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At last, the world’s first hydrogen-powered trains have made their global debut in the northern countryside of Germany. As of Monday, two Coradia iLint locomotives have been transporting passengers back and forth to the...

Two trains built by the French train maker Alstom are now operating on a 62 mile stretch of line in northern Germany

Renewably generated hydrogen could supply energy storage at scales many times beyond which even the largest battery systems could attain, writes Mike Koefman; while John Ellis says it’s time for joined-up thinking on our...

Whatever the WWF says, peak demand for gas-fired generation will be larger, says Steve Bolter, while Chris Underwood pours cold water on the IMechE’s hydrogen proposalThe WWF has been oversimplistic in its argument that...

With more electricity often generated than needed the excess could be utilised to generate the green power source

Oil firm says gas could account for 10% of global energy consumption by end of century

Inventor Hugo Spowers has a dream: to replace today’s cars with his own hydrogen prototype. Is the world ready?

Recent innovations in hydrogen generation, storage, transport and use could transform it into the ultimate source of clean energy

Dubai-based designer Niko Kapa unveiled an Audi unlike any other luxury car we’ve seen before. Designed for zero emissions, this unusual coupé concept car features a banana-yellow aerodynamic shape that exudes playfulness....

California startup HyperSolar and University of Iowa researchers have teamed up to make renewable energy in a way that draws inspiration from plants. Using water and sunlight, they are able to make renewable hydrogen energy,...

The Hyundai ix35 is the Korean company’s first attempt to bring hydrogen-fuelled cars to the mass market, promising zero-emissions and more convenience at the pump...

Controversial €100m hydropower project likely to lose funding after Bern Convention warns of ‘decisive negative impact’ on the critically endangered lynx

A new hypersonic jet design from Airbus, which was just approved by the US Patents and Trademark Office, looks to create something of a successor to the now-retired Concorde...

A run-down of green technology’s most cutting-edge innovations, including transparent solar cells and microgeneration boilers

Transition away from fossil fuels is underway, but without assessing demands on land and water resources we put the future health of our planet at risk