Some 100 businesses and organizations, coordinated by the Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Energy Association (FCHEA), have sent a letter to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee Jason Smith, urging the preservation the Section 45V Credit for Production of Clean Hydrogen as the... Read more →
BASF signed a Cooperation Agreement with Plug Power, positioning BASF’s advanced DeOxo catalysts as an offer within Plug Power’s hydrogen liquefaction plants globally to enhance their market offerings, improving reliability and cost efficiency. BASF’s DeOxo catalysts, including the Purivate Pd15 product, offer exceptional catalyst performance at low temperatures, reducing the... Read more →
Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, part of technology group Wärtsilä, and Höegh Evi, a global provider of marine energy infrastructure, have successfully completed development of the world’s first floating ammonia-to-hydrogen cracker. This technology enables floating import terminals to produce hydrogen at industrial-scale volumes from transported ammonia. The project was announced in April... Read more →
Amogy, a provider of ammonia-to-power solutions, announced the first pilot plant deployment of its advanced ammonia cracking catalyst with JGC Holdings Corporation (JGC), a global engineering company headquartered in Japan. This agreement is a key component of a pilot project designed to advance large-scale ammonia cracking technology for low-carbon hydrogen... Read more →
Airbus Ventures invested in Fourier—emerging from stealth with its pioneering on-site, on-demand, hydrogen production systems—as part of the company’s $18.5-million in Series A funding. With this latest funding, the company will begin scaling manufacturing, accelerating commercial deployments, and expanding its engineering efforts to integrate its systems into critical energy infrastructure.... Read more →
The German ABO Energy group has been granted a planning reservation to build a hydrogen production plant in Oulu in northern Finland. In the preliminary plan, the new hydrogen plant would have an electrolyzer with a maximum capacity of 600 MW. Implementation would take place in 2-3 phases. In addition... Read more →
TotalEnergies and RWE have for agreed on conditions for the purchase of green hydrogen over a period of 15 years. The agreement stipulates that TotalEnergies will purchase around 30,000 metric tons of green hydrogen per year from RWE for its refinery in Leuna (Saxony-Anhalt) from 2030. This is the largest... Read more →
Everfuel A/S and Crossbridge Energy Fredericia A/S announced the first production and delivery of hydrogen to the Crossbridge Energy refinery, marking a significant milestone in the HySynergy I project. This achievement is the initial step towards stable operations and production ramp-up and underscores Everfuel and Crossbridge Energy’s commitment to advancing... Read more →
Evonik is building a pilot plant in Marl, Germany, for the production of anion exchange membrane (AEM). Developed by Evonik, the membrane is marketed under the name DURAION. A central element in AEM water electrolysis, DURAION membranes enable the cost-competitive production of green hydrogen. Evonik is investing a low double-digit... Read more →
Siemens, China-based Guofu Hydrogen, a supplier of integrated solutions for hydrogen energy, and RCT GH Hydrogen, a Germany-based supplier of hydrogen systems and services, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on advancing the hydrogen value chain. The partnership marks a significant step forward in the global expansion... Read more →
California Catalysts (Calicat), formerly H2U Technologies, announced that generation 3 of its flagship product, the Amplifier zero-iridium PEMwe OER catalyst, has achieved an unprecedented activity milestone of 2 Volts at a current density over 2 A/cm². This breakthrough performance represents a long-sought step change in the pursuit of cost-effective green... Read more →
P2X Solutions, a Finnish developer of green hydrogen, has launched commercial operations of green hydrogen at its production plant in Harjavalta, Finland. The Harjavalta plant’s green hydrogen production capacity is 20 MW. The facility complex also includes a methanation plant, which will launch its operations at a later stage. The... Read more →
Smoltek Hydrogen, specializing in innovative solutions based on carbon nanotechnology, and Heraeus Precious Metals, a global leader in precious metal solutions, have signed a term sheet on a strategic collaboration on advanced iridium-based catalyst solutions for proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers. This collaboration marks a significant step toward developing the... Read more →
Mantle8, a French natural hydrogen exploration company, has closed its €3.4-million seed financing round with investment from Kiko Ventures and Breakthrough Energy Ventures Europe (BEV-E), with participation from prominent angel investors. Mantle8’s proprietary technology combines geophysics, geochemistry and seismic data to detect natural hydrogen locations with world-first accuracy. The company... Read more →
The joint venture between bp and Iberdrola has begun the construction works of the largest green hydrogen project in Spain with 25 MW. This plant could create up to 500 jobs during its construction and approximately 25 Spanish companies will participate in the work. The first phase consists of the... Read more →
Japanese energy company ENEOS is building a A$200-million green hydrogen demonstration plant in Brisbane, Queensland. The plant will produce up to 680 kilograms of green hydrogen per day from 2026. The green hydrogen will be in the form of methylcyclohexane (MCH). MCH can be transported at room temperature and normal... Read more →
Trammo and Exxon Mobil have signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) to advance discussions for Trammo’s long-term offtake of 300,000 to 500,000 tonnes of low-carbon ammonia per year from ExxonMobil’s Baytown, Texas facility. The facility is expected to produce virtually carbon-free hydrogen—with approximately 98% of CO2 removed—and will use this... Read more →
