H2 Production

Regionalverkehr Köln (RVK) has begun construction of a hydrogen filling station with an electrolyser in Mechernich. The facility is scheduled to go into operation at the end of 2026 and will produce 36 kilograms of green hydrogen per hour. The Federal Ministry of Transport is funding the project with around 15 million euros.

The first electrolysis hydrogen from Lingen has arrived at the Marl Chemical Park. This means that all components of the GET H2 Nucleus project – production, transport, and acceptance – are working together for the first time. The pipelines are among the first sections of Germany's hydrogen core network.

The industry association AquaVentus demands in its statement on the Area Development Plan 2025 the retention of the offshore area SEN-1. Otherwise, the ramp-up of offshore electrolysis in the German North Sea is at risk. The association proposes two electrolysis platforms, each with 250 MW.

The Finnish e-methane developer Nordic Ren-Gas and the Dresden-based electrolysis manufacturer Sunfire have entered into a long-term partnership. Sunfire will thus become the preferred technology partner for Ren-Gas's hydrogen and e-methane projects.

RCT Hydrogen from Konstanz is supplying a turnkey 10 MW electrolyser for the "Green Hydrogen Sines" project at the Port of Sines. The client is the project development company Beyond Green. Delivery is scheduled to begin in 2026, with production starting in the summer of 2027.

The European Commission has presented its revision of the Emissions Trading System and the Electrification Action Plan. According to the industry association Hydrogen Europe, both initiatives are of great importance for the hydrogen economy. A €100 billion bank for industrial decarbonisation is also planned.

The Stadtwerke Stuttgart (SWS) are permitted to build their planned hydrogen production facility in the Stuttgart port in a revised version. The Office for Environmental Protection of the state capital Stuttgart has approved the corresponding amendment application. Previously, the SWS had changed the supplier of the electrolysers.

The industrial gases company Messer is acquiring a 30 percent stake in four production sites of Lhyfe for renewable hydrogen in France and Germany. Additionally, both companies have signed a ten-year supply contract.

Hydrogenera and Stargate Hydrogen have signed a framework cooperation agreement covering industrial hydrogen projects across Europe. The two European companies plan to combine Stargate's next-generation alkaline electrolyzer stacks with Hydrogenera's system integration expertise.

Techfem has completed construction of Calabria's first Hydrogen Valley in Lamezia Terme. The production and distribution hub for green hydrogen, developed for operator Teca Gas, centres on PEM electrolyzer with 2 MW capacity and is scheduled to begin operations in September 2026 after regulatory inspections.

The French firm Mantle8 has been granted two exploration permits by Spain's Directorate-General for Energy Policy and Mines. The Aralar I and Aralar II licenses cover approximately 960 square kilometers across Navarre and the Basque Country, authorizing exploration for natural hydrogen and helium.

The US company Verde Hydrogen supplies core components for off-grid production of green hydrogen for the China Coal Energy Group. The order includes four alkaline electrolysers, each with 1,200 Nm³/h, as well as an integrated unit for gas-liquid separation and purification.

A Finnish research consortium intends to introduce hydrogen from methane pyrolysis into steel production. The FutSteel project has a budget of 17 million euros, starts in June 2026, and runs for three years. It is led by the University of Oulu and the steel company SSAB.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has recognised the US company Power to Hydrogen (P2H2) as a Technology Pioneer 2026. The company from Columbus, Ohio, develops electrolysers based on Anion Exchange Membranes (AEM) and is the only hydrogen company in this year's selection.

The EU project ECO2Fuel has reported progress in low-temperature CO2 electrolysis. In tests, a membrane electrode assembly converted 69 to 70 percent of electrons into carbon products and operated stably for more than 800 hours.

France has granted Mantle8 an exclusive exploration license for natural hydrogen and helium in the Pyrenees. With the Hydrogeco project, the company is entering the next phase – however, extraction has not yet been approved.

Sunfire is setting up a test facility for its high-temperature electrolysis at the Lausitz Industrial Park in Schwarzheide. The Dresden-based electrolyzer manufacturer aims to gain practical experience for the industrial application of SOEC technology. Commissioning is planned for the end of 2026.

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 Stadtwerke Stuttgart have begun constructing a hydrogen pipeline approximately four kilometres long along the Neckar. It is intended to transport green hydrogen from the planned Green Hydrogen Hub in the Stuttgart harbour to consumers in three city districts.

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.

Thyssenkrupp Nucera nearly quadrupled its order intake in the second quarter of the 2025/2026 fiscal year. The drivers were a 300 MW order from the Spanish company Moeve and a record order in the chlor-alkali business. However, revenue and earnings fell due to special effects.

The market for renewable and low-carbon H2 is expected to grow a hundredfold by 2060. This is predicted by the Norwegian certification company DNV in its new "Energy Transition Outlook Hydrogen to 2060." China is expected to account for 35 percent of the new production and use. Compared to 2022, DNV has reduced its forecast by 35 percent.

The Bundesrat, the Federal Council of Germany, has paved the way for the implementation of the EU Renewable Energy Directive RED III into German law. Refineries will be required to use renewable hydrogen according to RFNBO criteria. Hydrogen producer Lhyfe expects additional demand in the German market as a result.

The French hydrogen producer Lhyfe will supply the BMW site in Steyr, Austria, with green hydrogen in the future. There, the BMW Group develops its fuel cell systems for series production. The contract runs for several years.

Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies claims to have delivered the world's first electrolysis system based on an anion exchange membrane (AEM) at a 5 MW scale. It is intended to produce green hydrogen for steel production at Rockcheck Steel in Tianjin, China.