Hello and welcome to H2 View’s final issue of 2024. This year has been nothing short of uncomfortable. It feels like the year that everything changed – the year reality set in and the hype bubble finally burst. Despite monumental progress in many areas of hydrogen, it’s clear it is yet to go far enough. Natural attrition is taking hold, and the most viable projects are beginning to bear fruit. However, this industry’s hockey stick moment remains a way off.
Grid delays in the Dutch e-charge network make hydrogen mobility “inevitable,” says Fountain Fuel, which has secured €8.2m ($8.7m) government grant under the €28m ($29.6m) Hydrogen in Mobility programme.
“Some of our cylinders were made in the 1930s…It really just supports how important it is to keep our maintenance and inspection regime relevant.”
The Dutch government has reaffirmed its commitment to prioritising the development of hydrogen and carbon dioxide pipelines, even after delays announced in June 2024 pushed the projects back by approximately four years.
EVōLOH will deliver 500MW of electrolyser stacks to an unnamed customer after completing its Manufacturing Centre of Excellence in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Belgium and Oman have agreed to “further strengthen” collaboration in green hydrogen as part of a new agreement.
Liquid Wind and Samsung E&A will work together on developing green hydrogen-based e-fuel facilities in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
Romania’s Railway Reform Authority (ARF) has relaunched its tender for 12 hydrogen-powered electric trains for the fourth time.
Elyse Energy has secured €120m ($126m) from Hy24, PGGM, Bpifrance and Mirova to support the development of hydrogen-based sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and e-methanol production projects in France and Spain.
TECO 2030 stated regulatory delays in Norway were hampering its plans to produce and deploy fuel cells in its home nation.
VNG and HyCC plan to develop a 500MW green hydrogen facility in Lutherstadt Wittenberg for domestic energy use in Germany.
