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With the adoption of Directive (EU) 2023/2413 (RED III), the EU is stepping up efforts to cut dependence on fossil fuels. The directive sets new, ambitious targets for renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBO) across industry, with an important deadline for Member States to transpose this into national law by May 21, 2025.

Hycamite TCD Technologies has opened Europe’s largest methane-splitting plant in Finland.

Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Habeck, Lower Saxony’s Minister President Stephan Weil as well as Lower Saxony’s Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Protection were present when RWE commissioned its pilot electrolyser plant in Lingen.

RE firm Greenstat has begun the construction of its 20 MW green hydrogen production facility at Fiskå in Rogaland county, Norway. The upcoming plant is part of the Agder Hydrogen Hub in Kristiansand that the company is bullish about. The construction is expected to take two years to complete.

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has become the first airport worldwide to conduct live tests with a hydrogen-powered ground power unit (GPU)

The Italian government has announced today (Thursday) that it will spend more than €994m on subsidies towards hydrogen projects that had been included in the EU’s Hy2Infra Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI) list.

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced in a speech to Congress yesterday (Wednesday) that his government will allocate €2.3bn ($2.5bn) towards four new subsidy programmes “in the coming days”, including €1.2bn for renewable hydrogen hubs.

The Polish government has announced a draft hydrogen law, which would include incentives for electrolyser companies and bring regulations in line with EU-level legislation.

Derived from data collected up to June 2024, various datasets are updated with the latest available data, such as and among many others, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, hydrogen refuelling stations and break-even prices. Moreover, some dashboards have also been improved, allowing for more user-friendly exploration and availability of multi-year data.

The European Hydrogen Week 2024 will take place in Brussels from 18-21 November and will include a new Innovation Hub, that features a Public Forum, filed with exciting and interactive sessions.