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The coal-fired plant in Monfalcone will transform into a combined cycle energy transition facility using green hydrogen. It is stipulated in a contract between the Regional Council and A2A Energiefuture.

The energy transition requires a lot of hydrogen. A German-New Zealand research collaboration is improving AEM electrolysis for green hydrogen production in the HighHy project.

An effective method for pyrolyzing methane to create hydrogen, which can be used in electric vehicles and power generators, has been devised by researchers at Tomsk Polytechnic University.

The first heat exchanger created exclusively for fuel cell systems, the AlfaNova GL50, has been unveiled by Alfa Laval.

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.