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Germany’s largest proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer has gone into operation at BASF’s Ludwigshafen site.

The European Commission has approved a €400m Austrian state aid scheme and a €36m Lithuanian state aid scheme, to support the production of renewable hydrogen.

The European Hydrogen Bank’s second auction for the production of renewable hydrogen has attracted 61 bids from projects in 11 countries with the European Economic Area (EEA) . Eight of the bids were submitted under the dedicated maritime topic by hydrogen producers with off-takers in the maritime sector.

The German state of Baden-Württemberg will support local hydrogen production projects under a new €100m ($105m) subsidy programme.

Sunfire, a leading global electrolysis company, and P2X Solutions, a Finnish pioneer in green hydrogen and Power-to-X technologies, celebrate the commissioning of the production plant in Harjavalta. The Sunfire electrolyzer is Finland’s first industrial plant for the commercial production of green hydrogen.

Derived from information collected up to December 2024, various dashboards have been refreshed, including those covering electrolyzer manufacturing capacity, electrolyzer cost, and clean hydrogen production projects.

A Joint Declaration of Intent (JDoI) has been signed by representatives of Germany, Algeria, Italy, Austria and Tunisia in Rome to strengthen European-North African collaboration on the Southern Hydrogen Corridor project. The initiative will establish a direct pipeline connection for gaseous hydrogen between North Africa, Italy, Austria and Germany, consisting of five sub-projects and spanning 3,500-4,000km.

The Clean Hydrogen Partnership has just announced the launch of its 2025 Call for Proposals under the Horizon Europe programme.

CaetanoBus has delivered 10 hydrogen-powered buses to EMT Madrid, marking a significant step toward the city’s goal of a fully zero-emission fleet by 2030.

A new fleet of Parisian taxis is helping improve the air quality in the French capital by driving hydrogen-fuelled cars.