Author: Anela Dokso

At every major hydrogen conference, the spotlight usually goes to electrolyzer giants and megawatt-scale system integrators. Yet at H2 MEET 2025, one of the most technically revealing conversations happened far from the mainstage, inside a modest booth belonging to SHINSUNG C&T, a company specializing in something few people outside the engineering bubble talk about, the components inside the electrolyzer stack.

At a moment when the hydrogen sector is shifting from demonstrations to certified, real-world deployment, H2 MEET 2025 in Korea underscored how quickly technical expectations are rising.

The 2025 World Hydrogen Expo opened with a signal of where the industry believes future competitiveness will come from: advanced technologies capable of lowering system costs, improving operational reliability, and enabling real-world deployment.

The hydrogen sector’s potential to revolutionize the energy landscape is theoretically vast, yet practical deployment continues to lag. Martin Tengler, Head of Hydrogen at BloombergNEF, elucidates the critical barriers stalling hydrogen’s progress and outlines the essential criteria, termed “policy stars,” that must align to truly harness the element’s promise. In a recent discourse at the BloombergNEF Forum in Tokyo, Tengler highlighted the precarious status of global hydrogen deployment. At the heart of the issue lies the misalignment of five strategic pillars, characterized as the “5 stars” of hydrogen strategy. These include a comprehensive strategy with clear targets, financial backing, especially…

The World Hydrogen Expo 2025 opened today at KINTEX with a ceremony underscoring Korea’s intent to position hydrogen within its broader industrial and mobility strategy.

Europe’s hydrogen economy is taking a decisive step forward as Uniper and thyssenkrupp Uhde have formalized a framework agreement to deploy large-scale ammonia cracking technology.

UAE-based investment firm Bin Zayed International (BZI) has assumed the lead investor role in a 200MW green hydrogen project in Terengganu, Malaysia, partnering with local developer Nova Re Suria (NRES).

Thyssenkrupp Nucera’s latest preliminary results offer a snapshot of a sector caught between long-term climate ambitions and short-term investment caution.

Spain’s push to anchor itself as a leading hydrogen producer gained new traction this week, as the Ministry for the Ecological Transition confirmed EUR 126.4 million in operating subsidies for two electrolyzer projects totaling 160 MW, installations that narrowly missed financing in the second European Hydrogen Bank (EHB) auction due to exhausted EU funds.

As Southeast Asia’s packaging waste volumes continue to rise—driven by rapid urbanization, growing consumption, and limited recycling infrastructure, policymakers and industry leaders are intensifying efforts to develop systems that can shift the region toward a functional circular economy.