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Air Products is more concerned about rising construction costs than uncertainty around Europe’s carbon border levy as it moves toward a final decision on the fate of its Louisiana blue hydrogen project later this year. CEO Eduardo Menezes told the firm’s Q1 investor call that it had a “high bar” for taking final investment decision (FID) on the 1,700-tonne project, which has had its future under question since last May. This is a paid article, to read the article in full you can sign in if you are subscribed or subscribe today.

Installed in a car park at Incheon airport near Seoul by SK Innovation subsidiary Hyverse, the station has the capacity to dispense 320kg of hydrogen per hour, which could support up to 240 buses per day. Liquid hydrogen is being supplied to the station by SK’s 30,000-tonne-per-year plant in Seo-Gu, Incheon, which came online in 2024. 36 of the airport’s 68 shuttle buses are currently hydrogen-powered, with further deployments planned this year. The Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Incheon City, and Hyverse, a subsidiary of SK Innovation, provided funding for the project. Buses have emerged as a dominant [...]

Oxygen generated from water electrolysis for hydrogen production is unlikely to replace conventional air separation but could see wider industrial use over the next five to 10 years. That is according to Oliver Neuhaus, Head of ASU Business Development Support and Conceptual Engineering EMEA at Linde, who spoke at the European Industrial Gases Association Winter Summit. Electrolysis of water for green hydrogen production generates roughly eight tonnes of oxygen as a byproduct for every tonne of hydrogen produced. This has prompted growing interest in whether electrolyser oxygen, often referred to as ELY-O2, could represent a new potential oxygen stream alongside [...]

Thor said the sale of its majority stake in the Molyhill tungsten, molybdenum, and copper mine in the Northern Territory would provide a  “significant” boost to advancing its Hy-Range natural hydrogen project. The firm will receive three payments totalling A$6.6m (€3.9m) by late 2028, for the sale, with co-owners of Molyhill, Investigator Resources, will receive a total A$2.2m (€1.3m) across the payments. It will finance Thor’s ongoing feasibility studies and potential exploration drilling at its South Australia natural hydrogen project, Hy-Range. In February 2025, Thor acquired 80.2% of Victoria-based Go Exploration, including the same portion of the Hy-Range project, as [...]

The utility’s HyLine South West study follows two similar assessments for similar pipelines in Wales and aims to strengthen its understanding of the role hydrogen could play in the southwest of England. Under current plans, WWU foresees the pipeline connecting speculative production hubs in the sea and some of the UK’s government-backed green hydrogen projects in the region, with “high-emission industrial users.” It will also look at using underground rock caverns for hydrogen storage. Funded by UK energy regulator Ofgem, the study will deliver technical, environmental, and economic assessments. WWU Net Zero Project Manager for the South West, James Adam, [...]

The pilot roll-out aims to build up the use of hydrogen trucks and keep up with the EU’s Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR), which mandates hydrogen refuelling stations be installed in all “urban nodes” and every 200km along core networks by 2030. The BMV claims the funding will support the construction of up to 40 refuelling stations and help put up to 400 hydrogen trucks on the road. Refuelling stations must be built to AFIR requirements of being able to fuel both heavy and light-duty vehicles, while stations will be able to be subsidised by up to 50%. Additionally, the [...]

The companies’ joint venture (JV) Concrete Chemicals plans to use the funding for a power-to-liquid synthetic kerosene facility with a planned annual capacity to make over 37,000 tonnes of eSAF and 7,000 tonnes of e-naphtha. Planned for construction in Schwedt on Germany’s eastern border, it would use biogenic carbon dioxide and green hydrogen as feedstocks. CO2 would be sourced locally through an agreement with recycled paper and cardboard products maker LEIPA Georg Leinfelder. Hydrogen would be sourced from Germany’s national Hydrogen Core Network, subject to its completion and regulatory approvals. Concrete Chemicals said the funding has been approved at national [...]