Europe - East

Less than a fifth of the EU’s planned hydrogen production capacity is likely to come online by 2030, unless urgent action is taken to address gaps in policy, funding, and demand, according to new analysis...

European gas sector trade association Eurogas, plus a coalition of over 50 global organisations, have called on the European Commission to urgently address barriers preventing the import of renewable gases into the EU. The restrictions...

Estonian private energy company Elenger has completed the Baltic region’s first cross-border biomethane transaction.

The European Commission is supporting electrolyser and hydrogen development in Austria and Lithuania through state aid funding worth €400m and €36m respectively.

Ukraine national energy company Naftogaz is partnering with Poland’s Orlen to capitalise on LNG opportunities and create a more diversified energy system, following a period of intense Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.

Scientists at the Technology University of Vienna (TU Wien) have found a way to turn battery waste into fuel, developing a nanocatalyst that converts CO2 into methane using spent batteries and aluminium foil.

Electrofuels may have a strong profile in transport decarbonisation, but the stubbornly high cost and the infrastructure challenge is holding things back, according to Murray Douglas, Head of Hydrogen Research at Wood Mackenzie.

France-based hydrogen refuelling specialist HRS has secured a contract to supply a high-capacity hydrogen station capable of compressing four tonnes of hydrogen per day.

Europe is targeting Russian LNG projects under new sanctions and pledging 1.5 gigawatts (GW) of renewables investment to Ukraine, on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion.