German State Aid approved for Green Steel
On October 4, 2022 the EU Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €1 billion German measure to help Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH (‘Salzgitter') decarbonise…
State Aid put to (Hy2)Use
The EU Commission on September 21, 2022 approved “IPCEI Hy2Use”, the second Important Project of Common European Interest in the hydrogen value chain. The project involves…
Banking on Hydrogen
At the last EU State of the Union on September 14, 2022, EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, to the surprise of many, announced the…
Riding the Waves: first H2 IPCEI H2Tech approved
On July 15, 2022 the EU Commission approved a total of 5.4 bln of State Aid funding to 41 hydrogen tech projects, in the first ever…
HyExchange with Dutch Climate Minister: green hydrogen certificate trading platform kicks off.
On April 11, 2022 Rob Jetten, Dutch Minister of Climate and Energy, received the first certificate for green hydrogen during a visit to North Sea Port…
REPowerEU>REPowerRussia>REPowerUkraine
As a first green and peaceful response to the evolving human and political tragedy at its Eastern borders the EU Commission on March 8, 2022 issued…
New German government starts 2022 with green hydrogen wave
The recently appointed German government did not waste time to unveil plans on Janaury 11, 2022 to reinforc the German national hydrogen strategy by doubling its…
Bracing for a fifth wave: EU wants to be H2 economy trailblazer
During the second edition of the EU Hydrogen Week, organized by the new Clean Hydrogen Technology Partnership, (CHPT) as part of the Horizon Europe R&I funding…
COP26 setting sail for zero emission shipping corridors
The COP26 made a little bit of wave in supporting zero emission shipping on zero emision maritime corridors, that could be extended to inland waterway transport…
Putting H2 in H2O: RH2INE Kickstart studies published!
On October 7th, 2021 the results of the EU CEF-funded RH2INE Kickstart Study, on the application of hydrogen in inland waterway transport (IWT) were presented. The…