A research team led by UCLA materials scientists and chemists has designed a new ultrafine platinum nanocatalyst with embedded cobalt oxide clusters that could make fuel cells more durable, nearly doubling the projected lifetime target set by the US Department of Energy (DOE). A study outlining the findings was published... Read more →

Allison Transmission announced the integration of the Allison 4000 Series transmission with a Class 8 truck equipped with a Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine (H2-ICE) displayed by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) at SAE International’s Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress (COMVEC) in Schaumburg, Illinois. The H2-ICE vehicle demonstrates emissions control capable of outperforming... Read more →

bp and Iberdrola have giventhe green light for construction of a 25 MW green hydrogen project at bp’s Castellón refinery which is expected to be operational in second half of 2026. The plant will convert 200 GWh/yr of Iberdrola’s renewable energy into green hydrogen that will contribute to bp’s decarbonization... Read more →

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced $18 million for 9 projects that seek to detect and quantify hydrogen emissions throughout the supply chain to maximize the climate benefits of hydrogen production. Current global hydrogen production is roughly 100 million metric tonnes per year and,... Read more →

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced a notice of intent for potential funding to accelerate the research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) of affordable clean-hydrogen and fuel cell technologies to drive national decarbonization. DE-FOA-0003438) The potential funding will focus on advancing technologies for hydrogen production, hydrogen infrastructure, and fuel cells,... Read more →

Lloyd’s Register’s (LR) business advisory team is partnering with energy companies ROTOBOOST and Amogy on a fuel cell and pre-combustion Carbon Capture Storage System (CCS) study to assess opportunities for emissions reduction. The joint development project (JDP) will evaluate the use of hydrogen fuel cells, ammonia and methane cracking technology... Read more →

The brand will be present in both the indoor and outdoor display areas, with a broad sample of its solutions for business users. enjoys motor shows, which are part of its history. It is a regular exhibitor at many events, including IAA Transportation, which was first held in 1992. This... Read more →

At the Százhalombatta refinery of MOL, a 10 megawatt capacity green hydrogen plant—the largest in Central and Eastern Europe—has started producing. The facility produces 1,600 tonnes of clean, carbon-neutral green hydrogen per year which is used for fuel production reducing the Danube Refinery’s carbon dioxide emissions by 25,000 tonnes, as... Read more →

Plug Power has been awarded $10 million by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to demonstrate next-generation hydrogen refueling infrastructure for medium= and heavy-duty vehicles at scale. Plug’s project, HYPER-Fuel, is a liquid-to-gaseous dispensing and cryogenic dispensing hydrogen refueling station architecture. This funding is part of the DOE’s $62 million... Read more →

The BMW Group and the Toyota Motor Corporation are collaborating to bring a new generation of fuel cell powertrain technology to the roads. Both companies share the aspiration of advancing the hydrogen economy and have extended their collaboration to push this locally zero-emission technology to the next level. The BMW... Read more →

Hycamite TCD Technologies, a leader in emissions-free methane-splitting technology, is opening Europe’s largest methane-splitting plant in Kokkola, Finland. Once fully operational, the nominal capacity of Hycamite’s Customer Sample Facility (CSF) will reach 2,000 tonnes of low-carbon hydrogen and 6,000 tonnes of high-quality carbon annually. The decarbonization capacity of the CSF... Read more →

ADNOC will acquire a 35% equity stake in Exxon Mobil Corporation’s proposed low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia production facility in Baytown, Texas. The agreement represents a significant investment in the United States’ energy production and the global energy transition. It will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions across hard-to-decarbonize sectors, including industry,... Read more →

Hypermotive Ltd. unveiled the X-M1, a platform for hydrogen fuel cell-based power generation tailored to marine applications. Developed in collaboration with Honda, and underpinned by Hypermotive’s SYSTEM-X technology, X-M1 is a scalable, modular, hydrogen fuel cell power system that makes clean energy transition more accessible and achievable for maritime operators.... Read more →

Linde signed a long-term agreement for the supply of clean hydrogen to Dow’s Fort Saskatchewan Path2Zero Project. Linde will invest more than $2 billion to build, own and operate a world-scale integrated clean hydrogen and atmospheric gases facility in Alberta, Canada. Linde’s new on-site complex will use autothermal reforming, combined... Read more →

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced nearly $62 million for projects across 15 states to accelerate the research, development, demonstration, and deployment of next-generation clean hydrogen technologies. These projects will advance critical elements of hydrogen fueling infrastructure, develop and demonstrate hydrogen-powered container-handling equipment for use at ports, and improve... Read more →

Hyundai Motor Company unveiled its new mid- to long-term strategy. The company commited to enhancing its electric vehicle (EV) and hybrid competitiveness, advancing its battery and autonomous vehicle technologies, and expanding its vision as an energy mobilizer, responding to the market environment flexibly with its dynamic capabilities. Implementing a full... Read more →

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) recently announced $8.8 million for 11 university-based research and development projects to improve the performance of hydrogen-fueled turbines. The selected projects will develop advanced materials and components that can better manage and withstand the extreme environment... Read more →

