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Keele University said its new facility will produce green hydrogen from excess power generated by its on-site wind turbines and solar panels to allow its researchers to develop and test materials and infrastructure for the storage of the gas. Electrolysers are increasingly being viewed as a tool to support grid balancing, by receiving power during periods of high wind and solar output, and switching off during high end-user demand. These systems, however, will require large-scale buffer storage to ensure supply of hydrogen when it is not being produced. In addition to its materials research, Keele University will use hydrogen produced [...]

Trade body Hydrogen UK announced the finalists across its nine award categories aimed at recognising the players supporting the UK hydrogen sector. Winners will be named on 10 March at an awards ceremony at the National Conference Centre in Birmingham on the eve of Hydrogen UK’s annual conference. “The 2026 shortlist reflects the breadth, maturity and momentum of the UK hydrogen sector, highlighting progress across production, infrastructure, transport, industry, finance and skills,” Hydrogen UK said. The 2025 awards saw Air Products, Centrica, Oort Energy, EasyJet, Intelligent Energy, and GeoPura take home prizes. This year’s shortlist is: Hydrogen Person of the [...]

Egypt’s 100MW green hydrogen project, lined up to supply molecules to Europe through German-backed contracts, has started “partial” production, according to a government statement. The project, currently being commissioned by Norway’s Scatec, and backed by the Sovereign Fund of Egypt, Orascom Construction, and Fertiglobe in the Ain Sokhna Industrial Zone, was awarded the inaugural €397m ($462m) H2Global contract in 2024. This is a paid article, to read the article in full you can sign in if you are subscribed or subscribe today.

The pair have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to assess, using HiiRoc’s plasma-based technology to decarbonise Tokyo Gas customers’ operations and explore potential uses for solid carbon. HiiRoc’s thermal plasma electrolysis (TPE) technology operates similarly to methane pyrolysis. However, the company uses electrical plasma torches, rather than heat, to split hydrocarbons into high-pressure hydrogen and solid carbon. It claims the system can produce hydrogen as cheaply as steam methane reforming without the need for carbon capture, while requiring less energy than electrolysis. Under the partnership, the duo said they will “collaborate” on HiiRoc’s TPE technology in Japan, with the [...]

The support will be provided to Norsk e-Fuel’s Finnish subsidiary Norsk e-Fuel Rauma Oy, which is developing a 100 million-litre green hydrogen-based e-fuel facility on Finland’s west coast. Rauma will use renewable energy to produce green hydrogen, which will be synthesised with captured carbon dioxide into aviation e-fuels. The support mechanism comes in the form of tax deductions over a period of up to 19 tax years once the project is operational to help reduce operating costs. Norsk e-Fuel said the tax credit decision “significantly strengthened” the project’s bankability, and would make it more attractive for future offtakers and financial [...]

The support will be provided to Norsk e-Fuel’s Finnish subsidiary Norsk e-Fuel Rauma Oy, which is developing a 100 million-litre green hydrogen-based e-fuel facility on Finland’s west coast. Rauma will use renewable energy to produce green hydrogen, which will be synthesised with captured carbon dioxide into aviation e-fuels. The support mechanism comes in the form of tax deductions over a period of up to 19 tax years once the project is operational to help reduce operating costs. Norsk e-Fuel said the tax credit decision “significantly strengthened” the project’s bankability, and would make it more attractive for future offtakers and financial [...]

The group is due to receive the electrolyser system from Italy’s IMI, which will supply green hydrogen to an existing refuelling station at the site. Stadtwerke opened the Innovation Park last year to support hybrid fuel cell-battery buses operated by Bielefeld-based transit firm moBiel. The buses can either be recharged directly by the site’s 27 charging points or refuelled with hydrogen. Business Development Manager for IMI Vivo electrolysers, Dr Cornelia Neumann, said Stadtwerke’s facility was a “model” for other municipalities and operators struggling with grid capacity limits. A timeline for bringing the electrolyser system online has not been disclosed. While [...]

Crematoria Twente has launched a research and demonstration project to assess whether green hydrogen could be a sustainable and feasible alternative to natural gas, to inform potential wider deployment. The firm will adapt an existing furnace at its Enschede crematorium to run on green hydrogen, beginning with controlled testing before any use in day-to-day operations. Crematoria Twente expects to perform the first cremation using hydrogen before the end of 2026. The project will assess the gas change’s safety, emissions, reliability, and impact on operations. Partners on the project include cremation furnace maker Facultatieve Technologies, industrial energy system designer Mateq Processes, [...]

Transport and logistics firm Maritima Valparasio (MarVal) and chemicals maker Fosfoquim were each awarded $5m under Corfo’s call for proposals for its Industrial Rings to Promote Demand for Green Hydrogen and its Derivatives scheme. The contributions cover more than 50% of both projects’ costs and must be “executed” within six years. Chile’s economy, development, tourism, and energy minister Álvaro García, said the projects would allow the country to generate “real demand” for green hydrogen while strengthening the region’s competitiveness. “Domestic demand for green hydrogen is an essential first step for the development of this industry and thus to take advantage [...]

Given its structural reliance on imported fuels and exposure to energy security and decarbonisation imperatives, hydrogen provides an industrial and strategic pathway. But progress is not without friction, it finds. Infrastructure remains incomplete across production, transport and end-use sectors, green hydrogen and its derivatives still entail cost premiums and long-term offtakes, essential to investment clarity, have not materialised at the scale required. That’s despite policy direction and mobilised funds thanks to the country’s updated Basic Hydrogen Strategy and Hydrogen Society Promotion Act. It still requires “coordinated, system-wide progress” according to WEF. Encouragingly, it possesses the industrial depth, engineering capability and [...]