Infrastructure

Toyota Mirai hydrogen car in front of the newly inaguurated Paris Orly hydrogen refuelling station. (Image: HysetCo)

HysetCo opens upgraded 1-tonne hydrogen station at Paris-Orly Airport

HysetCo opens a new 1-tonne-per-day hydrogen station at Paris-Orly Airport, replacing the region’s first public H2 site and scaling up clean mobility for fleets and taxis.

5 months ago - 3 mins read
H2 Mobility hydrogen refuelling station in Dusseldorf, Germany. (Image: H2 Mobility)

H2 Mobility signs deal with Air Liquide to supply renewable hydrogen to its EU refuelling stations

Air Liquide will supply up to 1,000 tonnes of certified renewable hydrogen per year to H2 MOBILITY refuelling stations in Germany’s Rhine-Ruhr region, powering trucks and buses from summer 2025.

5 months ago - 3 mins read
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Atawey raises €22m to ramp up hydrogen refuelling station rollout across Europe

French hydrogen station maker Atawey raises €22 million to expand across Europe, scale production, and target profitability by end of 2025.

5 months ago - 3 mins read
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Toyota and Ohmium to co-develop hydrogen microgrid in India

Toyota and Ohmium are partnering to develop a green hydrogen microgrid in India, combining local electrolysers and fuel cell tech for off-grid clean power.

5 months ago - 4 mins read
CSIRO's beam-down reactor. (Image: CSIRO)

Australia’s first ‘beam-down’ solar reactor produces hydrogen at over 20% efficiency

CSIRO has tested Australia’s first beam-down solar reactor, producing green hydrogen at over 20% efficiency without electrolysis or grid power.

5 months ago - 4 mins read
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East Coast Hydrogen lands £96m regulator support for UK hydrogen backbone

East Coast Hydrogen secures £96m Ofgem funding to develop UK hydrogen pipeline network across Yorkshire, the Humber, North East and East Midlands.

5 months ago - 3 mins read
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UK and Ireland eye hydrogen interconnector under new cross-border gas agreement

National Gas and Gas Networks Ireland have signed a new MoU to explore hydrogen and biomethane collaboration, including a potential UK-Ireland hydrogen interconnector.

6 months ago - 2 mins read
Amitava Roy, CEO of Engas (left) with Hugo Spowers, Founder of Riversimple (right). (Image: Riversimple)

Home-made hydrogen: West Sussex farm fuels Riversimple Rasa

A small farm in Steyning might just hold a big clue to hydrogen’s future. Horsham-based hydrogen systems firm Engas Global is trialling a compact ‘plug and play’ hydrogen refuelling unit…

6 months ago - 3 mins read
Greece opens its first hydrogen refuelling station. (Image: Motor Oil)

Greece opens its first hydrogen refuelling station

Greece opens its first public hydrogen station in Agioi Theodoroi, backed by Motor Oil Group and EU funding, with more infrastructure on the way.

6 months ago - 4 mins read
Driving Hydrogen Editor Matt Lister (left) with BMW's Dr Jürgen Guldner (right). (Image: BMW)

Exclusive interview: BMW’s hydrogen car boss “We believe the timing is right”

Driving Hydrogen’s Matt Lister sits down with BMW’s Dr Jürgen Guldner to discuss first production hydrogen car (coming 2028), Toyota partnership, hydrogen infrastructure, and why now is the right time for hydrogen mobility.

6 months ago - 5 mins read
Tesla: Hydrogen will prop up 92% of the future US energy grid. (Images: Alamy)

Tesla: Hydrogen will prop up 92% of the future US energy grid

Tesla’s Master Plan 3 quietly reveals hydrogen will provide 92% of future US energy storage capacity – despite Elon Musk calling fuel cells “mind-bogglingly stupid”.

