Browsing: Hydrogen

A reported 93.9 percent energy utilization efficiency, roughly one-third higher than conventional thermal hydrogen storage methods, is drawing attention to a new gas-solid battery prototype developed by researchers at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Global clean hydrogen production is now expected to reach only 150 million to 160 million tonnes annually by 2050, according to DNV’s latest hydrogen outlook, marking a sharp downgrade from the company’s earlier expectations and reinforcing growing concerns that the hydrogen economy is advancing far more slowly than governments and developers anticipated just a few years ago.

Australia has shortlisted seven hydrogen derivative projects totaling 2.18GW of electrolysis capacity under the second round of its Hydrogen Headstart program, but the government’s decision to halve the available funding highlights growing pressure to narrow support toward projects viewed as commercially defensible rather than politically ambitious.

European Energy now says it has produced the first e methanol at its Kassø Power-to-X facility in Denmark, marking an operational milestone for a sector still under pressure to prove economic viability as much as technical feasibility.

Europe’s e fuel sector entered 2026 already facing mounting financing pressure, rising power-cost uncertainty, and slower-than-expected shipping demand for green fuels. Liquid Wind’s bankruptcy filing in Sweden now adds another stress test for a market that has relied heavily on large-scale project announcements but has delivered relatively few operating facilities.

Germany is moving deeper into the industrialization phase of sustainable aviation fuel production, committing €350 million in public funding to the Brandenburg eSAF project in Schwedt as the European aviation sector faces binding fuel decarbonization mandates under the EU’s ReFuelEU Aviation framework.

Fewer than 7% of announced European hydrogen projects have reached final investment decision, according to a new industry backed assessment that underscores the widening gap between the European Union’s hydrogen ambitions and the sector’s commercial reality.

Jordan has moved deeper into the global hydrogen export race with a $1 billion agreement for a green ammonia facility in Aqaba, adding another large scale project to a region increasingly positioning itself as a low cost supplier to European and Asian markets.

Egypt is positioning itself as one of the most aggressive emerging market contenders in the global green hydrogen race, leveraging low-cost renewable energy potential and access to major shipping corridors to attract international industrial investors.

Austrian energy group OMV is investing €65 million in a new innovation and development hub at its Schwechat site near Vienna, targeting technologies ranging from green hydrogen to carbon utilization and biotechnology.