-powered village
Now that's progress...
French solar roadway declared “a complete flop”
Sometimes we should just let a bad idea die.
Why burning biomass is a hoax and coal is solid sunshine
Both are just compressed trees or ferns and we shouldn't be burning either of them.
Community solar-plus-storage goes big in Massachusetts
Home owners are going solar, without having to put anything on their roof.
By 2030, 1/3 of UK energy will come from offshore wind
The British government sees offshore wind as a genuine opportunity to lead.
Can we make carbon-free steel from renewable hydrogen?
Yes, in theory. Doing it in practice is a whole other story. Another example of how the hydrogen economy is a fantasy.
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