Europe

Last week world hydrogen leaders from 19 nations gathered together in Florø, Norway, for the fourth annual Maritime Hydrogen and Marnie Energy Conference.

The owners behind Hybrit will join a newly formed leadership group for industry transition which was launched yesterday at the Climate Summit in New York by Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven.

H2V Normandy has announced a project which will see the deployment of a green hydrogen production unit, featuring electrolysis technology, in Saint-Jean-de-Folleville.

Construction is due to begin shortly on the “world’s first” hydrogen-powered tug, ordered by the Port of Antwerp in Belgium.

Scotland has a unique opportunity to be the shop window for the hydrogen and fuel cell solutions which tackle ‘difficult to treat’ areas of heat and transport.

The partners behind a project aiming to develop the world’s first fossil-free hydrogen-powered steel plant will participate in the Climate Week and UN Climate Action Summit in New York next week.

PowerCell Sweden AB has received a follow-on order from a global automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for its S3 fuel cell stacks valued at approximately SEK 2.6m (€243,000).

Proton Motor Fuel Cell GmbH and Schäfer Elektronik GmbH have formed a new joint venture which will focus on the development, production and marketing of fuel cell-based charging stations.

Bus manufacturer Solaris presented its hydrogen bus for the first time in Poland yesterday.

ZeroAvia, a California-based zero emission aviation manufacturer, has received a £2.7m ($3.3m) grant from the UK Government to support the development of a principle technology to enable practical, zero emission aviation in commercial aircraft.