Hydrogen

Trump says global warming will ‘start getting cooler’ Donald Trump has brushed aside concerns over climate change on a visit to California, telling an official in the fire-hit state that it would “start getting cooler”. The US president, a climate change sceptic, dismissed an official's plea to not “ignore the…

Astronomers have found a potential sign of life high in the atmosphere of neighboring Venus: hints there may be bizarre microbes living in the sulfuric acid-laden clouds of the hothouse planet.Two telescopes in Hawaii and Chile spotted in the thick Venusian clouds the chemical signature of phosphine, a noxious gas…

It seems like many legacy automakers are partnering with EV startups General Motors has announced that it’s investing in EV startup Nikola to help the company develop its electric truck and cars. Nikola made a name for itself by revealing a hydrogen-powered semi-truck, but since then, the company has been…

Green hydrogen is set to transform the way we travel. Graphic: Cambridge ConsultantsGreen hydrogen is the only viable fuel that can decarbonise the aviation industry, says Nathan Wrench, head of sustainability innovation at Cambridge Consultants – and without urgent action the UK risks losing the energy transition race being spear-headed…

News Carla Bridglal Thursday 3 September 2020Aerial View of the Point Lisas Industrial Estate, Pt Lisas, Couva. PHOTO COURTESY THE NATIONAL GAS COMPANY OF TT LTD (NGC).UK firm io consulting (io) has been awarded a contract for a bankable feasibility study by NewGen Energy Ltd to support development of a…

As part of its COVID-19 response, Canada's government is spending $1.7 billion to clean up "orphan" and inactive oil and gas wells in Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. Industry should be footing the bill, but the work is critical and will keep people employed, and, in some cases, help them upgrade skills.…

Trump's Supreme Court pick Barrett avoids questions on abortion, gay marriage President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett says at her Senate confirmation hearing that her religious views will not affect her decisions on the bench and declined to say whether she believes landmark rulings legalizing abortion and gay…

If you want to understand the flamboyant family of objects that make up our solar system—from puny, sputtering comets to tremendous, ringed planets—you could start by immersing yourself in the technical terms that fill the scientific literature. Oblateness. Grabens. Magnetosphere. Volatiles. By all means, take the plunge if you are…

The supercar will go 1,000 miles before refuelling, the company says TopicsHyperion | supercars With little more than sketches and not fully baked prototypes, a crowd of electric vehicle startups have rounded up billions from investors. Can that fund-raising engine drive a hydrogen-powered car? Hyperion Companies Inc, a decade-old Los Angeles outfit,…

Out-of-this-world styling and a slated 2.2-second 0-60mph time: the new Hyperion XP-1 is aiming for launch in 2022 The Hyperion XP-1 is this week’s mega-power hypercar concept, but this one’s powered by hydrogen. Hydrogen-powered cars are still far from popular - although a hydrogen BMW X5 has been confirmed -…