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The EU Energy Commissioner, Kadri Simson, has praised Portugal for its work on offshore renewable energy and green hydrogen during her speech at the Great Summit of the Sustainability and Society Forum in Matosinhos, Portugal. Simson commended Portugal for its high renewable energy target and joint electrification plans with Spain.

NextEra Energy Partners, a Florida-based energy firm, has decided to sell its natural gas pipelines and turn into a pure-play renewable energy investment option.

Brazil and the Netherlands have signed an agreement for the transport of green hydrogen between the ports of Pecém and Rotterdam.

The European Union is set to provide enormous subsidies for a proposed hydrogen pipeline that would stretch from Bavaria, through Austria and Italy, to North Africa.

WAE Deutschland, a company based in Bad Dürkheim, Germany, has been researching and developing electric drives and batteries for some time. The company is known for equipping the all-electric Formula E motorsport series with batteries. Now, the startup is expanding its research to modern hydrogen drives for commercial vehicles.

Dutch company Power2X and Spanish company Soto Solar have joined forces to develop a solar energy and green hydrogen project in central Spain.

Fisher German, a leading infrastructure consultancy, has won a contract to provide land services and initial consultation for the East Coast Hydrogen Pipeline (ECHP), a major hydrogen cluster scheme that will help the UK achieve its net-zero targets.

Clean hydrogen has been hailed as a critical fuel for the transition to a low-carbon economy, and Modern Hydrogen, a California-based startup, is one of the companies at the forefront of developing and commercializing this technology. The company recently raised $32.8 million in a Series B-2 financing round to accelerate the distributed decarbonization of gas into clean hydrogen.

French automaker Ligier Automotive has partnered with German engineering company Bosch to develop a hydrogen-powered sports car based on its Ligier JS2 R model.

The state government of Baden-Württemberg has approved the further development of the Baden-Württemberg hydrogen roadmap, which includes the establishment of the first pipeline connections to the German and European hydrogen network by 2030.