6 months ago - 4 mins read
ULEMCo's HyTANKA hydrogen mobile refuelling truck. (Image: ULEMCo)

ULEMCo launches HyTANKa – mobile hydrogen refueller for construction sites

ULEMCo has launched HyTANKa®, a mobile hydrogen bowser for construction sites and off-road use. The ADR-certified unit delivers high-pressure hydrogen refuelling without fixed infrastructure, and has already been trialled in live site conditions.

6 months ago - 2 mins read
Shell Hydrogen (Image: Alamy)

Shell backs major hydrogen emissions study to ensure fuel’s climate credibility

Shell, EDF and global partners launch major study to measure real-world hydrogen emissions from working infrastructure, aiming to ensure hydrogen’s climate credibility.

6 months ago - 3 mins read

Japan to introduce ¥700/kg hydrogen fuel subsidy to kickstart commercial uptake

Japan to subsidise hydrogen fuel for commercial vehicles at ¥700/kg across six regions, aiming to lower costs for fuel cell trucks and buses. The scheme targets 90 stations and could save operators up to ¥21,000 per refill.

6 months ago - 3 mins read
From left to right: Martin Jüngel, Managing Director and CFO, H2 MOBILITY, Dr Stephan Keller, Lord Mayor of the City of Düsseldorf, Mona Neubaur, Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and Deputy Premier of North Rhine-Westphalia, Julien Mounier, Chairman of the Board of Stadtwerke Düsseldorf, Stadtwerke Düsseldorf, Frank Fronzke, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer COO, H2 MOBILITY, Annette Grabbe, Member of the Executive Board, Rheinbahn, Dagmar Fehler, Spokesperson and CEO, NOW GmbH. (Image: H2 MOBILITY)

Europe’s most powerful hydrogen station launched – as H2 MOBILITY retools its network for real demand

H2 MOBILITY opens Europe’s most powerful hydrogen station in Düsseldorf, as focus shifts to high-demand sites for buses, trucks, and public fleets.

6 months ago - 5 mins read
Theo Elmer, Chief Technical Officer, GeoPura, Andy Welch, Global Hydrogen Development Manager, Extreme H and Craig Hardeman, Innovation and Sustainability Development Manager, Power Logistics, hold water created as a by-product of the HPU2. (Image: Extreme H/GeoPura)

Extreme H tests next-gen hydrogen power generator with 5x the output

Extreme H tests new hydrogen power unit with 5x the output, built to run full race operations with no emissions.

7 months ago - 3 mins read
France hits the hydrogen motherlode- $92 billion of natural hydrogen unearthed - March 2025 Driving Hydrogen

Oxford Uni: Earth is leaking clean energy – scientists publish guide to tap it for $0.50/kg

Scientists from Oxford, Durham and Toronto have published a geological guide to locating natural hydrogen in the Earth’s crust – a potential clean energy source that could cost as little as $0.50/kg to extract.

7 months ago - 6 mins read
An Air Liquide hydrogen filling station in the centre of Paris. (Image: Alamy)

France proposes 1.5% renewable hydrogen target for transport

France has proposed a 1.5% renewable hydrogen transport target by 2030 under its new IRICC scheme, with strict penalties for non-compliance and support for nuclear-derived e-fuels.

7 months ago - 3 mins read
BMW CEO Oliver Zipse and Toyota President Koji Sato shake hands outside BMW’s Munich HQ, flanked by their hydrogen frontrunners — the BMW iX5 Hydrogen, Toyota Mirai, and Toyota Hilux FCEV prototype.

BMW, Hyundai and Toyota form Hydrogen Transport Forum in Australia

BMW, Hyundai and Toyota have launched the Hydrogen Transport Forum to accelerate hydrogen vehicle and refuelling infrastructure rollout in Australia, starting at the 2025 Brisbane Truck Show.

7 months ago - 4 mins read
University of Adelaide PhD candidate Xintong Gao with the membrane-free urea electrolysis system.

Australian researchers brew up hydrogen from human urine – and say it’s cheaper than fossil fuel

Scientists show how to make hydrogen from wee using less energy than water electrolysis – offering a cleaner, cheaper, sustainable way to produce H2.

7 months ago - 4 mins read