The market for renewable and low-carbon H2 is expected to grow a hundredfold by 2060. This is predicted by the Norwegian certification company DNV in its new "Energy Transition Outlook Hydrogen to 2060." China is expected to account for 35 percent of the new production and use. Compared to 2022, DNV has reduced its forecast by 35 percent.

The Bundesrat, the Federal Council of Germany, has paved the way for the implementation of the EU Renewable Energy Directive RED III into German law. Refineries will be required to use renewable hydrogen according to RFNBO criteria. Hydrogen producer Lhyfe expects additional demand in the German market as a result.

The European Commission has published the results of the third auction of the European Hydrogen Bank. Nine projects in seven countries will receive more than 1.09 billion euros in funding. For the first time, electrolytically produced low-carbon hydrogen is also eligible for funding.

The Dutch company H2Flexx emerged from the merger of H2Fuel and HydroFlex. It offers H2Easy, a hydrogen carrier in powder form. The material is intended to enable storage and transport without high pressure or cryogenic technology.

A presentation by Nurettin Tekin from Kawasaki addresses the Gartner Hype Cycle for hydrogen technologies. According to this, the year 2026 is the trough of disillusionment - and with the hydrogen core network, things should soon improve.

The British government wants a gigawatt-scale factory for the latest generation of electrolysers, and ITM Power is set to build it. The company announced today that it has received two separate government funding packages. Together, they amount to £86.5 million, nearly 100 million euros.

The Swiss cantons of Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft have presented a joint strategy for green hydrogen. In it, they define areas of application, call for technology-neutral incentives, and position the region as a hub in the European hydrogen network.

The French hydrogen producer Lhyfe will supply the BMW site in Steyr, Austria, with green hydrogen in the future. There, the BMW Group develops its fuel cell systems for series production. The contract runs for several years.

Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies claims to have delivered the world's first electrolysis system based on an anion exchange membrane (AEM) at a 5 MW scale. It is intended to produce green hydrogen for steel production at Rockcheck Steel in Tianjin, China.

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.

The Swiss company Infener wants to promote hydrogen throughout Europe. Decentralized H₂ hubs will be used to generate green electricity as well as green heat. The Ecore One is a compact containerized solution that combines various energy technologies in one unit: electrolyzer, fuel cell and battery as well as compressor and a heat pump with its own energy management system or EMS. H₂ production is due to start 2027 at a site in the Black Forest, Germany. However, the needs of regional industry are already far greater today.

The Renewable Energies Hamburg Cluster Agency (EEHH) has launched a digital hydrogen marketplace for the metropolitan region. The free platform aims to connect producers, consumers, and service providers along the hydrogen value chain.

The hydrogen ramp-up in Germany is not failing due to a lack of interest from companies. On the contrary, regulatory, economic, and infrastructural risks, also at the EU level, are hindering investments along the value chain. This is shown by a study from BDEW and Capgemini.

For the planned hydrogen pipeline Hybor, the scoping process has begun in the Federal States of Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, and Thuringia. The approximately 120-kilometre-long pipeline is part of Germany's hydrogen core network and, according to the operator Gascade, is expected to be completed by 2029.

Liquid hydrogen derivatives like methanol can be transported via pipeline up to ten times cheaper in terms of energy content than gaseous hydrogen. This is shown by a case study from Fraunhofer IEG and Fraunhofer ISI. The simulation model HyTROM+ developed for this purpose aims to create planning security for import corridors.