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With only three hydrogen refueling stations completed out of a promised 60, Nikola Corporation’s collapse is culminating in a mass auction of assets once touted as pillars of the hydrogen mobility revolution.

First Hydrogen Corp. is positioning itself at the convergence of two major transformation vectors: clean hydrogen and small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs). The company has announced a research collaboration with Professor Muhammad Taha Manzoor of the University of Alberta, targeting the design optimization and fuel material development for SMRs—an increasingly strategic energy source amid ballooning power demand from AI data centers.

In recent analysis from BloombergNEF, the anticipated slowdown in the electrolyzer market underscores the critical challenges the hydrogen sector is facing.

With projects in India, Europe, and Southeast Asia moving into advanced planning or early deployment phases, hydrogen’s transition from a policy aspiration to a commercial reality is gaining traction—though challenges remain, particularly around scale, capital expenditure, and offtake certainty.

NuScale Power Corporation has recently garnered approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its enhanced 250 MWt (77 MWe) NuScale Power Modules.

Replacing global hydrogen production with green alternatives would demand the entire output of the U.S. electrical grid. This stark reality…

Plug Power’s Woodbine, Georgia hydrogen facility achieved a remarkable milestone by producing 300 metric tons of liquid hydrogen—the highest monthly output from the plant since its inception in January 2024.

The Department of Energy (DOE) has rescinded 24 previously awarded clean energy demonstration projects totaling more than $3.7 billion in federal funding.

A cooperation agreement between Germany’s GIZ and Acciona Nordex Green Hydrogen (ANGH2), under the H2Uppp initiative, marks a move to develop the Frontera project – designed to produce green hydrogen for Chilean industry and, crucially, for export to Germany.

Global temperatures have surged past 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, yet carbon emissions continue to rise at 1.1% annually, defying net-zero…