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VNG AG and Salzgitter AG will collaborate to examine the options for delivering hydrogen and the related carbon footprint for making steel at Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH’s steelworks in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony.

While it investigates the uses for alternative fuels across several vehicle classes, First Hydrogen unveiled its idea for a zero-emission recreational vehicle (RV).

Dana Incorporated has created metallic bipolar plates specifically designed to maximise the performance and accelerate the commercialization of proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers used to manufacture hydrogen fuel.

In order to collaboratively investigate liquid hydrogen (LH2) production, storage, and refuelling at airports, ZeroAvia and Absolut Hydrogen formed a cooperation.

Spain aspires to establish itself as the first global centre for renewable hydrogen.

Russian Hydrogen, a company owned by the Russian government, has been tasked with managing the federally owned shares of the Bashkir Soda Company (BSK) and implementing its investment and environmental programs.

The Association of Municipal Companies (VKU) in Germany has raised concerns over the feasibility of the government’s plans to switch to hydrogen gas networks in 2024. VKU Managing Director Ingbert Liebing has warned that the “rigid specifications” in the current draft of the Building Energy Act (GEG) could lead to a failure of the heat transition plans of the Federal Government. Liebing criticized the “rigid requirements” for around 500 municipal utilities with regard to gas and district heating, which he believes are counterproductive and have the opposite effect.

Europe’s largest steel group, ArcelorMittal, is planning to construct a pilot plant for climate-neutral steel production in Hamburg. The company is relying on the expansion of the Hanseatic city into a hydrogen metropolis, without which CEO Uwe Braun says the plan will not work. According to Braun, the company needs “affordable and available” green hydrogen, which is currently not readily accessible.

Calabria, a region in southern Italy, had ambitious plans to lead the experimentation of new hydrogen trains, as part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) to restart the economy after Covid-19. However, a recent setback has put a significant dent in those plans, as the tender for the supply of eight hydrogen trains, worth a total of 109.6 million euros, has gone unawarded.

The Belgian House Committee adopted a hydrogen law last February that is set to become the first law of its kind in the world, according to the Energy Minister, Tinne Van der Straeten. The new law will regulate hydrogen transport networks and set up a network operator to ensure the quality of hydrogen and provide free access to the transport network.