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Baotou has put around 2,000 solid-state hydrogen-storage two-wheelers into a shared fleet, with plans to scale deployment to 10,000 vehicles. #Hydrogen #FuelCells #China fcw.sh/Aod2Gu

Enagás is calling for a German-style financing model to underpin Spain’s planned 2,875km hydrogen backbone, arguing that early users need protection from high initial network costs. #Hydrogen #Spain #Infrastructure fcw.sh/y87uio

Siemens Energy warns that uncertainty over EU green hydrogen rules could freeze final investment decisions and further weaken Europe’s electrolyser supply chain, just as manufacturers need firm project demand. #Hydrogen #Electrolysers #EU fcw.sh/5E0Y7J

Toyota Racing will supply a 3.5-litre hydrogen combustion engine for MissionH24’s H24EVO prototype. Toyota executive Hiroki Nakajima says the partnership will help advance hydrogen technology in endurance racing. The hybrid system targets 650 kW. fcw.sh/cs5R8q #Hydrogen

MAN Engines, CLAAS and WTZ Roßlau are developing an ammonia-based drive for heavy agricultural machinery under the GAMCO project. Testing will run through 2029 under practical operating conditions. #Ammonia #Agriculture #CleanEnergy fcw.sh/tyjWTZ

Novacium, Axel’One and AD-VENTA have secured nearly €1M in French RAPID funding for METAGENE, a self-contained high-pressure hydrogen system using solid metallic fuel. The 30-month project aims to advance the technology from TRL 3 to TRL 5–6. #Hydrogen #Innovation fcw.sh/Xt0PUX

Türkiye has launched a three-year EU-funded project to build the foundations of a green and low-carbon hydrogen market, including regulation, storage, transport and a national hydrogen network master plan. #Hydrogen #Türkiye #Infrastructure fcw.sh/hK4dpE

UAEU researchers have developed a photocatalyst that removes more than 98% of ciprofloxacin from water within 90 minutes while also producing hydrogen. Hydrogen output was five times higher than with either catalyst material alone. #Hydrogen #Research fcw.sh/308q38

Seven Japanese companies will build and operate four ammonia-fueled car carriers while developing a commercial ammonia bunkering business, linking new vessels with dedicated fuel-supply infrastructure. #Ammonia #Shipping #Japan fcw.sh/EwjjAJ

European hydrogen leaders have set out a bankability roadmap calling for double-sided auctions, CfDs for midstreamers and new cost-allocation rules for transport infrastructure to move projects toward FID. #Hydrogen #EU fcw.sh/JiwWSk

A hydrogen truck collecting cans and PET bottles in Sweden’s Dalarna region has completed its first year in regular service, covering more than 51,000 km across 177 stores without direct emissions. #Hydrogen #FuelCells #Trucking fcw.sh/FLR0am

Andalusia has signed a hydrogen roadmap with Rotterdam and a cooperation declaration with North Rhine-Westphalia, linking renewable hydrogen production in southern Spain with major industrial and logistics markets in northern Europe. #Hydrogen #Spain #Europe fcw.sh/J0Dftu

Bloom Energy says the first fuel-cell power block is ready for Nebius’s 300MW New Jersey AI data center. The wider agreement covers about 250MW of guaranteed capacity, with roughly 328MW to be installed. #FuelCells #DataCenters fcw.sh/xN2WMt

JERA and AM Green have agreed on about 70,000 tonnes a year of green ammonia for five years from India’s Kakinada project to Japan. The fuel is intended primarily for ammonia-powered car carriers. #GreenAmmonia #Shipping fcw.sh/vqX6bj

SunHydrogen has taken a 19.9% stake in NewHydrogen, expanding into centralized clean-hydrogen production through NewHydrogen’s ThermoLoop technology while complementing its own solar-hydrogen platform. #Hydrogen #CleanTech fcw.sh/Qzn8ze

The EU has launched its T-MED Investment Platform with up to €4.5B in guarantees to help de-risk renewable energy, hydrogen, grid and clean-tech projects across the Mediterranean. #Hydrogen #CleanEnergy #EU fcw.sh/po4apm

Ljubljana has put ten Mercedes-Benz eCitaro G fuel-cell articulated buses into service, using hydrogen on routes requiring greater range and operational flexibility. #Hydrogen #FuelCells #PublicTransport fcw.sh/AjToqn

