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From Optionality to Outcome: How Germany Can Reset Hydrogen Without Losing Face
Germany now has a pressurized segment of its hydrogen backbone that is physically complete and operationally empty. There are no connected suppliers feeding hydrogen into it, no contracted customers drawing hydrogen out, and no credible near-term pathway to change either of those facts. This is no longer a question of … [continued]
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Germany’s Hydrogen Backbone & the Long Shadow of Russian Gas
Germany’s newly pressurized hydrogen backbone segment with no suppliers and no customers is often described as a clean break from the past, a necessary early investment in a future hydrogen economy. The steel tells a different story. The route, diameter, age, and economics of the pipeline point back to Russian … [continued]
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The Long US Goodbye to New Gas Connections and the Legal Tools States Are Using to Get There
Gas bans in new buildings moved from obscure municipal policy to national legal conflict in a remarkably short period of time. For most of the past decade, city ordinances limiting or prohibiting new natural gas hookups were treated as a local matter tied to building codes, air quality, and long … [continued]
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400km Hydrogen Pipeline With No Users Will Raise Germany’s Electricity Prices
Germany recently completed and pressurized the first roughly 400km segment of its national hydrogen backbone. The pipes are in the ground, the compressors work, and the system is technically ready. There is only one problem. There are no meaningful hydrogen suppliers connected and no material customers contracted. This is not … [continued]
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India Gets 7-Seat Electric SUV for … $32,900!
India has been somewhat disappointing in its transportation electrification. It’s a bit funny, or strange, since the country announced several years ago it was going to be the first 100% electric nation, and it is ridiculously far away from that while Norway is basically already there and China is more … [continued]
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