From Hydrogen Insight: ‘Fraud, false promises, concealment’ | Iwatani files lawsuit against Nel over faulty hydrogen refuelling stations
Japanese industrial gas giant alleges Norwegian company conspired to hide defects through its service and maintenance contracts Japanese industrial gas firm Iwatani has filed a lawsuit against Norway’s Nel in a California district court on eleven complaints, denied by Nel, that include misrepresentation, false promises and fraud in making contracts, related to the sale […]
From Canary Media: Plug Power lands $1.7B DOE loan guarantee to boost hydrogen production
Plug Power has fought strict federal guidelines for clean hydrogen tax credits. Now it’s securing federal backing to scale up its U.S. production. Fuel cell and electrolyzer manufacturer and would-be “green” hydrogen supplier Plug Power has won a conditional commitment for up to a $1.66 billion loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy, providing […]
From Canary Media: Zombie coal plants could threaten the US energy transition
Maryland’s Brandon Shores can’t close down — even though its owners want it to. The coal plant is a poster child for how poor grid planning stalls climate progress. On the banks of Maryland’s Patapsco River, about 10 miles south of Baltimore, there’s an aging coal plant that pretty much everyone wants to shut down. Local community […]
From the U.S. Dept of Energy – Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office Multi-Year Program Plan
The U.S. Dept. of Energy Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office Multi-Year Program Plan releases the HFTO Multi-Year Program Plan The Multi-Year Program Plan (MYPP) sets forth the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office’s (HFTO’s) mission, goals, and strategic approach relative to broader clean energy priorities of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Aligned […]
From Hydrogen Insight: ‘We won’t sign clean hydrogen offtake deals until we get the right price — despite investor pressure’: Air Products CEO
Air Products’ CEO Seifi Ghasemi has pushed back on analyst concerns that there will not be sufficient demand for blue and green hydrogen by 2030 to justify the industrial gases firm’s early investments into major projects. “The part that I can confidently tell the investors, believe me, there is demand,” he said during the […]
From Hydrogen Insight Leaders: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Market Poised to Reach $57Bn by 2032
In a recently published report by Allied Market Research (AMR), they revealed that the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle market will reach almost $58 billion within the next 6 years. According to the report, Asia-Pacific, which accounts for one-third of the market, will likely maintain dominance in 2032. AMR shared that increasing environmental concerns, government initiatives, […]
From Hydrogen Insight: ANALYSIS | Clean hydrogen ‘remains too expensive and uncompetitive’ – how can costs be reduced?
Consultant Capgemini asked more than 120 hydrogen businesses for their views, presenting their responses in a new whitepaper, alongside its own analysis A new whitepaper from consultant Capgemini, entitled Reducing low-carbon hydrogen investment and operating costs, does not pull its punches when explaining how the French company feels about the current state of the […]
From Hydrogen Industry Leaders: Poland’s President: “Development of Clean Hydrogen Technologies is Essential”
On 23 April, Poland’s President Andrzej Duda spoke at the Canadian Hydrogen Convention in Edmonton, Alberta. The event was attended by representatives of Polish companies, start-ups and universities specialising in producing and using hydrogen for energy and transport. A large part of Poland-Canada relations is related to clean energy technologies The Polish president talked about […]
From Canary Media: The $245M bid to pull clean hydrogen straight from the earth
Demand for carbon-free hydrogen is rising. Startup Koloma aims to extract the gas from underground geologic deposits — and it just raised a ton of venture funding. Governments and industry players alike are furiously investing billions in cleaning up the production of hydrogen gas to create an alternative to fossil fuels. But startup Koloma is […]
From TechCrunch: Honda’s hydrogen fuel cell-powered CR-V isn’t as dumb as you think
The 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV has a plug-in twist Just like battery-electric cars 20 years ago, hydrogen fuel cell cars suffer from the old chicken and the egg problem. Nobody wants to buy a fuel cell vehicle until the supporting infrastructure is in place, but it’s tough to invest in infrastructure when nobody owns a […]