The latest hydrogen industry news, developments, and community updates.
The European Commission has approved €144 million in French state aid for HyforSeeds to develop a 50MW renewable hydrogen production unit for ammonia decarbonisation at LAT Nitrogen's eastern France facility.
Freudenberg has dissolved its e-Power Systems Business Group, discontinuing battery and fuel cell systems operations while retaining its hydrogen components business under Sealing Technologies. The restructuring affects approximately 600 employees, primarily in the United States.
EDF's hydrogen subsidiary Hynamics announced it will supply low-carbon hydrogen to LAT Nitrogen's ammonia facility in France's Grand Est region, replacing natural gas feedstock through electrolysis technology.
Plug Power has been selected to supply a 275 MW GenEco PEM electrolyzer system for Hy2gen's Courant project in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, which will produce low-carbon ammonium nitrate for the mining industry using hydroelectric power.
Italian private equity firm Endeavour Vision has launched Pact Systems, its first hydrogen production venture, which aims to produce hydrogen while capturing carbon in solid form as an alternative to traditional steam methane reforming.
Wienerberger UK & Ireland has secured government-backed funding to convert its Denton brickworks to run on 100% green hydrogen, marking the first commercial-scale hydrogen-fired brick kiln globally.
Topsoe has signed a Front-End Engineering & Design agreement with Hynfra P.S.A. for a green ammonia production facility in Aqaba, Jordan, expected to avoid over 200,000 tons of CO2e annually compared to conventional ammonia production.
German cleantech company INERATEC and French industrial group TERTU have established joint venture T.H2 to develop a synthetic fuel production plant near Caen, France, processing 60,000 tonnes of wood residues annually.
Wienerberger UK & Ireland has secured government backing to retrofit its Denton brickworks with hydrogen-fired kilns, replacing 224 gas burners as part of a £6 million industrial decarbonisation project.
Rainbow Colors, a Dutch tulip nursery, has completed installation of a 1 MW solid oxide electrolyzer for local hydrogen production. Global low-carbon hydrogen capacity is projected to reach 65.3 mtpa by 2030.
India reached a new low for green hydrogen pricing at ₹279 per kilogram ($3.08/kg) through a competitive auction for supply to Numaligarh Refinery, bringing the nation closer to its ₹165/kg ($2/kg) cost target.
A consortium of 45 organizations kicked off the HyCARB project in Utrecht to develop sustainable, cost-efficient technologies for producing carbon-based chemicals using green hydrogen and renewable energy.