Québec Innovative Materials Corp. (QIMC) reported that its latest tests in shallow monitoring wells at the St-Bruno-de-Guigues hydrogen project exceeded expectations, with one hydrogen concentration measurement reaching a high of 7119 parts per million (ppm) and plateauing at 2886 ppm and five other measurements above 550 ppm including one of... Read more →
Heraeus Precious Metals signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Jolt Solutions, a Barcelona-based company specialized in the coating of metallic catalysts for electrochemical applications. Both companies aim to optimize the use of platinum group metals (PGM) for proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysis utilizing Jolt’s proprietary Sparkfuze technology. This coating... Read more →
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through its Energy Transition Fund (CI ETF I), and Friesen Elektra Green Energy AG (Friesen Elektra) have initiated project Anker, a green hydrogen production facility in Sande, Germany. The project is scheduled to have an electrolysis capacity of 400 MW with plans to expand capacity to... Read more →
Smoltek Nanotech Holding AB has developed a porous transport electrode (PTE) that reduces the amount of iridium catalysts in PEM electrolyzers to a minimum of 0.1 mg/cm2—the level considered to make large-scale production of PEM electrolyzers profitable. The reduction represents a 95% reduction in iridium compared to conventional PEM electrolyzers,... Read more →
The US Department of Energy (DOE) recently released its latest Pathways to Commercial Liftoff report, an update to the Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: Clean Hydrogen report, which was first released in March 2023 at the of the Liftoff effort. The US clean hydrogen market is poised for rapid growth, accelerated... Read more →
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced the closing of a $1.66-billion loan guarantee ($1.55 billion in principal and $107 million in capitalized interest) to Plug Power Inc.’s (Plug) subsidiary, Plug Power Energy Loan Borrower, LLC, to help finance the construction of up to six facilities... Read more →
Plug Power announced a landmark purchase agreement with Allied Green Ammonia (AGA). This agreement will see Plug supplying an impressive three gigawatts (GW) of electrolyzer capacity to AGA’s green hydrogen-to-ammonia plant, currently under development in Australia. AGA will install a 4.5 GW solar plant to power the Plug electrolyzers with... Read more →
German electrolysis company Sunfire has secured €200 million in guaranteed financing. The financing is provided by a consortium led by Commerzbank and other leading German and European commercial banks. The consortium includes, in addition to Commerzbank, Société Générale, BNP Paribas, LBBW and Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden. The commitment marks a strong... Read more →
A research team from the University of Nottingham's School of Chemistry, in collaboration with the University of Birmingham and Cardiff University, has created a catalyst for hydrogen generation from ammonia that becomes more active with time. The novel material consists of nanosized ruthenium (Ru) clusters anchored on graphitized carbon. These... Read more →
Topsoe has chosen NER (New Energy Risk), a provider of technology performance insurance, as the preferred insurance partner for Topsoe’s SOEC hydrogen electrolyzer products. The partnership follows NER’s completion of detailed technical due diligence of Topsoe’s SOEC electrolyzer technology and enables Topsoe’s customers to deploy NER’s technology performance insurance on... Read more →
The US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released final rules for the section 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit established by the Inflation Reduction Act. The final rules include significant changes and flexibilities that address several key issues to help grow the industry and move... Read more →
Greenstat Hydrogen India (GHI), a developer of green hydrogen and its derivatives, and H2Carrier, a pioneer in floating green ammonia production solutions, signed of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate the development and deployment of green hydrogen and ammonia projects located in India and Sri Lanka. Under the MoU,... Read more →
Two researchers at the US Geological Survey (USGS) have calculated that the potential in-place geologic hydrogen resource in the earth ranges from 103 to 1010 million metric tons (Mt), with the most probable value of ~5.6 × 106 Mt (5.6 trillion metric tons). Their findings are published in an open... Read more →
Toray Industries announced that Japan’a Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has selected the company’s project to build a gigawatt-class mass production system for electrolyte membranes used in water electrolyzer for the Green Transformation Supply Chain Development Support Program. That initiative furthers the aims of a national policy to... Read more →
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) has completed China’s first factory-based seawater hydrogen production research project at its Qingdao Refinery. The project integrates direct seawater electrolysis with renewable energy-powered green hydrogen production, achieving an hourly output of 20 cubic meters of green hydrogen. This approach not only offers a new... Read more →
bp has made the final investment decision (FID) for its 100MW green hydrogen project in Lingen, Germany. Commissioning of the plant, which will be built at bp’s refinery near the town of Lingen, is scheduled for 2027. The Lingen project marks the largest green hydrogen production system to date planned... Read more →