IMC Logistics’ zero-emission hydrogen truck will lead the Formula 1 Drivers’ Parade at Circuit of the Americas, putting fuel-cell heavy-duty technology in front of a global motorsport audience. #Hydrogen #FuelCells #F1 fcw.sh/GtJwgU

H2 Polytech has opened a green hydrogen plant on a former industrial site in northern Italy, bringing hydrogen production back to a redeveloped manufacturing area and adding new local supply capacity. #Hydrogen #GreenHydrogen #Italy fcw.sh/855dmL

Hyundai has passed 50,000 hydrogen vehicle sales in South Korea, marking a major milestone for the country’s fuel-cell passenger vehicle market and the automaker’s NEXO programme. #Hydrogen #FuelCells #Hyundai fcw.sh/pT6zKk

Mexico now counts 31 hydrogen projects representing $22.4B in planned investment, according to H2México. The industry group says the challenge is no longer identifying opportunities, but turning projects into execution. #Hydrogen #Mexico fcw.sh/c6Ov0R

The European Commission has opened a four-week consultation on its new Hydrogen Strategy, seeking input on how to build a more competitive EU hydrogen value chain and improve investor certainty. Responses close Nov. 23. #Hydrogen #EU fcw.sh/buDj4n

EnergyPathways has secured a route for the MESH hydrogen pipeline corridor at Barrow-in-Furness, advancing plans to connect the project with existing energy infrastructure. #Hydrogen #Infrastructure #UK fcw.sh/duLJmY

Kia plans to build a hydrogen fuel-cell version of its next Carnival at Gwangmyeong Plant 1 from 2029. The model would become Kia’s first series-production hydrogen vehicle. #Hydrogen #FuelCells #Kia fcw.sh/dHEULz

Germany now has 537 km of its hydrogen backbone in operation, against 9,040 km approved nationwide. Another 900 km is expected to be added by the end of 2027 as the network begins connecting real producers and industrial users. #Hydrogen #Germany fcw.sh/fOHsZb

GRUBER Logistics has put a hydrogen truck into operation at Milan Malpensa Airport, marking a new step in the use of fuel-cell heavy-duty vehicles for airport cargo transport. #Hydrogen #FuelCells #Trucking fcw.sh/diEaig

Gyeonggi Green Energy and FuelCell Energy are strengthening cooperation to support stable operation of the 58.8MW Hwaseong fuel-cell power plant, following completion of its 42-module repowering. #FuelCells #Hydrogen #SouthKorea fcw.sh/8pJsWM

Terni has approved a €5.65M [$6.34M] hydrogen refuelling station in Maratta to support fuel-cell buses, adding new infrastructure for the Italian city’s zero-emission public transport plans. #Hydrogen #FuelCells #Italy fcw.sh/6uQXK9

SK Eternix has started commercial operation at the first two plants in its 28MW South Korean fuel-cell cluster, bringing new distributed generation capacity online. #FuelCells #Hydrogen #SouthKorea fcw.sh/gPqAra

CHARBONE is adding a hydrogen and helium cylinder-filling unit at Sorel-Tracy, bringing a previously outsourced step in-house while expanding its industrial gas offering across Quebec and Canada. #Hydrogen #Quebec fcw.sh/22NZQQ

MiCo Power has signed a solid oxide electrolysis partnership with NTPC, India’s largest state-owned power company, as it pushes its SOEC technology toward international hydrogen projects. #Hydrogen #Electrolysis #India fcw.sh/GzvUWe

INPEX has started ammonia production and supply at its Kashiwazaki Hydrogen Park in Japan, advancing an integrated blue hydrogen and ammonia project that also captures and stores CO₂ in a depleted gas field. #Hydrogen #Ammonia #Japan fcw.sh/WzzpuS

H2Accelerate is proposing an EU-wide mechanism to guarantee long-term cost parity between hydrogen and diesel trucks. Support would cover only the remaining TCO gap after existing grants, toll exemptions and fuel credits. #Hydrogen #Trucking #EU fcw.sh/zWN6kp

MAIRE has opened a €45M NEXTCHEM research centre in Rome focused on green hydrogen, sustainable fuels and other energy-transition technologies. The 6,000m² NODE facility includes laboratories and 15 pilot-plant bays. #Hydrogen #Innovation fcw.sh/DBirPe

