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The energy crisis has had a severe impact on the German economy. The nation suffered economic losses of around 60 billion euros last year as a result of rising energy costs. According to German Minister of Economic Affairs Robert Habeck, that number this year might easily reach 100 billion euros.

The Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois (CTS) held an international tender, which CaetanoBus won, for the provision of up to 60 hydrogen-powered electric buses over the following five years.

Up to 42% of the predicted 53 million tonnes (or 1,764 TWh) total EU hydrogen demand in 2050, or 22 million tonnes (or 730 TWh), might be found in port regions.

The Roman hydrogen valley, which will be constructed inside the Casaccia research facility, has been put out to bid by ENEA.

A French start-up company Gen-Hy has created novel, high-performance PGM-free (platinum group metal-free) catalysts free of any rare earth metals using catalytic deposition methods on its Gen-AEM membranes for use in alkaline electrolysers.

One of the two Northern Ireland-based businesses to get money under the new, £240 million UK government green energy programme is MANNOK. The cash will support the first stage of the scheme, which is the on-site production of green hydrogen.

ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt will construct a pilot electrolysis plant and a hydrogen filling station on the plant site in collaboration with energy provider Vulkan Energiewirtschaft Oderbrücke (VEO), a joint venture between the city of Eisenhüttenstadt and ArcelorMittal, and McPhy Energy.

According to a joint declaration issued by the governors of the three coal districts in the Czech Republic, the regions intend to lead Central Europe in the development of hydrogen technology.

In order to cut emissions and improve energy security, Kimberly-Clark is collaborating with the green hydrogen joint venture HYRO, which is owned by RES and Octopus Energy Generation, to replace gas in UK manufacturing with green hydrogen.

The French business Saint-Gobain, which designs, produces, and distributes materials and solutions globally, has made a significant advancement in the use of hydrogen in the manufacture of glass.