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Gas pipeline network operators Gascade and Gasgrid Finland, together with fund manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), are currently implementing the Baltic Sea Hydrogen Collector (BHC) project. As announced by the consortium, the preliminary project planning (pre-FEED phase) is being supported by the European Commission with (…)

The operators of the German hydrogen core network have today published key information for the market, paving the way for the reservation of hydrogen capacities from the beginning of 2026. This provides market participants with early planning security and sends a clear signal for the (…)

Uniper has submitted the planning application for the proposed “Humber H₂ub (Green)” project, which is to be implemented on the site of the Killingholme facility in the Humber industrial area. The project aims to build an industrial electrolysis plant for the production of green hydrogen (…)

The BMW Group, ONTRAS Gastransport GmbH, and MITNETZ GAS today laid the contractual foundation for the long-term supply of the BMW Leipzig plant with hydrogen. With the signing of the agreement, the plant will be connected to the ONTRAS H2-Startnetz – part of the hydrogen (…)

The H2med Alliance is growing rapidly: 40 new members were admitted at a meeting in Berlin, bringing the initiative’s total number to 49 partners from the entire hydrogen value chain. The goal is to promote international trade in hydrogen and advance the development of the (…)

Hintco, a project company of the H2Global Foundation, has opened the application phase for international lots as part of the current auction round for renewable hydrogen and its derivatives. With this so-called “Global Lot,” hydrogen produced worldwide is to be imported into Germany and the (…)

The government of Upper Bavaria has granted the transmission system operator bayernets approval for the HyPipe one hydrogen pipeline. The project is part of the national hydrogen core grid, which will benefit not only the chemical industry in the Burghausen area but also other regions (…)

The energy transition in Europe is receiving a new boost: AquaVentus and Hydrogen Scotland signed a comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding at the Offshore Europe trade fair in Aberdeen. The goal of the cooperation is to significantly strengthen hydrogen production and transport in the North Sea (…)

The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs is planning to provide additional funds for the ongoing auctions of hydrogen and hydrogen derivatives via the Hintco platform. As Hintco announced on Friday, the budget for the second auction round is to be increased for both regional and (…)

In Hoogstede (District of Grafschaft Bentheim), gas transmission system operator Thyssengas has launched the construction of a cross-border hydrogen pipeline. With the official groundbreaking, work begins on converting an existing natural gas pipeline between Vlieghuis in the Netherlands and Ochtrup in the Münsterland region. By 2027, (…)

According to a feasibility study commissioned by the gas transmission system operators involved in the project, there are no technical or economic obstacles to the planned SunsHyne Corridor. As a central transport infrastructure for hydrogen imports from North Africa, the SunsHyne Corridor is set to (…)

At its Leuna site, Linde is planning an additional electrolysis plant for the production of sustainably generated hydrogen. The new facility is scheduled to go into operation by 2026. The project is supported by the “Sachsen-Anhalt ZUKUNFTSENERGIEN” program and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). (…)

The National Hydrogen Council (NWR) has published a new information and background paper that systematically analyzes the technological challenges and research needs along the value chain of renewable and low-carbon hydrogen as well as its derivatives. The paper organizes the relevant technologies according to their technology (…)

Dr. Wolfgang Blank, Minister for Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, today handed over a funding notification of around €2.8 million for the research and development project “FormaPort” on the sidelines of the Hanse Sail in Rostock. On the premises of the Leibniz (…)

The construction of the Hamburg Hydrogen Industry Network (“HH-WIN”) is progressing rapidly. After the pipeline sections south of the Elbe begin operation in 2027, green hydrogen is expected to cross the Süderelbe in this area. For this reason, Hamburger Energienetze, municipal operator of the gas (…)

The European Commission has published the drafted Terms & Conditions for the third auction round of the European Hydrogen Bank. Until mid-September interested parties can submit their comments. The draft is available on the website of the Directorate-General for Climate Action. Low-carbon hydrogen eligible for funding The (…)

The Trans-European Natural Gas Pipeline (TENP III), a joint project by transmission system operators Open Grid Europe (OGE) and Fluxys, has been officially commissioned. The approximately 110-kilometer-long pipeline replaces one strand of the TENP, which runs from the German-Belgian and German-Dutch borders to the Swiss (…)

Hintco, project company of the H2Global Foundation, has started the application phase for the regional lots of its auction for renewable hydrogen and its derivatives. This marks the second round of Hintco’s hydrogen program. Germany and the Netherlands are jointly providing 2.5 billion euros for (…)

The three participating transmission system operators have announced significant progress for the H2med project. Enagás (Spain) – through its subsidiary Enagás Infraestructuras de Hidrógeno (EIH) –, NaTran and Teréga (France) have signed the shareholders‘ agreement for BarMar. This agreement provides for the establishment of a (…)

As part of an exclusive and flexible agreement, SEFE has been supplying Pfalzgas with approximately 1.2 TWh of natural gas per year since January 2025. Pfalzgas has now decided to extend this contract for an additional two years, through to 2027. As part of the (…)

As part of the new “H2 Initial Network Mainz” project, Mainzer Netze GmbH – a subsidiary of the municipal utility Stadtwerke Mainz – is planning to establish an initial hydrogen network in the industrial areas of Mainz-Neustadt and Mombach, in collaboration with its partner Hy2gen (…)

The energie schwaben Group will build a total of three electrolysers with a capacity of five megawatts each for the production of green hydrogen in its supply area. The possible expansion has already been planned. From 2027, the electrolysers in Allmannshofen, Illertissen and Rohrenfels or (…)

ANDRITZ opened its new electrolyzer gigafactory in Erfurt, Germany, in the presence of Thuringia’s Minister President Mario Voigt. The new plant has an initial production capacity of around one gigawatt – equivalent to around 160 to 200 electrolyzers per year. Key components for the production (…)

OMV officially opened the new ReOil and electrolyzer plants at the Schwechat refinery near Vienna. The new 10 MW electrolysis plant has a production capacity of up to 1,500 tons of green hydrogen per year and is the largest of its kind in Austria. Together (…)

German transmission system operator GASCADE Gastransport GmbH and UK transmission system operator National Gas have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the feasibility of a hydrogen corridor between the UK and Germany in the North Sea through an offshore pipeline connection – an important (…)

The project Underground Sun Storage 2030 (USS2030) has been successfully completed. It shows that Hydrogen can be safely stored and reused underground in large quantities – and over long periods of time. At the Rubensdorf/Gampern site, around 500,000 cubic meters of hydrogen were stored in (…)

Höegh Evi, a global leader in marine energy infrastructure, and Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, part of technology group Wärtsilä, have successfully completed development of the world’s first floating ammonia-to-hydrogen cracker. This breakthrough technology enables floating import terminals to produce hydrogen at industrial-scale volumes from transported ammonia, (…)