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The Linz engineering site of Bosch, a global leader in the automotive industry, has long been associated with the development of diesel injection systems for commercial vehicles. However, with the increasing demand for clean energy solutions and the push towards decarbonization, the site is now also heavily involved in the development of hydrogen stacks, which are expected to play a key role in the future of green energy.

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues facing our planet today, and engineers have an important role to play in combatting this global crisis.

California and Japan have recently signed an agreement to collaborate on “a new effort to work together to clean up a critical link in the global supply chain by collaborating on strategies to cut planet-warming pollution at seaports and establish green shipping corridors.”

Germany, one of the most fossil fuel-dependent countries for heating, has passed a law to ban new fossil fuel heating installations starting in 2024.

Germany and Turkey came together to discuss cooperation in green hydrogen production in Istanbul. The meeting was attended by the Head of the Department of Financial Instruments and Hydrogen Initiatives at the German Federal Ministry of Economy and Climate Protection, Dr. Christian Storost, and representatives of the Green Hydrogen Producers Association (H2DER).

Hydrogen Vehicle Systems (HVS), a zero-emission, hydrogen-powered commercial vehicle innovator, has unveiled its latest breakthrough in the haulage industry – a clean-sheet-designed hydrogen-electric Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV).

The energy companies RWE and badenova plan to build the largest green hydrogen production plant in Germany in Albbruck am Hochrhein.

Dutch shipyard Feadship, a renowned manufacturer of custom superyachts, has announced its entry into the hydrogen superyacht market with a fully certified liquid hydrogen fuel-cell yacht.

The German Embassy in Nigeria and the German-Nigerian Hydrogen Office have collaborated to promote low-carbon hydrogen as a key piece for a just energy transition.

Franziska Brantner, the Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Affairs, has expressed her doubts about the potential of green hydrogen in the heating sector.