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A European consortium of fifteen partners has launched the HyCavern project. The aim is to develop underground hydrogen storage in mining-engineered, lined rock caverns. The three-year project is coordinated by the Norwegian research institute SINTEF.
Fraunhofer ISE has examined the value chain of synthetic fuels in the project "E-Fuels fürs Länd." According to the study, the Indigo process developed at the institute for the production of dimethyl ether (DME) can reduce production costs compared to the methanol pathway.
US company Power to Hydrogen (P2H2) is supplying a 0.5 MW electrolyzer to the Norwegian research institute SINTEF. The system is designed to produce green hydrogen for the manufacture of emissions-free acetone from CO2. It is part of the EU project PYROCO2.
The French exploration company Mantle8 has raised 31 million euros in a Series A funding round. The company intends to use the capital to finance a global drilling campaign for the development of natural hydrogen.
The Dutch company H2Flexx emerged from the merger of H2Fuel and HydroFlex. It offers H2Easy, a hydrogen carrier in powder form. The material is intended to enable storage and transport without high pressure or cryogenic technology.
Fraunhofer ISE is showcasing its new production research for membrane electrode assemblies (MEA) for fuel cells and electrolyzers at Hannover Messe. The focus is on a new pilot facility as well as analyses of power-to-X and hydrogen supply chains.
At Hannover Messe, the Fraunhofer LBF is presenting methods for evaluating materials, components, and complete hydrogen systems under mechanical, thermal, electrical, and electrochemical loads over their entire life cycle.
The Materials Processing Institute (MPI) in the United Kingdom has commissioned a test facility that enables materials testing in a pure hydrogen atmosphere at temperatures of up to 1,650 °C. The facility is intended to help close knowledge gaps about the behaviour of materials under hydrogen conditions.
Fraunhofer ISE has increased methanol production from steel mill off-gases by 39 percent using a digital twin in the Carbon2Chem project. The simulation platform is intended to also be used in the future for the production of aviation fuels.
The steel corporation Voestalpine has installed two high-pressure compressors from the Spanish manufacturer Hiperbaric at its hydrogen pilot plant H2Future in Linz, Austria. The devices compress green hydrogen up to 500 bar – among other uses for the hydrogen-based steel production process Hyfor.
The Chair of Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components (PEM) at RWTH Aachen is developing a scalable fuel cell system for short-haul passenger aircraft with partners from industry and research. The three-year project GENtwoPRO is funded by the federal government.
A European consortium led by the Spanish research center Cener aims to further develop solid oxide electrolysis. In the Desiree project, a 40 kW prototype is to be created by 2029, achieving an efficiency of over 85 percent and providing hydrogen without additional electrical compression.
The Chair of Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components (PEM) at RWTH Aachen University leads the federally funded research project DigHy. The aim is a digitized hydrogen infrastructure for mining, which will supply heavy vehicles emission-free with hydrogen produced by electrolysis from treated mine water.
As part of the German-Chilean Power-to-MEDME R&D project, researchers at Fraunhofer IAP have developed new PEM electrolyzer catalysts with significantly reduced iridium content. The innovation aims to lower costs and enable scalable hydrogen production—without compromising performance.
As part of the DeCarTrans project, the TU Bergakademie Freiberg has processed industrially produced e-methanol from Denmark into synthetic gasoline for the first time. This step is considered a technological milestone for industrial e-fuel production.
In the EU project H2Loop, hydrogen is to be extracted from blast furnace gases. Rouge H2 Engineering is contributing a chemical looping process for this purpose. A pilot plant is planned at the Italian steelworks Acciaierie d’Italia.
The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) has launched a pilot plant for the production of Solid Oxide Cells (SOC) using 3D printing. The technology aims to accelerate the industrial production of highly efficient fuel cells and electrolysers.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials (IWM) and the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are jointly developing a model for predicting the lifetime of materials in hydrogen applications. The aim is to achieve faster and more cost-effective qualification of components.
In the KISSSEs project, Fraunhofer ILT, iGas energy, and dLS LichtSchneiderei are working on laser-based manufacturing processes for PEM electrolysers. The goal is to replace precious metals with conductive titanium expanded metal and thus reduce production costs.
Hydrogen Europe Research has awarded five young scientists with the Young Scientist Award 2025. The awards were presented during the EU Hydrogen Research and Innovation Days in Brussels.
In the research project H2Rollout, a flat flame burner is being fully converted to hydrogen for the first time in a galvanizing plant. The goal is to develop a transferable solution for low-CO₂ high-temperature processes in industry.
More than 120 exhibitors and around 2,000 trade visitors discussed technological advances, market prospects and regulatory frameworks for hydrogen at hy-fcell 2025. For the first time, the conference was included in the trade fair ticket – and was met with great interest.
The companies SIAD and Brembo are each investing up to one million euros in the Italian hydrogen start-up Hydrospark. The company develops solid oxide cells based on ceramic materials for emission-free energy conversion and storage.
The Finnish technology group Metso has commissioned a pilot plant for the hydrogen-based pre-reduction of iron ore in Frankfurt am Main. The plant is based on the Circored process and is intended to enable low-CO2 steel production.
Fraunhofer IEG has commissioned a pilot plant in the city of Zittau, Germany, that for the first time feeds waste heat from a PEM electrolyzer into a district heating network using a heat pump. The aim is to improve the economic efficiency of hydrogen production.
