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When Europe’s Economic Institutions Step Away From Hydrogen

When Europe’s Economic Institutions Step Away From Hydrogen
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Germany’s Council of Economic Experts, working jointly with France’s Conseil d’analyse économique, has already stepped away from hydrogen as a broad energy carrier, and that shift sits uneasily alongside a 400 km pressurized segment of Germany’s hydrogen backbone with no suppliers and no customers. The joint guidance from these two … [continued]

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From Optimistic Models To Empty Pipelines: The Intellectual History Of Germany’s Hydrogen Backbone

From Optimistic Models To Empty Pipelines: The Intellectual History Of Germany’s Hydrogen Backbone
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Germany’s hydrogen backbone now exists as steel in the ground and pressurized pipe, but the more important infrastructure was laid long before any trench was dug. That infrastructure was intellectual. A long sequence of studies, models, and policy-facing analyses created the impression that large scale hydrogen for energy use was … [continued]

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The Assumptions That Broke: China, India, and the End of Fossil Growth Models

The Assumptions That Broke: China, India, and the End of Fossil Growth Models
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The idea that heavy freight would be the last redoubt of diesel has been repeated for decades, often with confidence and rarely with evidence. In December 2026, that idea finally collapsed. Battery electric heavy duty trucks crossed 50% of new sales in China, a segment that had long been treated … [continued]

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