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H2-View News: German parliament passes Hydrogen Acceleration Act
Passed by the Bundestag on Thursday (26 February), the Hydrogen Acceleration Act is hoped to reduce bureaucratic hurdles by streamlining and digitalising approval procedures. Covering developments across production, import terminals, storage, and transport, the bill has designated the expansion of hydrogen infrastructure as of “overriding public interest” until 2045. This designation will grant legal priorities for approvals. The bill was amended by the Committee on Economic Affairs to cover the construction and operation of hydrogen derivative conversion facilities. This means import terminals receiving derivatives like e-fuels, liquid organic hydrogen carriers, and more are eligible. Those amendments also specified that hydrogen [...]
H2-View News: Air Liquide backs $6.2m hydrogen pilot plant South African university
The French industrial gas major’s local subsidiary, Wits University (Wits), and the Localisation Support Fund (LSF) will work on the system, which comes under the new Wits-South Africa Hydrogen Localisation Initiative (Wits-SAHLI). Expected online by 2028, the 2.2kg per hour facility with 200kg of on-site storage will be used by the university for teaching, research, testing, campus energy needs, and campus transport projects. At 2.2kg per hour, the electrolyser will have a around 110kW capacity. It will use solar energy from the campus’s 14 solar installations, a mix of photovoltaic and hot water systems, which have a total peak capacity [...]
H2-View News: Ammonia-fuelled vessel to begin European fertiliser deliveries this year
The 1.400 TEU Yara Eyde container ship has been under construction since September 2025 at Qingdao Yangfan Shipbuilding in China and is expected to be delivered by mid-2026. It is planned to enter service on a weekly route between Rotterdam, Oslo, Brevik, and Bremerhaven later this year, delivering fertiliser products made by Yara. It is owned by Delphis, an arm of CMB.Tech, and will be operated by NCL Oslofjord, a joint venture of NCL and Yara Clean Ammonia. While details of its powertrain remain unclear, CMB.Tech was involved in the construction – providing expertise on “hydrogen and ammonia engines” – [...]
H2-View News: Electrolyser stack oversupply masks balance-of-plant constraints: World Bank Group
Despite an oversupply of electrolyser stack manufacturing capacity, supply chain bottlenecks remain in balance components such as power conversion and gas treatment, according to a new World Bank Group report. The report by the World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMPA) estimates global annual electrolyser manufacturing capacity at 61GW, with a further 16GW under construction. This is a paid article, to read the article in full you can sign in if you are subscribed or subscribe today.
H2-View News: Plug Power sells New York hydrogen site to data centre developer for $132.5m
The US hydrogen player has entered a definitive agreement with Stream Data Centers to sell its Project Gateway site at the STAMP industrial park in New York, including land, associated infrastructure, and substation assets. The STAMP site had secured substantial grid and substation capacity for hydrogen electrolysis – infrastructure now highly attractive to power-hungry data centre developers. Stream Data Centers is already developing campuses at the site. Plug expects to receive at least $132.5m for the sale, with a higher-end estimate of $142m depending on the timing of closing the deal and conditions around asset removal. It could close before [...]
Hydrogen Council News: Job Opportunity: Senior Marketplace Officer
Are you interested in being at the forefront of building a clean, secure, and resilient energy future? Passionate about bringing people and organizations together around shared business interests? Motivated to identify, shape and deliver unique opportunities for industry ecosystem development? Keen to see the impact of your work on hydrogen scale-up? The Hydrogen Council, the world’s largest and only CEO-led global alliance comprising leading businesses and investors in hydrogen, is recruiting for a highly motivated Senior Marketplace Officer to contribute to its mission. The goal of our “Marketplace” workstream is to drive business collaboration and connectivity amongst members and external [...]
Hydrogen Council News: Job Opportunity: (Senior) Events Officer
Are you interested in being at the forefront of building a clean, secure, and resilient energy future? Passionate about the power of convening and mobilizing people and organizations for action? Motivated to shape and deliver unique and high-profile international events? The Hydrogen Council, the world’s largest and only CEO-led global alliance comprising leading businesses and investors in hydrogen, is recruiting a highly motivated (Senior) Events Officer to contribute to its mission. We are looking for an highly organized, innovative and entrepreneurial colleague with mastery of (digital) event management tools, passion for innovation in event organisation, a strong membership service mindset [...]
Hydrogen Council News: Job Opportunity: Senior Research Officer
Are you interested in being at the forefront of building a clean, secure, and resilient energy future? Passionate about using data to illuminate complex issues and deliver unique insights? Motivated to shape actionable recommendations to inform policymakers, investors and businesses and see the impact of your work on hydrogen scale-up? The Hydrogen Council, the world’s largest and only CEO-led global alliance comprising leading businesses and investors in hydrogen, is recruiting a highly motivated Senior Research Officer to contribute to its mission. We are looking for a highly organized, innovative and entrepreneurial colleague with deep understanding of hydrogen, technical mastery of [...]
H2-View News: Norwegian Hydrogen to supply hydrogen to Swedish heavy-duty transport firm
Under a “long-term contract”, heavy-duty transport and industrial machinery firm MaserFrakt will receive the molecules to support the uptake of hydrogen vehicles in its fleet. While the contract’s terms, like sales volume or end date, have not been revealed, H2 View understands hydrogen will be supplied for Norwegian Hydrogen’s 1.3-tonne-per-day Hellesylt Hydrogen Hub. MaserFrakt has not said how many hydrogen trucks it will introduce into its fleet of more than 1,100 vehicles, including over 600 trucks. “With green hydrogen-powered trucks, we can reduce our carbon footprint without compromising capacity or availability,” said Maserfrakt CEO, Per Bondemark. Norwegian Hydrogen, which is [...]
H2-View News: Meranti Green Steel opens Muscat office ahead of FID on Oman green steel plant
The Singapore-headquartered company held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at which it slated the new facility as a landmark for its expansion in the Middle East. MGS plans to set up a 2.5 million-tonne-per-year (mtpa) hot briquetted iron (HBI) project in Oman’s Duqm industrial area, where it will use green hydrogen and natural gas to power a direct reduced iron process. With plans to take FID on the project by the middle of this year, the company will gradually increase the amount of green hydrogen used in the process, in line with European carbon prices. Having lined up offtake for all 2.5 [...]