The latest hydrogen industry news, developments, and community updates.
Research shows Spanish solar and Danish offshore wind can complement each other to produce cost-competitive green hydrogen at approximately €2/kg through seasonal energy complementarity and optimized storage systems.
AKROS Energy has inaugurated an industrial-scale pilot plant in Rostock, Germany, demonstrating hydrogen storage using potassium formate derived from potassium bicarbonate, addressing long-distance transport and storage challenges.
AKROS Energy has formally inaugurated a pilot plant in Rostock, Germany, that stores hydrogen chemically in salt carriers, offering a pressureless and non-toxic alternative to compressed gas, liquid hydrogen, and ammonia for hydrogen logistics.
Fraunhofer Institute researchers have created a hydraulic simulation tool to model hydrogen network behavior during disruptions, enabling what-if analyses and identification of vulnerabilities in hydrogen infrastructure.
China has opened its first large-scale salt cavern hydrogen storage facility in Henan province with a capacity of one million cubic meters, supporting the country's carbon neutrality goals by 2060.
China has commissioned its first large-scale hydrogen storage demonstration project in Henan province, featuring a 1.5 million m³ salt cavern facility designed to support renewable energy integration and grid balancing.
The Questa Hydrogen Project in New Mexico received $231 million in USDA funding to convert a former Chevron mine into a facility combining a 50-megawatt solar array with green hydrogen production for energy storage.
Japanese construction company Taisei Corporation successfully operated a building entirely on solar power by combining photovoltaic generation with a hybrid energy storage system integrating lithium-ion batteries and low-pressure hydrogen storage.
Hyundai E&C has unveiled Korea's first flat-bottom liquid hydrogen storage tank, featuring advanced insulation design to reduce construction costs and improve storage efficiency for the country's hydrogen infrastructure.
BMW introduced a 700 bar hydrogen tank for its iX5 model enabling 750 km range, while ITM Power secured £86.5 million in funding and South Korea launched large-scale liquid hydrogen storage development.
Hyundai Engineering & Construction will lead a 15-partner consortium developing Korea's first flat-bottom liquid hydrogen storage tanks, with 29 billion won in government funding and a completion target of December 2029.
STORAG ETZEL and Gasunie have filled two converted salt caverns with approximately 90 tonnes of hydrogen as part of the H2CAST Etzel research project, with above-ground testing systems planned for 2026.
