South Africa’s hydrogen ambitions continue to be constrained less by capital than by capability, with skills shortages emerging as a critical bottleneck in project execution and scale-up. A new training initiative led by Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority and Sasol signals a shift toward addressing that structural gap, albeit at an early stage.
Saudi Arabia-based ACWA Power is preparing to commit at least $30 billion to China over the next five years, reinforcing a strategic pivot that reflects both confidence in the country’s energy transition and a growing reliance on its industrial ecosystem.
Plug Power has secured a 275 MW electrolyzer contract in Quebec, marking one of its largest awarded projects and reinforcing its position in utility-scale hydrogen infrastructure despite ongoing financial strain.
Brazil’s positioning in the global hydrogen economy is increasingly tied to geography rather than policy ambition alone. A new national mapping study identifying optimal regions for green hydrogen production and consumption highlights a structural advantage: the coexistence of high-capacity renewable resources in the Northeast and concentrated industrial demand in the Southeast, a combination that few large economies can replicate at scale.
Topsoe has signed a Front-End Engineering Design agreement with Hynfra for the planned Jordan Green Ammonia project located at the port of Aqaba in Jordan.
A new long-term agreement between GeoPura and Forth Ports to develop a green hydrogen facility at the Port of Tilbury highlights a shift in how hydrogen projects are being structured within industrial settings.
Volvo has begun on-road trials of hydrogen internal combustion engine trucks in Europe, signaling a renewed push toward alternative decarbonization pathways that leverage existing engine platforms rather than fully replacing them.
Across the Asia Pacific region, a pipeline of more than 56 GW of planned green hydrogen capacity is translating into just 6.46 GW under construction, highlighting a widening execution gap in one of the world’s most closely watched energy transition markets.
Global renewable power capacity reached 5,149 gigawatts (GW) by end-2025, following a record 692 GW addition that marked a 15.5% annual increase, with renewables capturing 85.6% of all new capacity expansions.
At the Etzel salt cavern site in Lower Saxony, approximately 90 tonnes of hydrogen, equivalent to around one million standard cubic meters, have been injected into repurposed underground caverns as part of a live pilot designed to test storage performance under real operating conditions.
