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Green hydrogen drives decarbonization. Political ambitions match. Yet, aspirational ambitions alone will not improve the hydrogen economy. Implementation issues remain, but solutions are near.

A joint declaration on hydrogen valleys titled “Moving the hydrogen economy from niche to scale” was signed by Commissioner Mariya Gabriel, Hydrogen Europe CEO Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Hydrogen Europe Research President Luigi Crema, and S3 European Hydrogen Valleys Partnership co-leader Tjisse Stelpstra at the Repowering EU with Hydrogen Valleys event.

For the engineering, supply, and construction of the first hydrogen-powered direct reduction plant at the Duisburg location, thyssenkrupp Steel makes an order with SMS group, Düsseldorf. 

After the signing of an addendum to the Norwegian-British Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), the two governments will work more closely together on hydrogen.

In order to develop green hydrogen plants all around the world, Acciona has teamed up with its German investment, Nordex. For 68 million euros, the business led by José Manuel Entrecanales purchased 50% of Nordex H2.

In order to increase the sustainability of North Sea renewable energy projects, a group of Dutch businesses has started a government-funded study to investigate the synergies between offshore wind, offshore solar, and at-sea hydrogen generation.

There have been some indications recently that the Earth’s interior may contain significant hydrogen concentrations.

Scientists from KBSU won the Russian Science Foundation competition that was organized as part of the “Priority-2030” initiative. The money was used to create cutting-edge materials for hydrogen storage and buildup.

The Westphalian University of Applied Sciences will establish the “H2 Solution Lab” as a futuristic hydrogen laboratory for hydrogen research with funding totaling about 42 million euros at its meeting on February 23rd, which is when the Structural Strengthening Council recommended funding for the first project in Gelsenkirchen.

Brazil has a number of innovative projects to manufacture the new fuel for the energy transition by utilizing local characteristics on the low-carbon hydrogen route.