Hydrogen

Japan Airlines fuels up on hydrogen hype with eye on cleaner skies

Jet-setting to a greener future?

Science16 Nov 2023 | 44

Boris Johnson's mad hydrogen for homes bubble bursts

It was a gas while it lasted but 'no public policy' to replace natural gas for heating

Science18 Oct 2023 | 302

Nukes, schmukes – fuel cells could power future datacenters

At least in the tropics, say Equinix and the National University of Singapore

Off-Prem04 Oct 2023 | 45

Bosch goes all-in on hydrogen with €2.5B investment by 2026

Will get involved from production to hydrogen engines, hopes for €5B turnover from tech by 2030

Personal Tech13 Jul 2023 | 59

EV truck maker Nikola stalls in 2023, pulls out of Europe, hits brakes on production

If Q1 was 'very solid,' what does a bad quarter look like?

Personal Tech09 May 2023 | 23

Power grid worries force Amazon to run Oregon datacenters using fuel cells

And not the green hydrogen kind

Systems06 Feb 2023 | 10

Brit MPs pour cold water on hydrogen as mass replacement for fossil fuels

But gas likely to find a 'big niche' in rail, aviation, shipping, and industry

Science20 Dec 2022 | 175

Rolls-Royce, EasyJet fire up first hydrogen-fueled jet engine

Sustainable aviation will require something lighter than batteries

Science29 Nov 2022 | 106

Emissions-slashing hybrid trains to hit tracks in Europe

Battery, cable, and diesel combo as there are plenty of non-electrified lines

Offbeat21 Sep 2022 | 46

Scientists pull hydrogen from thin air in promising clean energy move

Could replace fossil fuels in several energy-hungry industries in hot climates without water use

Science07 Sep 2022 | 122

Microsoft hits milestone to replace datacenter generators with fuel cells

The hope? Killing diesel backup gennies in the name of carbon reduction

On-Prem01 Aug 2022 | 6

UK chemicals multinational to build hydrogen 'gigafactory'

Johnson Matthey receives government backing to scale-up fuel cell production

Science20 Jul 2022 | 100

Swedish firms ink deal to make green hydrogen with wind power

Last week, colocating datacenters and sewage plants: this week, renewables and H₂ producers

On-Prem12 Apr 2022 | 86

This data center will be Europe’s first with hydrogen backup power

And could this be a new Reg standard unit: Number of kilometers a Dutch person drives per day?

On-Prem15 Feb 2022 | 57

UK funds hydrogen-powered cargo submarine to torpedo maritime emissions by 2050

Green machine will also suck up microplastics between Glasgow and Belfast

Science16 Sep 2021 | 56

Green hydrogen 'transitioning from a shed-based industry' says researcher as the UK hedges its H2 strategy

Am I blue? Am I green? Government report isn't quite transparent

Science17 Aug 2021 | 68

Dog eats UK government's Hydrogen Strategy homework just as summer recess arrives

Ah shucks, industry and investors will have to wait a little bit longer

Science21 Jul 2021 | 39

UK urged to choo-choo-choose hydrogen-powered trains in pursuit of carbon-neutral economic growth

Meanwhile, Porterbrook's Hydroflex trials continue

Science24 Jun 2021 | 125

Titanium carbide nanotech approach hints at hydrogen storage breakthrough

Exciting news for green fuel, but quality control, financing will be a challenge

Science07 Jan 2021 | 90

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledges £12bn green economy package

Hot air? World-beating? Well, billions of the funding had already been committed earlier this year

Legal18 Nov 2020 | 116

H2? Oh! New water-splitting technique pushes progress of green hydrogen

It's really dope. Yep it's an energy-efficient process kicked off by gadolinium-doped cerium dioxide

Science03 Nov 2020 | 151

Hydrogen-powered train tested on Britain's railway tracks as diesel alternative

Hydroflex has ambled through Warwickshire at up to 50mph

Science30 Sep 2020 | 127

Future airliners will run on hydrogen, vows Airbus as it teases world-plus-dog with concept designs

Comes not long after firm ditched hybrid-electric propulsion demonstrator

Science21 Sep 2020 | 217

Q: How does hydrogen turn into a metal? A: Hang on a second, I need to train my AI supercomputer first

Since we can't build a planet

AI + ML10 Sep 2020 | 41

Microsoft runs a data centre on hydrogen for 48 whole hours, reckons it could kick hydrocarbon habit by 2030

Now to figure out how to make and store the gas, and fit fuel cells into bit barns

On-Prem28 Jul 2020 | 59

UK.gov: Here's £8.8m to plough into hydrogen-powered car tech

Less Hindenburg, more fuel cells

Science27 Mar 2018 | 93

Brits rattle tin for 'revolutionary' hydrogen-powered car

Fancy a piece of the Riversimple Rasa?

