Hydrogen

Green steel

Chart: Steelmaking is starting to go electric

The majority of newly announced steel capacity in 2023 planned to use lower-emissions electric arc furnaces, but the dirty industry has a way to go to clean up.

By Dan McCarthy, Carrie Klein . 26 July 2024

Hydrogen

The biomethane boondoggle that could derail clean hydrogen

If the Treasury Department doesn’t get hydrogen tax-credit rules right, it could enrich factory farms and fossil fuel producers rather than boost green hydrogen.

By Jeff St. John . 11 September 2023
Hydrogen

Will a planned 'blue' hydrogen hub in Appalachia help or hurt the climate?

Project backers promise clean energy from hydrogen production with carbon capture and storage, but skeptics say the tech hasn’t been proven at scale.

By Kathiann Kowalski . 23 August 2023
Video

Video: How the Inflation Reduction Act has transformed US clean energy

Watch a conversation on the historic climate law’s impact featuring the Department of Energy’s David Crane and Canary Media’s Julian Spector.

By Julian Spector . 21 August 2023
Podcast

The high-stakes debate over green hydrogen

Imminent rules could kick-start America’s clean hydrogen industry — or cause a massive spike in emissions.

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By Stephen Lacey . 24 min . 4 August 2023
Air travel

The first hydrogen-powered planes are taking flight

Aircraft retrofitted with hydrogen fuel cells could slash CO2 emissions from small planes — and potentially pave the way for hydrogen jets, new study shows.

By Maria Gallucci . 2 August 2023
Hydrogen

A dispatch from the dawn of the green hydrogen era

Canary gets a firsthand look at electrolyzer maker Verdagy's pilot line. It's one of many companies hoping to cash in on lucrative new subsidies for fossil-free hydrogen.

By Eric Wesoff . 24 July 2023
Podcast

The early days of transoceanic hydrogen transport

There’s a crowded field of technologies competing to move hydrogen across the oceans. Which one will come out on top?

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By Shayle Kann . 44 min . 13 July 2023
Hydrogen

A profitable fuel-cell company finally emerges amid industrywide losses

For now, SFC's success is more exception than rule, but fuel-cell firms are betting that a green hydrogen revolution will soon reverse the entire industry's fortunes.

By Eric Wesoff . 20 June 2023
Video

Video: Canary hits the airwaves to chat about hydrogen fuel-cell buses

Reporter Maria Gallucci joins The Weather Channel to discuss a first-of-a-kind project that will turn an East Coast bus depot into a green hydrogen hub.

By Maria Gallucci . 15 June 2023
Public transit

This East Coast bus depot will make its own carbon-free fuel

The project, located in Maryland's most populous county, will use a solar microgrid to produce enough "green" hydrogen for 13 new fuel-cell buses.

By Maria Gallucci . 18 May 2023