This article was first published in Decarbonisation Technology By Özlem Duyan, Head of Research, Hydrogen Council Like the turning of the ocean tide, hydrogen’s progress advances in waves – sometimes barely visible from the shore, yet behind the surface, a far more important story is unfolding: one of industrial maturity, global collaboration, and continued progress. [...]

Across regions and applications, several flagship hydrogen projects have moved beyond commitment into final-stage construction – some now more than 90% complete. These projects represent what it takes to deliver hydrogen at scale: bankable demand enabling policy and infrastructure experienced developers disciplined execution Here are six iconic projects now entering the final stretch – Beaumont [...]

BRUSSELS/SEOUL, December 4, 2025 – More than 200 CEOs and senior executives from the world’s leading businesses in hydrogen convened in Seoul, South Korea this week for the Hydrogen Council’s Global CEO Summit 2025, united around a clear call to action: build faster and unlock commercial-scale demand by 2030. At the Summit, leaders endorsed Hydrogen [...]

BRUSSELS/SEOUL, December 3, 2025 – The Hydrogen Council – the world’s largest and only CEO-led hydrogen alliance – is proud to today announce François Jackow, CEO of Air Liquide, as its new Co-Chair. He joins Jaehoon Chang, Vice Chair of Hyundai Motor Group, at a defining moment for the global hydrogen industry. Hydrogen has entered [...]

BRUSSELS, November 26, 2025 – More than 200 CEOs and senior executives from the world’s leading businesses in hydrogen are gathering next week in Seoul, South Korea for the Hydrogen Council’s Global CEO Summit, to align on action needed to accelerate hydrogen deployment and unlock commercial-scale demand by 2030. Co-hosted by Hyundai Motor Group Vice [...]

What is happening in China? USD 33 billion in committed clean hydrogen investment in China by 2030 – the highest globally. A fast-advancing technology landscape, with China leading on committed renewable hydrogen capacity at 19 GW (1.6 mtpa) – approximately 55% of global renewable hydrogen capacity Clear policy direction, a strong local supply chain, and [...]

Explore key findings from the Global Hydrogen Compass 2025 report, a new flagship publication that combines comprehensive industry data with proprietary insights from Hydrogen Council members, direct perspectives from global CEO leaders, and lessons learned from key hydrogen projects worldwide.  The first wave of mature projects is coming online Committed (FID+ including FID, under construction, [...]

BELÉM, November 12, 2025 – An alliance of first-mover governments, international organisations, and businesses from the food, agriculture, fertilizer, sustainable fuels, and manufacturing sectors has united at COP30 in Brazil to accelerate scale adoption of low-emission ammonia-based fertilizers through the Low-Emission Ammonia Fertilizer (LEAF) Initiative. Nitrogen fertilizers are essential to global food security, supporting the [...]

MILAN (Italy) and BRUSSELS (Belgium), September 9, 2025  – The clean hydrogen sector has reached a major milestone, with USD 110 billion in investment now committed across more than 500 projects worldwide that are past final investment decision (FID), in construction, or already operational; a USD 35 billion increase since last year. Since 2020, the [...]

ROTTERDAM, May 21, 2025 – Ministers and senior government officials from prospective importing and exporting countries, together with global industry leaders, reaffirmed their joint commitment to accelerating the development of international hydrogen and derivatives supply chains during a high-level public-private Roundtable held on the sidelines of the World Hydrogen Summit 2025. The latest gathering of the [...]