The European Commission has identified hydrogen as a key part of its decarbonisation strategy. The 2022 REPowerEU Strategy set a target of 20MT consumption of renewable hydrogen by 2030. The Commission is keen to promote a single European market in hydrogen, similar to the current one for...

Both hydrogen and electric vehicles (HVs and EVs) have received widespread attention as key options for decoupling road transport from the environmental and energy security risks posed by climate change and oil dependency. However, considerable uncertainty remains as to which of these...

The paper analyses the context and implications of the adoption of the REPowerEU (May 2022), a European Union strategy for the reduction and elimination of dependency on fossil fuels imported from Russian Federation, and for the transition to a green economy. In this analysis, REPowerEU is...

Low-carbon hydrogen has emerged as an important component of EU decarbonisation plans. It also adds a new element to the EU’s external energy policy, given that a sub­stantial share of Europe’s future hydrogen requirements will need to be met with imports. In this context, the Eastern...

The effort to implement more environmental-friendly fuels has been enhanced not only to reduce the greenhouse effect but also for public health issues. This paper studies the effects on pollutant emissions from a light-duty Euro 6 vehicle of four types of fuel: diesel (fossil origin, used as...

In this work, the heterogeneous catalytic production of 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF) and 2,5-dimethyltetrahydrofuran (DMTHF) in a fixed-bed continuous-flow reactor has been investigated. This study utilizes an unconventional biomass-derived carbon as the catalytic support for bimetallic NiCu...

The electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is an alternative eco-friendly strategy to obtain sustainable hydrogen energy. However, the HER in alkaline medium exhibits sluggish kinetics because of the difficulty of hydrogen adsorption and hydrolysis. Herein, a hierarchical nanoporous...

The transition to a hydrogen-based economy is gaining momentum in both Germany and the European Union (EU). Used as an energy carrier, hydrogen holds the promise of freeing hard-to-decarbonise sectors like heavy industry, aviation, and maritime trade from their emissions. At the same time,...