China is targeting 12,000 hydrogen vehicles and more than 100 refuelling stations across the Beijing region, signalling another major push to scale fuel-cell transport and supporting infrastructure. #Hydrogen #FuelCells #China fcw.sh/nmwEsS

Kawasaki and Romania’s Transgaz will work together on large-scale hydrogen pipeline transport in Central and Eastern Europe. The first step is a Romanian demonstration using Kawasaki’s KM Comp-H₂ centrifugal compressor for pure hydrogen. #Hydrogen #Infrastructure fcw.sh/5xNhqn

Korea Pallet Pool and Lotte Chilsung Beverage have put three hydrogen fuel-cell trucks into real logistics operations, using the pilot to measure performance, efficiency and the potential for wider deployment. #Hydrogen #FuelCells #Trucking fcw.sh/XWHRNw

A new University of Manchester study finds chemical looping reforming could produce low-carbon hydrogen at up to 75% thermal efficiency while capturing 90–99% of CO₂, with potential applications from 2MW industrial sites to 600MW plants. #Hydrogen #CCS fcw.sh/NW2HrL

Ballard and GeoPura took hydrogen power into major live events this summer, with HPU2 systems supplying a 20,000-capacity Boomtown stage plus power at the Solheim Cup and Genesis Scottish Open. #Hydrogen #FuelCells fcw.sh/NH6poW

Stiesdal Hydrogen’s first 6.5MW HydroGen electrolyser is now in commercial operation at European Energy’s Power-to-X plant in Denmark, marking the first deployment of the company’s higher-capacity alkaline system. #Hydrogen #Electrolysis #Denmark fcw.sh/bH92Mb

Burckhardt Compression’s SYCC subsidiary has secured multiple diaphragm-compressor orders for ultra-high-purity hydrogen used in semiconductor plants in Taiwan and Korea. #Hydrogen #Semiconductors #Compression fcw.sh/6gh4bK

Nel has appointed Hexagon Purus CEO Morten Holum as its next chief executive. He will succeed Håkon Volldal and take over no later than May 1, 2027, as Nel navigates a difficult electrolyser market. #Hydrogen #Electrolysis #Nel fcw.sh/8mMSRk

OMV has begun installing Siemens Energy PEM electrolysers at its 140MW Bruck an der Leitha project. The plant is targeting up to 23,000 tonnes of green hydrogen a year for the Schwechat refinery from late 2027. #Hydrogen #Electrolysis #Austria fcw.sh/gP8XFh

Stadler has begun testing the world’s first narrow-gauge hydrogen train on a new 950mm test track in Switzerland. Over the next three years, 21 hydrogen trains for Sardinia, Calabria and Sicily will be tested there. #Hydrogen #Rail fcw.sh/gST3Kk

ABB has launched its UNIREC H2 rectifier for green hydrogen plants, offering up to 99.6% AC-to-DC conversion efficiency. Each unit can deliver up to 7.5MW and 6kA, with modular scaling beyond 1GW. #Hydrogen #Electrolysis #ABB fcw.sh/G4DsV6

Bosch says its CryoPump can cut hydrogen station investment costs by up to 50% by eliminating high-pressure storage and chillers. The system can refuel up to eight heavy-duty vehicles an hour. #Hydrogen #H2Mobility fcw.sh/Vk3KgH

Finland’s VTT will put a battery-hydrogen Sisu truck into daily freight service by year-end. The 650kWh/120kW fuel-cell hybrid will run 540 km a day, generating real-world data on energy use, reliability and winter operation. #Hydrogen #Trucking fcw.sh/FAZXD4

SWITCH Maritime has secured US Coast Guard design approval for its 150-passenger SWITCH-150 hydrogen fuel-cell ferry. The first vessel is planned for New York City, operating from the Brooklyn Navy Yard. #Hydrogen #FuelCells #Maritime fcw.sh/cKmufO

Greenpoint has lowered its hydrogen price to €10.95 per kilogram, cutting the cost of fuel at its stations as Europe’s hydrogen mobility market continues to push for more competitive pricing. #Hydrogen #Mobility fcw.sh/2rb0vJ

GAZOO Racing has completed its 400kW hydrogen-powered DKR GR FC Hilux ahead of the 2027 Dakar Rally. The FCEV uses two fuel-cell stacks and four high-pressure tanks carrying 8.4kg of hydrogen. #Hydrogen #FuelCells #Dakar fcw.sh/bz4KFw