According to an analysis by the British market research institute IDTechEx, around 55 percent of the world’s firmly committed project capacities are now located in China. Chinese suppliers are also leading in electrolyzer production, but compared with photovoltaics, European companies have a few advantages when it comes to hydrogen.

Leag has been awarded contracts for seven new gas-fired power plant units with a combined capacity of 3,680 MW in the first power plant tender of the Federal Network Agency. The facilities in Jänschwalde, Boxberg and Leipheim are to be prepared for later hydrogen operation and are scheduled to go online by the end of 2031.
 

Hyster has delivered a ReachStacker powered by a hydrogen fuel cell to Rotterdam Shortsea Terminals (RST) in the Netherlands. The vehicle is part of a five-year innovation project exploring the decarbonization of port operations.
 

A research consortium led by the University of Hohenheim and the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA) is looking to upgrade existing biogas plants into flexible facilities for biohydrogen production and negative CO₂ emissions. At the heart of the BioFleCCS project is a methane steam reforming process coupled with CO₂ capture.
 

An alliance of more than 30 organizations is calling on the European Commission to explicitly include natural hydrogen in its energy and hydrogen policy. Initiated by Mantle8 and led by Hydrogen Europe, the alliance is calling for a billion-euro program for exploration drilling in an open letter.

The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs has decided on ten measures to accelerate the sluggish ramp-up of the hydrogen market in Germany. Among them are a new CCfD window with 1.5 billion euros – and a lead market for low-emission steel.

The eFuel Alliance has presented a position paper that classifies electricity-based fuels as a security-relevant factor for Europe. The association calls for practical production rules, binding sub-quotas, and the crediting of investments towards the NATO spending target.

The Energy Park Bad Lauchstädt has received the Hydrogen TCP Award of Excellence 2026. The International Energy Agency thus recognizes the integrated approach of the real-world laboratory, which combines the production, transport, and industrial use of green hydrogen. The second awardee is the EU project H2GLASS.

EWE AG and the Austrian Verbund AG are pooling their hydrogen activities in a joint venture. In Nordenham in the Wesermarsch, the partners plan to build an electrolyser with a capacity of up to 500 megawatts. From 2032, the plant is expected to deliver around 50,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year.

Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK) has received funding approvals totaling 29.5 million euros for its Green Mobility Depot in Bergisch Gladbach. The project includes a hydrogen refueling station with its own electrolyser. The hydrogen unit is expected to be operational by the end of 2026.

The municipality of Bosbüll in North Frisia is expanding its district heating network. In the future, process heat from local hydrogen production will also be fed into the system. Construction is scheduled to begin in fall 2025.

Hyster delivers the United Kingdom's first fuel cell reachstacker to the Port of Tilbury. In port logistics, battery-electric drives reach their limits, as the vehicles are in operation around the clock and must move heavy loads.

The new joint venture Quantron China aims to develop locally emission-free commercial vehicles for the Chinese market—and beyond. Behind it are the business unit Quantron of the Germany-rooted Haller Group, the young Chinese technology company HyperView from the automotive sector, and Foxconn as a manufacturing partner.

The RH2INE initiative has received an initial approval from Lloyd's Register for the standardized design of interchangeable hydrogen containers. This brings a mobile hydrogen infrastructure for emission-free inland shipping along the Rhine corridor closer.

Numerous European associations from the energy, hydrogen, and industrial sectors are urging the EU Commission to quickly revise the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1184. The ongoing uncertainty about the production criteria for renewable hydrogen endangers investments along the entire value chain.