Technip Energies has been awarded the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by bp for the H2Teesside project in the North East of the United Kingdom. H2Teesside is expected to be one of the UK’s largest largest low-carbon hydrogen production facilities—fully integrated with carbon capture technology. As part of the FEED study,... Read more →

A new consortium led by aircraft manufacturer Pipistrel, a Textron Inc. company, in partnership with Honeywell International, Netherlands Aerospace Center (NLR), Fraunhofer Society, as well as University of Stuttgart and Delft University of Technology has been formed around a new initiative called HyPoTraDe. HyPoTraDe is focused on the development and... Read more →

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering subsidiary HD Hydrogen is investing €72 million to acquire a majority stake in Convion Oy, a fuel cell technology company from Finland. By joining forces with the Convion team, HD Hydrogen will develop solid oxide fuel cell and electrolysis technologies, and other key hydrogen... Read more →

Honeywell announced a significant expansion of its licensing agreement with AFG Combustion and its subsidiary, Greens Combustion Ltd., to include Callidus flares. This expanded agreement not only doubles the range of greenhouse gas-reducing Callidus Ultra Blue Hydrogen (CUBH) process burners but also enhances global customer support. Callidus flares are advanced... Read more →

Next Hydrogen Solutions, a designer and manufacturer of electrolyzers, has been awarded a contract by the University of Minnesota (UMN) for its latest generation electrolysis technology to be installed at the UMN West Central Research and Outreach Center (WCROC). The WCROC project is supported by the US Department of Energy’s... Read more →

Unither Bioelectronics Inc. (UB), a subsidiary of United Therapeutics Corporation, and Robinson Helicopter Company have entered into a collaboration agreement to accelerate UB’s development of hydrogen-powered helicopters based on Robinson’s popular R44 and R66 helicopter models. This strategic collaboration is expected to accelerate the development of zero-emission helicopters and increase... Read more →

Fabrum, a New Zealand company, has collaborated on the design, build and commissioning of Australia’s largest liquid hydrogen plant at a mine site with and for Fortescue, a global green technology, energy and metals company headquartered in Western Australia. The liquid hydrogen plant at Christmas Creek comprises a hydrogen liquefaction... Read more →

Celadyne, a decarbonization and hydrogen solution company, announced its expansion into heavy-duty systems with durable hydrogen fuel cells. Specifically, the project will be utilizing Celadyne’s Dura technology to develop and produce more durable fuel cells for heavy-duty applications in support of a larger decarbonization strategy for heavy-duty trucking and industrial... Read more →

Nuvera Fuel Cells signed a memorandum of understanding with Viritech Limited, a UK-based developer of hydrogen powertrain solutions for the automotive, aerospace, marine and distributed power sectors. Nuvera and Viritech will explore the possibility to collaborate to market, deploy, and support Viritech’s VPT60N powertrain for on-road commercial vehicles. Nuvera will... Read more →

Solaris will deliver eight articulated hydrogen buses to the city of Belfort, France. The Urbino 18 hydrogen unit will be delivered to the customer in the second half of 2025. The vehicles were purchased by the public entity SMTC (Le Syndicat Mixte des Transports en Commun du Territoire de Belfort),... Read more →

Shell Deutschland GmbH has taken a Final Investment Decision (FID) to progress REFHYNE II, a 100-megawatt renewable proton-exchange membrane (PEM) hydrogen electrolyzer at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland in Germany. REFHYNE II follows the success of the 10-megawatt PEM electrolyzer REFHYNE I, which started up in 2021 and uses... Read more →

Solaris continues to supply hydrogen buses to the German market. This time the customer is REVG Kerpen, which has ordered a total of 26 Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen buses. The manufacturer has already delivered the first two units to Kerpen, marking the debut of Solaris buses in the city. Deliveries... Read more →

DENSO Corporation signed a manufacturing license agreement with Ceres Power Holdings, a leading developer of solid oxide cell stack technology. DENSO aims to advance the early practical application of Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells (SOECs) that produce hydrogen through water electrolysis. Cell stacks are one of the components of SOECs, playing... Read more →

Bloom Energy is now offering the Bloom Energy Server power solution with ~60% electrical efficiency while using 100% hydrogen. Bloom engineers achieved the milestone efficiency at the company’s research and development facility in Fremont, California. Carbon-free hydrogen fuel cell for electricity production enables 24 X 7 clean power in conjunction... Read more →

DENSO Corporation and JERA will jointly develop high-efficiency hydrogen generation technology that combines SOEC (Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell) with waste heat utilization and will conduct joint demonstration testing at a JERA thermal power station. DENSO for years has pursued initiatives in the three areas of Monozukuri (manufacturing), mobility products and... Read more →

Elcogen, a producer of highly efficient solid oxide cells and stacks for fuel cell systems and electrolyzers, is partnering with global technology company AVL to develop solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) stack modules for MW-scale hydrogen production plants. This project brings together the R&D efforts of both partners in their... Read more →