Toyota Motor Corporation announced that its new production plan for fuel cells and a water electrolysis system to supply hydrogen was selected by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) as a successful applicant for its Support Program for Building GX Supply Chains. This METI program is based on... Read more →
Hysata, an Australian manufacturer of high-efficiency electrolyzers entered into two Joint Development Agreements (JDA) with POSCO Holdings and POSCO Eco & Challenge (POSCO E&C). These collaborations aim to advance the development and deployment of Hysata’s next-generation electrolyzer technology. This builds on the strategic partnership established earlier this year through POSCO... Read more →
A new report from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has projected Australia’s hydrogen electrolyzer manufacturing (HEM) sector could generate $1.7 billion in revenue and create nearly 4000 jobs by 2050. The Hydrogen Electrolyser Manufacturing report highlighted a significant opportunity in manufacturing devices that generate hydrogen from water using electricity, positioning... Read more →
The US Department of Energy (DOE) released a report that highlights ways to reduce the cost of producing clean hydrogen via electrolysis. The report shows that electrolysis has the potential to achieve the aggressive DOE Hydrogen Shot goal of reducing clean-hydrogen production costs to $1 per kilogram (kg), and it... Read more →
The high production cost—known as the Levelized Cost of Hydrogen (LCOH)—has, to date, limited both investment in and demand for green hydrogen. However, ABI Research, a global technology intelligence firm, predicts that global LCOHs will reach a cost-competitive level by 2030 and undercut polluting alternatives by 2040, paving the way... Read more →
CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has successfully trialed its hydrogen production technology at BlueScope’s Port Kembla Steelworks in New South Wales, demonstrating affordable and renewable hydrogen can be generated at scale to help decarbonize heavy industry. CSIRO’s tubular solid oxide electrolysis (SOE) technology has clocked 1000 hours of successful operation... Read more →
Topsoe and Aramco signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to produce low-carbon hydrogen, also referred to as blue hydrogen, using Topsoe’s eREACT technology in Aramco’s Shaybah NGL facility. The JDA underlines the two parties’ strategic collaboration and ambitions to bring carbon-reducing technology to the market. This collaboration will further demonstrate... Read more →
The US Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced up to $2.2 billion in award commitments for two Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs (H2Hubs) that will help accelerate the commercial-scale deployment of low-cost, clean hydrogen. The two awardees—Gulf Coast H2Hub and Midwest H2Hub—are part of DOE’s H2Hubs program, which was created by... Read more →
Canadian Pacific Kansas City and ATCO EnPower, a division of Canadian Utilities Limited, have completed construction of hydrogen production and refueling facilities in Calgary and in Edmonton; the facilities are fully operational. As part of its Hydrogen Locomotive Program, CPKC is retrofitting a number of diesel locomotives with hydrogen fuel... Read more →
Abraxas Power, an energy transition developer, and EDF Group entered into strategic development agreements jointly to develop the Exploits Valley Renewable Energy Corporation (EVREC) green hydrogen and ammonia project in Central Newfoundland. EVREC is a Power-to-X (P2X) project that is expected to include up to 3+ gigawatts (GW) of onshore... Read more →
GKN Hydrogen, and Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) announced the commissioning of a research demonstration project with the SDepartment of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on an innovative clean renewable hydrogen storage solution. The project, which will be located at NREL’s Flatirons Campus in Arvada, Colorado, uses GKN... Read more →
Rice University researchers have developed a catalyst that could render steam methane reforming (SMR) entirely emissions-free by using light rather than heat to drive the reaction. SMR is currently responsible for more than half of global hydrogen production and is emissions-intensive. The new copper-rhodium photocatalyst sports an antenna-reactor design that,... Read more →
Sweden-based Plagazi AB announced that its flagship project has been selected to receive a €29.5-million grant from the European Union’s EU Innovation Fund to support its waste-to-hydrogen project. Out of 337 applications, Plagazi’s project was chosen as one of only 85 to receive funding. The grant will accelerate Plagazi’s efforts... Read more →
A team of researchers with Prof. Laura Nousch from the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS in Dresden has developed a demonstrator based on a high-temperature fuel cell stack (solid oxide fuel cell, SOFC) that can use ammonia to generate electricity directly and with high efficiency. Electricity and... Read more →
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced a new partnership with Advanced Ionics, a low-cost green hydrogen technology provider. This partnership includes an investment from Lummus Venture Capital to accelerate the commercialization of Advanced Ionics’ hydrogen electrolyzer technology and support the decarbonization efforts in... Read more →
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced a nearly $82-million penalty in a joint case to address significant air pollution violations by Valero Refining Co. at its Benicia refinery. This penalty is the largest ever assessed in the Air District’s history. More... Read more →
The government of the Kingdom of Morocco and TE H2, along with its partners, have signed a Preliminary Contract for Land Reservation for the Chbika project. This agreement will allow TE H2, a joint venture between TotalEnergies and the EREN Group, together with the two Danish companies, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners... Read more →