H2 Production

Green hydrogen has been produced for the first time in the 30 MW electrolysis plant at the Bad Lauchstädt Energy Park in central Germany. The commissioning phase of the overall facility has begun.

The Japanese chemical company Asahi Kasei and the U.S. company Power to Hydrogen aim to jointly advance the commercialization of electrolyzers with anion exchange membrane. The joint memorandum of understanding concerns the production and market launch of the technology.

The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy has signed the funding contracts with three Danish hydrogen projects. The lowest funding amount is 0.98 cents per kilogram of green hydrogen. In total, 1.17 billion euros are being provided via the European Hydrogen Bank. For the cross-border pipeline, 500 MW of capacity have now been booked.

French hydrogen producer Lhyfe generated €4.7 million in revenue in the first half of 2026. Industrial gases company Messer is acquiring a 30 percent stake in four production sites. Revenue in Germany more than doubled.
 

A research consortium led by the University of Hohenheim and the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA) is looking to upgrade existing biogas plants into flexible facilities for biohydrogen production and negative CO₂ emissions. At the heart of the BioFleCCS project is a methane steam reforming process coupled with CO₂ capture.
 

An alliance of more than 30 organizations is calling on the European Commission to explicitly include natural hydrogen in its energy and hydrogen policy. Initiated by Mantle8 and led by Hydrogen Europe, the alliance is calling for a billion-euro program for exploration drilling in an open letter.

The Energy Park Bad Lauchstädt has received the Hydrogen TCP Award of Excellence 2026. The International Energy Agency thus recognizes the integrated approach of the real-world laboratory, which combines the production, transport, and industrial use of green hydrogen. The second awardee is the EU project H2GLASS.

EWE AG and the Austrian Verbund AG are pooling their hydrogen activities in a joint venture. In Nordenham in the Wesermarsch, the partners plan to build an electrolyser with a capacity of up to 500 megawatts. From 2032, the plant is expected to deliver around 50,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year.

The hydrogen producer Tyczka covers the entire value chain from production through compression and filling, transport and logistics to filling and application technology. At the Hydrogen Technology World Expo, Tyczka focuses on three current projects.

The model of a reactor that produces hydrogen from waste via plasma pyrolysis and a testing methodology for coated pipelines can be seen at the Fraunhofer Performance Center Hydrogen Hessen.

170 companies from the European energy sector have addressed a letter to the EU Commission. They demand that the binding RFNBO targets for hydrogen in transport and industry be maintained beyond 2030. Abolishing them would jeopardize investments of over 15 billion euros.

Numerous European associations from the energy, hydrogen, and industrial sectors are urging the EU Commission to quickly revise the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1184. The ongoing uncertainty about the production criteria for renewable hydrogen endangers investments along the entire value chain.

Alkaline water electrolysis is one of the most mature processes for hydrogen production. Compared to PEM electrolysis, it has long been considered rather inflexible. Asahi Kasei has succeeded in adapting it to operation with renewable energies, which is characterized by fluctuating loads and frequent load changes. This could significantly reduce the levelized cost of hydrogen.

The Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability (LBF) in Darmstadt. The focus of the exchange was on methods for evaluating and monitoring safe hydrogen systems.

At the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland, the first 14 of a total of 150 electrolyser stacks for the Refhyne 2 project have arrived. According to the company, the 100 MW PEM electrolyser is scheduled to go into operation in 2027 and produce up to 16,000 tonnes of hydrogen per year.

The 100 MW electrolyser of the Hamburg Green Hydrogen Hub at the site of the former coal power plant in Moorburg is taking shape. 36 heavy transporters delivered the stacks from Siemens Energy's Berlin production. Commercial operation is now scheduled to start at the end of 2027.

The British company EnergyPathways has entered into an agreement with the Finnish technology provider Hycamite. Together, they are examining the use of a methane splitting technology in a planned hydrogen and graphite production facility at the port of Barrow-in-Furness.

Power to Hydrogen (P2H2) and Repsol have completed a pilot of P2H2's anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolyzer at Repsol's All4Zero innovation hub. According to the companies, the technology exceeded durability and efficiency targets and projects a system lifetime of more than 50,000 hours.

Air Products has entered into a long-term power purchase agreement with RWE. RWE will supply up to 75 GWh of wind and solar power annually for the hydrogen facilities in Rotterdam. This will also supply the hydrogen liquefaction plant under construction.

ABO Energy and the Finnish city of Oulu have signed a cooperation agreement to develop a green hydrogen facility. According to ABO Energy, the electrolysis capacity could be expanded in several phases to up to 600 MW.

Siemens Energy is preparing the legal and operational spin-off of its Transformation of Industry division. This division, with 17,000 employees and a turnover of 5.7 billion euros, also includes the electrolyser business for the production of green hydrogen.

Air Products will in the future source RFNBO-compliant hydrogen long-term from Nobian's chlor-alkali plant in Rotterdam. The plant, with a capacity of more than 14,000 tonnes per year, is considered Europe's largest RFNBO-certified hydrogen production.

Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK) has received funding approvals totaling 29.5 million euros for its Green Mobility Depot in Bergisch Gladbach. The project includes a hydrogen refueling station with its own electrolyser. The hydrogen unit is expected to be operational by the end of 2026.

The Estonian electrolyser manufacturer Stargate Hydrogen is strengthening its business in Finland. Petri Sarnes takes over as Country Director. He comes from Siemens and is tasked with expanding the company's position in the growing Finnish hydrogen market.

On the former coal power plant site in Moorburg, the Hamburg Energy Networks are constructing the H2 Connector. The facility is set to serve as a hub between a large electrolyzer, the national hydrogen core network, and the distribution network HH-WIN from autumn 2027.