Hong Kong’s largest natural gas utility, Towngas, plans to build the city’s first public hydrogen-powered EV charging station, challenging a market narrative that has shifted from optimism to retreat in recent months.
When Mali’s Bourakébougou gas field revealed a steady stream of near-pure hydrogen from a shallow reservoir, it disrupted long-held assumptions about hydrogen availability—and reignited global interest in what’s now called “natural hydrogen.”
The final investment decision by Air Liquide to proceed with its 200 MW ELYgator electrolyzer in Rotterdam signals a significant turning point for Europe’s industrial decarbonization efforts.
Europe’s ambition to lead the green hydrogen transition is unraveling, with industry analysts now projecting that only 12 GW of hydrogen production capacity—just a fifth of the 2030 target—may be delivered by the end of the decade.
The UK’s first Hydrogen Allocation Round (HAR1) has finally crossed a critical threshold: ten green hydrogen projects selected for subsidies have now signed funding agreements with the government.
Europe’s ambitions to decarbonize its steel sector using hydrogen-based direct reduced iron (DRI) have suffered a significant blow, as ArcelorMittal confirmed it is scrapping its €1.8 billion DRI and hydrogen plant in Dunkirk, France.
Amid record iron ore shipments and tightening capital discipline, Fortescue has taken a sharp pivot, announcing the cancellation of two flagship green hydrogen projects in the United States and Australia.