The “Climate Impulse” project aims to showcase how efficient solutions can set the world on a sustainable course. As part of this project, high-tech engineering specialist 49SUD is responsible for the design and manufacture of an aircraft, which—powered by green hydrogen—is set to circumnavigate the globe in a historic maiden... Read more →

bp’s 100MW industrial-scale green hydrogen project at Lingen in Germany has been awarded funding, provided jointly by BMWK and Lower-Saxony Government, as part of the European IPCEI (Important Projects of Common European interest) Hy2Infra wave. The funding will help support the development of a 100MW green hydrogen project next to... Read more →

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $33 million for nine projects across seven states to advance concentrating solar-thermal (CST) systems technologies for solar fuel production and long-duration energy storage. CST technologies use mirrors to reflect and concentrate sunlight onto a receiver, helping to produce carbon-free clean fuels, heat, and... Read more →

Nikola Corporation, a provider of transportation and energy supply and infrastructure solutions via the HYLA brand, together with ITD Industries, opened the first commercial hydrogen refueling station for the heavy-duty transportation sector in Ontario. The station, located at ITD Industries’ headquarters in Etobicoke, ON, is situated at 161 The Westmall,... Read more →

The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €998-million (US$1.1-billion) Dutch scheme to support the production of renewable hydrogen. The measure aims to contribute to the development of renewable hydrogen in line with the objectives of the EU Hydrogen Strategy and the European Green Deal. The scheme... Read more →

A team at Arizona State University (ASU) has estimated the future amount of copper needed for clean energy transition (CET)-related technologies, focusing on the US market and the leading role of Arizona (AZ) in copper mining. Particularly, they evaluated hydrogen’s potential to displace diesel in haulage; for use in high-grade... Read more →

Ecojet, the world’s first electric, commercial airline, has signed an agreement to purchase 22 ZA2000 hydrogen-electric engines from ZeroAvia, with options for a further 40 engines. The ZA2000 is a 2-5MW modular hydrogen-electric powertrain for up to 80 seat regional turboprops. Fueled by liquid hydrogen tanks, the powertrain is capable... Read more →

Yanmar Energy Systems Co., Ltd. (Yanmar ES), a subsidiary of Yanmar Holdings, has commercialized the HP35FA1Z, a compact and multi-unit controllable 35 kW hydrogen fuel cell power generation system, and will begin accepting orders in Japan from 2 September 2024. With the increased focus on renewable energy to achieve a... Read more →

A team from Beijing University of Technology and Beijing Automobile Research Institute Company has used ammonia as a combustion inhibitor to mitigate or eliminate knock and to expand power in a direct-injection hydrogen engine. A paper on their work is published in the journal Fuel. Hong et al. Knock-free operation... Read more →

Daimler Truck is entering the next development phase of its fuel cell trucks. After a rigorous testing phase on the test track and public roads, the Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Trucks have now reached an advanced development stage for deployment in the first customer fleets. At the Daimler Truck Test and Development... Read more →

In Germany, gas transmission system operators (TSOs) have submitted their hydrogen core network application to Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur. The future hydrogen core network will include important hydrogen infrastructure that will be put into operation gradually by 2032. Overall the application provides for a line length of 9,666 km (around 60% of... Read more →

Toyota has started testing a new hydrogen fuel cell truck in Europe with Coca-Cola as part of the drinks company’s supply operations. Air Liquide, a leader in clean energy, is supplying the project with hydrogen sourced from renewables. Toyota aims to support the decarbonization of heavy-duty road transport with its... Read more →

The Pacific Northwest is set to begin work building out a clean hydrogen economy with the announcement of a Phase 1 funding award from the Department of Energy (DOE). The $27.5-million award to the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Association (PNWH2), a multi-state nonprofit organization, will be matched by industry partners up... Read more →

ZeroAvia and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will work towards a demonstration flight using ZeroAvia’s ZA2000 zero-emission, hydrogen-electric engines for large regional turboprop. Hydrogen-electric engines use hydrogen in fuel cells to generate electricity, which is then used to power electric motors to turn the aircraft’s propellers. The only emission is low-temperature... Read more →

SunHydrogen, the developer of a technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and water, entered into a joint development agreement with Honda R&D Co., Ltd.. SunHydrogen’s solar hydrogen technology uses abundant and low-cost materials, requires no external power other than sunlight, and is designed with scalability in mind. Its core... Read more →

A group of Penn State researchers will receive $1.1 million in funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The two-year cooperative agreement supports early-stage research and development to advance low-cost, low-emissions production of geologic hydrogen, which is produced naturally in Earth’s subsurface and could... Read more →

Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks and Mörtlbauer Baumaschinen Vertriebs GmbH jointly presented their two prototypes as part of the “WaVe” development project to research hydrogen combustion engines for special-purpose vehicles. The Unimog test vehicle and crawler demonstrated their performance in driving and working operation on the Mörtlbauer factory premises in Fürstenzell, Bavaria.... Read more →