Western Europe

Hera and Snam's joint project for the development of a green H₂ production hub in the municipality of Modena has obtained €19.5 MM in funding from the Regional Council of Emilia Romagna, which were allocated as part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan.

Wärtsilä, Höegh LNG, Institute for Energy Technology, University of South-East Norway, Sustainable Energy and BASF SE have received funding of approximately €5.9 MM from the Norwegian Government to develop ammonia as a H₂ carrier for the energy market.

Northern Gas Networks, the gas distributor for the north of England, has successfully secured funding to carry out vital research into the offshore production of H₂.

Glenfarne Energy Transition announced the formation and launch of its Glenfarne H₂ Fuels Initiative to produce sustainable, zero carbon H₂-based fuels.

Chevron Corporation and the Angelicoussis Group announced a Joint Study Agreement to explore how tankers can be used to transport ammonia, a potential lower carbon marine fuel.

Onyx Power plans to build a plant to produce low-carbon blue H₂ with autothermal reformer, capable of producing ~300 kilotons of blue H₂ per year on an industrial scale.

Enapter AG has delivered the first water-cooled AEM Electrolyzer EL 4.0 devices to various customers in Europe.

RES and Octopus Energy Generation’s green H₂ joint venture HYRO is working with Kimberly-Clark, the parent company of household brands like Andrex, Kleenex and Huggies, to swap gas for green H₂ at UK factories, to reduce emissions and boost energy security.

CarbonLoop and Haffner Energy announced that they have signed two purchase orders for the supply, installation and commissioning by Haffner Energy of the first two HYNOCA stations for the first two CarbonLoop sites.

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s cluster sequencing Phase-2 announcement confirming that EET’s Vertex Hydrogen project has been chosen as part of one of the two H₂ plants that will help build the UK’s H₂ economy.