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In 2024, Swiss explorer Bertrand Piccard and French sailor Raphaël Dinelli announced plans to develop a non-stop hydrogen-powered aeroplane, and they established Climate Impulse. Under its partnership with Orange, the telecom operator is expected to optimise flight routes in real time, while ensuring a secure link between the aircraft and control centre through post-quantum cryptography technologies. Once the aircraft is operational, Orange will begin mapping routes using AI, according to Lyse Brillouet, the company’s Executive Director of Research. Brillouet added, “Our unique digital twin solutions, powered by data from Climate Impulse and its partners, can guide explorers on their journey.” [...]

Under the “Healthy Development Initiative”, signed by manufacturers such as Schaeffler Hydrogen Technology and Sinopec Hydrogen Energy, they aim to shift competition from the lowest price to the highest value. According to the China Hydrogen Alliance, the move follows direct guidance from Beijing to curb “involution-style” competition. The newly signed initiative ensures companies commit to avoiding below-cost bidding, overhyping electrolyser efficiency or lifetime, and inflating project announcements. The signatories also call for stronger technical standards, credible third-party data, and a shift toward innovation in anion exchange membrane (AEM), solid oxide electrolysis (SOEC) and hybrid technologies rather than pure scale expansion. [...]

As the plant builder and operator, Sapio has begun construction of a 5MW electrolyser at Solvay’s facility. Meanwhile, renewable electricity from Solvay’s 10MW solar plant will be used to ensure green hydrogen production. In total, the electrolyser is expected to produce up to 756 tonnes of the energy carrier per year. H2 View understands that all of this capacity will be used to decarbonise peroxide production, potentially reducing the site’s CO2 emissions by up to 15%. The project has also secured €16m ($17m) in support from the Tuscan Region under Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), and will be [...]

The viability of green hydrogen and green ammonia projects as insurance risks was one focus at analyst group Wood Mackenzie’s Hydrogen Conference 2025 in London last week. With more and more hydrogen and ammonia projects reaching final investment, there remains a question of the long-term risks that attach to what are relatively new technologies that need to deliver reliably over decades. This is a paid article, to read the article in full you can sign in if you are subscribed or subscribe today.

The state-owned power producer operates a coal-to-chemicals complex in Duolun, where the green hydrogen could replace coal-derived feedstocks and syngas-based hydrogen in its processes. H2 View understands that the green hydrogen plant is expected to produce over six million tonnes of green hydrogen per year in the future. However, it has not been revealed how much it is currently producing. Duolun already features a 150MW wind and solar plant, which also sends surplus electricity to the grid. Since it started commercial operations in 2012, the Duolun complex has mainly produced polypropylene, propylene, and methanol, with the latter accounting for most [...]

Expected to support the Port of Long Beach region in California, US, the facility will use fuelling and dispensing technology supplied by OneH2, while Pacific Clean Fuels operates and manages the station infrastructure. OneH2 is also likely to supply the hydrogen. The company operates a steam methane reforming (SMR) plant in Long Beach, which can produce six tonnes of grey hydrogen per day. Hyroad acquired 113 hydrogen fuel-cell trucks through Nikola Corporation’s bankruptcy auction, following the manufacturer’s collapse in February with around $47m in cash remaining. Although notably, Nikola recalled 95 hydrogen trucks due to the potential incorrect mounting of [...]

The cost of green ammonia produced in China is coming down, driven by flagship projects such as Envision Energy’s 320,000 tonnes-per-year green hydrogen and ammonia facility near Chefing City, with the first exports now hitting the market. The implications of this shifting dynamic were explored in a panel session at Wood Mackenzie’s Hydrogen Conference 2025 in London last week, with Frunk Yu, Senior Vice-President of Envision Energy, among the speakers. This is a paid article, to read the article in full you can sign in if you are subscribed or subscribe today.

Connecting Barcelona, Spain, with Marseille, France, the subsea pipeline is part of the wider H2Med pipeline network. The operators claimed surveys carried out by independent experts found no major obstacles, allowing the project to advance to its next phase. The H2Med project partners, which include Enagás, NaTran, OGE, REN, and Teréga, confirmed that BarMar is now scheduled to begin commercial operation in 2032, two years later than previously planned. In a press statement, H2Med said, “The study found no major physical constraints along the routes, and all identified infrastructure crossings are considered feasible. “In addition, seabed conditions and terrain do [...]

Plug Power said it had suspended all work on projects supported by a $1.66bn US Department of Energy (DOE) loan guarantee during its Q3 results, signalling a step back from its capital-intensive hydrogen production build-out. The loan guarantee, secured in the final days of the Biden administration, was set to allow Plug to build up to six green hydrogen plants across the US, as it looked to build up supply for its material handling customers. However, outgoing CEO Andy Marsh linked the pause to a long-term grey hydrogen supply agreement with a “leading industrial gas company” and a broader reassessment [...]