Charlie Currie

Estonian electrolyser firm Stargate Hydrogen looks set to supply its alkaline stacks to Bulgarian system developer Hydrogenera for selected European projects under a new framework cooperation agreement.

Chemicals major Ineos has signed a preliminary blue hydrogen offtake deal with the Equinor-Engie joint venture H2BE for its Project One cracker in Antwerp, potentially marking one of Europe’s first large-scale industrial blue hydrogen supply deals.

Membrane-less electrolyser firm Clean Power Hydrogen (CPH2) has resumed trading after securing £3.5m ($4.7m) through a placing and retail offer, with investors indicating a further £4m ($5.4m) subscription as the company pivots to a capital-light licensing model.

Hydrogen trucking coalition H2Accelerate has warned the European Commission that weakening its 2030 hydrogen refuelling station targets would undermine investment certainty for zero-emission freight.

More than a week after missing its own deadline to propose changes to the EU’s green hydrogen rules, the European Commission is facing calls from industry to fast-track amendments by the end of 2026 to avoid further delays to investment.

Yara’s investor call reveals why the fertiliser giant walked away from Air Products’ Louisiana blue ammonia project in favour of a lower-cost grey ammonia asset in Texas.

PEM electrolyser firm ITM Power has secured a £46.5m ($54.6m) UK government grant to help build a new 1GW manufacturing line for its next-generation stack after the award cleared regulatory evaluation.

Industrial gas major Messer will offtake green hydrogen from French producer Lhyfe under a 10-year contract, while buying a 30% equity stake in four of the company’s production sites in France and Germany.

The fourth European Hydrogen Bank auction will offer €500m ($572m) in subsidies, down more than 60% from previous budgets, with funding split between green and low-carbon electrolytic hydrogen.

Sweden’s PowerCell has secured a firm order to supply hydrogen fuel cells for a planned AI data centre in California, while separately signing a non-binding agreement covering up to 300MW of future deployments.