PESA Bydgoszcz SA Rail Vehicles will begin work on Poland's first hydrogen-powered passenger vehicle, capable of operating on both electrified and non-electric lines. The National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFEP) has signed an agreement with the company to co-finance the project from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (KPO).

A US consortium plans to build two 20-tonne-per-day electrolytic hydrogen-based ammonia systems for fertiliser applications in Minnesota.

TANAKA announces the development of the world's first high-performance palladium hydrogen permeable membrane that exhibits high hydrogen purification performance at around 100°C.

California has recently expanded its network of retail hydrogen stations with the soft opening of Chevron’s third hydrogen refueling station, located in Carson. This milestone reflects growing momentum in expanding California’s hydrogen fueling infrastructure to support the deployment of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) across the state’s diverse regions.

Hydrogen is increasingly viewed as a critical energy carrier capable of supporting decarbonization across sectors such as industry, transportation, and power generation. Unlike fossil fuels, hydrogen combustion produces no direct carbon dioxide emissions. However, large-scale deployment of hydrogen technologies requires reliable methods for storing vast amounts of hydrogen to balance supply and demand, particularly for seasonal energy storage.

Surface storage solutions, such as pressurized tanks, are costly and limited in capacity. For this reason, scientists are exploring underground hydrogen storage (UHS) in geological formations.

A Norwegian startup has secured USD 17.5 million (EUR 15 million) in a Series A funding to develop a new seasonal energy storage system aimed to help homes store excess amounts of solar energy in summer for use during the winter.

Designed by Oslo-based energy storage scaleup Photoncycle, the seasonal solid-state hydrogen energy storage system is set to roll out commercially in Denmark and the Netherlands. It aims to tackle long-duration storage across seasons, one of the greatest challenges facing renewable energy systems.

A team at Inner Mongolia Normal University has demonstrated a process that takes shredded PET plastic, dissolves it in a chemical bath, and runs an electrical current through it. What comes out the other side is hydrogen gas — a clean fuel — and a chemical called formate, which is used in animal feed and food preservation. Both have commercial value. Neither requires new raw materials beyond the waste plastic itself.

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A British Columbia pulp mill that’s been in operation for more than 50 years will test a way to replace carbon-emitting natural gas with clean-burning ‘green’ hydrogen made from water.

The novel approach is expected to reduce the Kruger Kamloops Pulp Mill’s greenhouse gas emissions by 7,000 tonnes a year – the equivalent of removing 1,200 to 1,500 vehicles from the roads, according to Zachary Steele, chief executive of New York-based Elemental Clean Fuels, the developer behind the green hydrogen project.

Toronto-based Elemental Trucks says it has completed development of what it describes as Canada’s first commercially available 63.5-tonne hydrogen fuel-cell-electric truck, positioning the company to enter the heavy-haul, long-distance segment of the zero-emission market.

India's first hydrogen-powered train successfully completed its trial run in Haryana's Jind, covering a 20-km stretch between Jind and Lalit Khera at a speed of 70 kmph. Testing will continue for a week.

Toyota New Zealand has been steadily laying the groundwork for hydrogen mobility, with a strategy that prioritises collaboration, infrastructure alignment and long-term decarbonisation outcomes.

A new catalyst strategy developed at Institute of Science Tokyo uses BaSi2 as a support for nickel and cobalt to decompose ammonia at lower temperatures. By forming unique ternary transition metal–nitrogen–barium intermediates that facilitate nitrogen coupling, the system lowers the energy barrier for ammonia decomposition. This enables nickel- and cobalt-based catalysts to achieve high hydrogen-production activity at reduced temperatures, matching the performance of ruthenium while relying on Earth-abundant metals for cleaner hydrogen generation.

Development has started on a 150-passenger hydrogen fuel cell-electric fast-ferry design, with initial deployment targeted for New York waters.

The transition of ammonia to hydrogen has become important as the power sector seeks to decarbonize its operations. Industrial-scale ammonia crackers are reaching commercial maturity in many areas, notably in Europe and Asia, and also in the U.S. Ammonia serves as a superior energy carrier due to its high volumetric hydrogen density; it also can utilize existing global shipping and storage infrastructure for transport.

Spanish energy company Moeve has approved a major green hydrogen project involving more than 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) in investments, with Abu Dhabi renewable energy company Masdar as a minority partner.

Scientists succeed in using bacteria and discarded bread to replace fossil fuels in an innovative sustainable industrial reaction.

Picture this: the dairy farm down the street powering zero-emission trucks. That’s the dream Houston-based Utility Global is chasing. They just secured $100 million in a Series D round led by Ara Partners and APG Asset Management, setting the stage for a California biogas-to-hydrogen mobility project with their proprietary H2Gen® technology.

A heritage railway has converted an old diesel locomotive to run on hydrogen.

Severn Valley Railway (SVR) launched HydroShunter, a hydrogen-powered shunting engine, developed from the body of a disused Class 08.

A new material can store energy from sunlight and convert it into hydrogen days later. The material, jointly developed by researchers from Ulm and Jena, can do this even in the dark. The process is reversible and can be reactivated several times using a pH switch.

Shell Energy Europe secures wind and solar power for a hydrogen electrolyser in Germany, aiming to produce up to 44 tonnes of renewable hydrogen per day.

Inpex Corporation and Osaka Gas have successfully injected green hydrogen-based synthetic gas from a test methanation facility into a natural gas pipeline in Japan.

E-methane was produced by a test facility, connected to Inpex’s Koshijihara Plant, by combining hydrogen and carbon dioxide, and distributed through Osaka’s natural gas pipeline network.

A research-engine test bench at Everllence’s Augsburg site has been upgraded to enable hydrogen combustion.

The new development occurred under the umbrella of the HydroPoLEn project, an Everllence partnership with industry leaders and research institutes. The project is supported by funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy within the framework of the Maritime Research Programme.