Browsing: Hydrogen

The WAL project “Hydrogen from Lubmin” has secured entry capacity into the national hydrogen core network through a reservation agreement with transmission system operator GASCADE Gastransport GmbH, marking a shift from infrastructure preparation to commercially structured allocation of transport rights.

Fortum has inaugurated the €20 million Kalla Test Center in Loviisa, Finland, marking the launch of a 2 MW pilot hydrogen facility designed to generate long term operational data and real world testing experience as the hydrogen sector shifts focus from project announcements toward commercial and technical validation.

The global liquid hydrogen market, valued at approximately $9 billion today and projected to reach $19 billion by 2032 before exceeding $54 billion from 2037 onward, is entering a phase where infrastructure constraints rather than technology readiness are increasingly defining deployment timelines.

Provaris Energy Ltd has entered a cooperation framework with shipping group Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd and Norwegian Hydrogen AS to advance a dedicated maritime supply chain for compressed hydrogen exports from western Norway into demand centers in Northern Europe.

South Africa’s Coega Green Ammonia Project has moved closer to execution after project developer Hive Hydrogen selected Topsoe A/S to provide approximately $1 billion worth of electrolyzer and ammonia synthesis equipment.

In the Baltic region, Estonia’s plans to position itself as a strategic hydrogen transit corridor are facing direct competition from an offshore alternative that could bypass the country entirely and reshape regional clean energy investment flows.

Saudi Arabian Refineries Company, known as SARCO, has signed a non binding memorandum of understanding with China’s Ally Hydrogen Energy Co., Ltd. to jointly develop a green ammonia production plant alongside a manufacturing and assembly hub for hydrogen production and purification equipment.

China, where coal-based blast furnaces still account for about 90 percent of steel production and roughly 15 percent of national CO2 emissions, is expanding its hydrogen strategy beyond transport into sectors including steelmaking, shipping, aviation, and chemicals.

Egypt is positioning green hydrogen and Sustainable Aviation Fuel as part of a broader strategy to align its aviation sector with tightening international emissions standards and emerging low-carbon fuel markets.

EDP has halted its planned green hydrogen project in Aboño, northern Spain, citing delays in the Spanish government’s implementation of European hydrogen regulations that are expected to define usage mandates, market incentives, and compliance frameworks.