Western Europe

OMV has made the final decision to invest a mid-three-digit million-euro sum in a new flagship green H₂ plant in Bruck an der Leitha, Lower Austria.

AM Green and the Port of Rotterdam Authority signed a Memorandum of Understanding to focus on building a green energy supply chain between India and Northwestern Europe via Rotterdam, Europe’s first energy port and a key H₂ carriers entry point.

Four leading companies from across Europe formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the Global Hydrogen Summit in Rotterdam, marking the launch of the See Hydrogen Mobility Consortium.

Ayesa Ingeniería has been selected by Enagás as one of the consulting firms to participate in the megaproject for Spain’s new backbone network for green H₂, a project with an investment exceeding €3 B.

The €29.5-MM grant previously awarded from the EU Innovation Fund has now been signed and officially allocated to Plagazi’s flagship project ‘Gävle Circular Park’.

IMI, the specialist engineering company, has provided a 2-MW PEM electrolyzer for the upcoming Hydrogen Valley project in Lamezia Terme, Italy.

GKN Aerospace is one of the project partners in ICEFlight (Innovative Cryogenic Electric Flight), a project aiming to contribute to the development of hydrogen-powered flight. The project was launched by Airbus, through its Tech Hub in the Netherlands and together with its innovation arm Airbus UpNext and local partners.

The European Commission has announced the selection of 15 renewable hydrogen production projects for public funding across the European Economic Area (EEA). The projects, located across five countries, are expected to produce nearly 2.2 MM tonnes (t) of renewable hydrogen over ten years, avoiding more than 15 MMt of CO₂ emissions.

The Kassø facility is the first of its kind globally to produce eMethanol at commercial scale. The plant has a production capacity of 42,000 tpy and operates entirely on renewable energy sources.

In Lower Saxony’s Etzel, the H2CAST pilot project, which involves converting two existing salt caverns for H₂ storage, is now entering the next phase: Gasunie and Storag Etzel have started jointly injecting around 90 tons of H₂ into two existing caverns.