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Production
production
11.45
8.10 Mt produced in total in 2022
17.95 kt by water electrolysis
41.62 kt by reforming with carbon capture
Production cost (LCOH)
Production cost
6.86
9.85 EUR/kg of grid-connected electrolysis
6.23 EUR/kg of SMR
6.38 EUR/kg of SMR with CC
Technology manufacturing
Technology manufacturing
3.11
61.87 MW of electrolyser deployments in 2022
Demand
Demand
8.24
15.03 kt provided by clean hydrogen
Distribution
distribution
178
1581 km of perational hydrogen pipelines by May 2023
Production
production
11.05
7.81 Mt produced in total in 2023
26.75 kt by water electrolysis
42.53 kt by reforming with carbon capture
Production cost (LCOH)
Production cost
6.61
7.94 EUR/kg of grid-connected electrolysis
3.76 EUR/kg of SMR
4.41 EUR/kg of SMR with CC
Technology manufacturing
Technology manufacturing
5.40
64.97 MW of electrolyser deployments in 2023
Demand
Demand
7.96
22.81 kt provided by clean hydrogen
Distribution
distribution
187
1581 km of operational hydrogen pipelines by May 2024
Production
production
11.18
7.86 Mt produced in total in 2024
42.81 kt by water electrolysis
42.68 kt by reforming with carbon capture
Production cost (LCOH)
Production cost
6.71
7.42 EUR/kg of grid-connected electrolysis
3.33 EUR/kg of SMR
4.12 EUR/kg of SMR with CC
Technology manufacturing
Technology manufacturing
10.60
142.85 MW of electrolyser deployments in 2024
Demand
Demand
7.87
36.32 kt provided by clean hydrogen
Distribution
distribution
186
1636 km of operational hydrogen pipelines by May 2025
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29 April 2026
EJohn Cockerill has installed 25MW of electrolysers at a green hydrogen project in Belgium’s Port of Zeebrugge, with production due to start this year.
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2 April 2026
The Port of La Spezia has completed Italy’s first hydrogen bunkering operation at a dockside location, with Bluenergy Revolution transferring hydrogen from a mobile land vehicle to a vessel at the Baglietto Shipyard using low-pressure metal hydride storage technology — the same system used by the Italian Navy’s U212 submarines.
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27 March 2026
In mid‑March, the filling of the two caverns at the H2CAST Etzel pilot project was successfully completed by the leading consortium partners STORAG ETZEL and Gasunie with approximately 90 tonnes or 1 million standard cubic metres of hydrogen.
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