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Following the completion of pre-engineering studies (pre-FEED), the BarMar hydrogen pipeline project, which will connect Spain and France, is entering the front-end engineering design (FEED) phase, set to confirm the technical viability and final design of the subsea infrastructure.

The European Investment Bank (“EIB”) has granted a EUR 450 million loan to support the construction of OMV’s green hydrogen production plant, which is set to significantly contribute to the decarbonization of the Schwechat refinery in Lower Austria.

RAG Austria, together with its partner ANDRITZ, has officially marked the start of construction work on its new renewable hydrogen production plant in the RAG Valley in Gampern, Upper Austria.

Following the delivery of the bus fleet and the securing of a green hydrogen supply, Weser-Ems-Bus has commissioned a mobile hydrogen refuelling station in Lower Saxony, enabling the rapid deployment of its hydrogen buses while awaiting the completion of a permanent refuelling station.

German utility EWE has started building a 24km hydrogen pipeline that will connect its 320MW electrolyser to the country’s 9,000km hydrogen core network.

The European Commission has disbursed a €7.2bn ($8.35bn) payment to Poland through the EU’s post-Covid Recovery and Resilience Facility — €500m of which will be allocated to green hydrogen projects.

Hydrogen buses entered service in Bologna today as public transport operator Tper deployed the first Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen vehicles on the city network, following the completion of the authorisation process for the hydrogen refuelling facility at the Via Battindarno depot.

Dutch gas infrastructure operator Gasunie has inaugurated the first major section of its hydrogen backbone in the Port of Rotterdam: a 32-km pipeline that strengthens the region’s emerging hydrogen network.

The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €1.3 billion German State aid scheme to support the production of renewable hydrogen through the European Hydrogen Bank’s “Auctions-as-a-Service” tool for the auction that closed in 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.