Bootnotes05 Apr 2016 | 118

Brits unveil 'revolutionary' hydrogen-powered car

The Riversimple Rasa - 250 mpg, but sadly unable to fly

Science18 Feb 2016 | 236

That's cute, Germany – China shows the world how fusion is done

Heats hydrogen more than three times hotter than the sun

Science06 Feb 2016 | 180

Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell: El Reg on the hydrogen highway

Vulture at the Wheel SUV shows potential, but maybe not for backward Blighty

Personal Tech22 Aug 2015 | 77

Vodafone adopts hydrogen fuel cells to dodge African outages

Avoids the light-fingered criminal element by using a light element

Networks04 Aug 2015 | 22

Boffins FOAMING over a Nickel's worth of hydrogen

Electrolysis paralysis catalyst dismissed!

Science18 Mar 2015 | 38

Toyota to launch hydrogen (ie, NATURAL GAS) powered fuel cell hybrid

Mirai released only in Japan ... for now

Personal Tech19 Nov 2014 | 87

Japan makes Prius palatable with road map to hydrogen cars

100 H-stations due by end of 2015

Legal04 Jul 2014 | 28

Inventors: Feast your eyes on fuel cell tech that'll power up Internet of Thingies

Pics Developer kits at the ready, just add water

Personal Tech01 May 2014 | 18

OpenDaylight beams down a little Hydrogen

First code release offers SDN and network function virtualisation

Networks05 Feb 2014 |

German boffins aim to burn natural gas - WITHOUT CO2 emissions

Der Flüssigmetall-blasensäulenreaktor kommt

Science10 Apr 2013 | 108

German boffins turn ALCOHOL into hydrogen at low temp

Tricky chemistry unlocks methanol's energy potential

Science28 Feb 2013 | 50

Hydrogen on demand from silicon nanospheres - just add water

Buffalo boffins tout ‘instant energy’ for portable devices

Science23 Jan 2013 | 66

NASA SECRET DISCOVERY ON MARS: Meteor offers possible clue

Space rock was flung to Earth after asteroid strike

Science21 Nov 2012 | 37

DoCoMo tests blackout-proof hydrogen cell base station in Japan

Ready for the next tsunami

Networks19 Nov 2012 | 9

Scientists find safer way to store hydrogen

Non-morons defuse potential H-bomb

Science17 Aug 2012 | 121

Toyota teases next-gen Prius styling

Detroit Motor Show Hydrogen hatchback too

Science12 Jan 2012 | 23

LOHAN rival to inflate bulging orbs with hydrogen

Trifling explosion hazard outweighed by greater buoyancy

Science22 Aug 2011 | 28

ESA: British Skylon spaceplane seems perfectly possible

Wizzo robot runway rocketplane cleared to proceed

Science24 May 2011 | 69

Note to Captain Kirk: Warp speed will kill you

Pesky interstellar hydrogen does for Star Trek

Science17 Feb 2010 | 195

NASA retargets Moon-attack probe

Shifts LCROSS impact site

Science29 Sep 2009 | 10

Boffin predicts pee-powered cars

Leccy Tech Wee are not taking the piss

Science06 Jul 2009 | 36

Hydrogen-powered two-seater car unveiled

Leccy Tech 240 miles from a single tank, anyone?

Science17 Jun 2009 | 56

Endeavour launch scrubbed again

Hydrogen vent system not in such good shape

Science17 Jun 2009 | 13

Hydrogen leak grounds Discovery

Launch no sooner than Sunday

Science12 Mar 2009 | 8

US forces order fuel-cell units for medevac stretchers

I see you have the machine that goes ping, soldier

Science07 Jan 2009 | 4

Mazda takes RX-8 for a spin on 'hydrogen highway'

<s>'Leccy</s> Hydrogen Tech H-powered rotary engine debuts outside Japan

Science15 Oct 2008 | 30

New hydrocarb X-51 scramjet ready for flight

DARPA, NASA chuffed to bits blown away cautiously pleased

Science26 Sep 2008 | 26

Miracle airship tech sustained by DARPA pork trickle

Designer claims to have cracked century-old snag

Science22 Sep 2008 | 53

EU parliament says yes to hydrogen cars

They will go like a bomb

Science04 Sep 2008 | 21