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Invenergy announced its first clean H₂ project, the 5-acre Sauk Valley H₂ (Sauk Valley) facility in Rock Falls, Illinois, has reached commercial operations.

Energy Abundance Development Corporation has unveiled plans for Data City, Texas—a 5-GW behind-the-meter data center hub to be built on 50,000 acres near the city of Laredo, powered by 100% 24/7 green energy.

First Atlantic Nickel Corp. announced a strategic research partnership with Colorado School of Mines to explore geologic H₂ as an energy source. This collaboration will focus on two significant ophiolite complexes in Newfoundland, Canada: the St. Anthony Ophiolite Complex (Atlantis Project, 103 km²) and the Pipestone Ophiolite Complex (Atlantic Nickel Project, 71 km²).

H₂ has long been a staple of industrial processes, but its potential as a decarbonization tool remains the subject of intense debate. While its role in refining, steel production and heavy transport is increasingly recognized, fundamental challenges persist—chief among them cost, infrastructure and investment uncertainty.

ABB and Charbone Hydrogen have signed an MoU to collaborate on the development of up to 15 modular and scalable green H₂ production facilities across North America over the next 5 yr.

SAMSUNG E&A, a total solutions provider for the global energy industry, has announced its full-scale entry into the green H₂ market with the acquisition of equity in Norwegian H₂ company Nel ASA.

Graphitic Energy, formerly known as C-Zero, has commissioned its pilot plant at the Southwest Research Institute (SWRI) in San Antonio, TX. This state-of-the-art facility is the company’s first at-scale demonstration of its novel form of methane pyrolysis that converts natural gas into H2 and solid, graphitic carbon.

Electric Hydrogen announced its strategic partnership with Titan, a Texas-based leader in process equipment manufacturing, for the fabrication and assembly of its 100-MW electrolyzer plant product.

Electric Hydrogen, a manufacturer of large-scale, cost-competitive electrolyzers, has selected Ingeteam, an established leader in power conversion systems with manufacturing in Europe, for its projects.