Bosch, fresh from announcing 13,000 job cuts, is positioning hydrogen mobility as both a climate tool and a potential industrial lifeline for Europe. Speaking at European Hydrogen Week in Brussels, Niki Berger, Head of H2 Ecosystem Coordinator at the German OEM, tied the company’s future to urgent investment and cooperation in the sector. “That’s the [...]

Europe’s binding green hydrogen targets were meant to kickstart demand – but member states are struggling to keep pace. Under the Renewable Energy Directive III (RED III), by 2030, 42% of all hydrogen used in industry, and 1% of transport fuels must be green hydrogen. However, the implementation of the mandates has faced major challenges. [...]

The implications for Namibia’s export model could be severe. RWE and Hyphen Hydrogen Energy (Hyphen) had signed a memorandum of understanding in December 2022, that would have seen RWE offtake up to 300,000 tonnes of green ammonia per year from Namibia. The news has taken some of the gloss off Namibia’s recent hydrogen drive. The [...]

The Global Hydrogen Mobility Alliance (GHMA) claims hydrogen trucking can reach €8/kg by 2030, a level that would bring it close to cost parity with diesel and battery-electric vehicles (BEVs). But Europe must abandon the pilot mentality and back large-scale liquid hydrogen stations with flexible early sourcing for that to happen. This is a paid [...]

For all the talk about relaxing green hydrogen production requirements in Europe, Oman’s Minister for Energy and Minerals had a different message for European Hydrogen Week: stop changing the rules. Salim Bin Nasser Al Aufi took his keynote opportunity at the event to spell out the steps his government had been taking to facilitate large-scale [...]

To plug a €2.5bn ($2.9bn) annual shortfall in the company, Bosch plans to cut as many as 13,000 jobs globally. The German engineering and technology company claimed demand for newly commercialised hydrogen technologies is failing to materialise at the pace needed. It also pointed to the collapse in diesel demand, sluggish global vehicle markets, weak [...]

European hydrogen leaders are calling on policymakers to quickly adopt a new EU strategy underpinned by regulatory simplicity and offering lead markets, or risk losing strategic advantage. In a press conference today (30 September), the heads tech manufacturers, vehicle OEMs, and energy providers said Europe was at a “geopolitical turning point” which underscored the need [...]

Representing over €300m ($352m) of investment, the electrolyser plant is expected to produce 15,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year. Repsol is expected to use the hydrogen to decarbonise its industrial processes. Enagás Renovable holds a 25% stake in the project, adding to its portfolio of nearly 20 hydrogen projects under development in Spain. The [...]

Agfa-Gevaert has officially opened its newly expanded alkaline electrolyser membrane plant in Belgium, while urging policymakers to accelerate Europe’s green hydrogen rollout. The EU-backed plant at the speciality materials firm’s headquarters in Mortsel has been designed to manufacture enough of its Zirfon membranes to support 20GW of electrolysis annually. This is a paid article, to [...]

Launched by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE), the funding will be focused mainly on small and medium-sized German enterprises (SMEs), developers, and technology suppliers that are looking to partner outside the EU and Switzerland. The funding is expected to cover two areas. Module one, led by the Economics Ministry, will support [...]