Energy giants team up for 25GW green hydrogen 'moonshot'

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EMEC hydrogen storage cylinders | Credit: Colin Keldie

Iberdrola, Ørsted, ACWA Power, CWP Renewables, Envision, Yara and Snam lead UN-backed drive to halve cost of hydrogen by 2026

A major UN-backed drive to rapidly scale-up global green hydrogen capacity 50-fold over the next six years while halving production costs has won the backing of a host of global energy giants, including...

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