EWE, a northern German energy supplier, plans to build a 320MW hydrogen production plant in Emden, Lower Saxony, by 2027. Stuttgart-based consulting firm Drees & Sommer, which specializes in infrastructure, construction and real estate, has been selected to manage the project.

On 26 August, Air Liquide inaugurated its 20MW electrolyser at its Oberhausen site in Germany. The plant is connected to Air Liquide’s existing hydrogen pipeline, allowing it to supply key industries and zero-emission mobility in the Rhine and Ruhr area with up to 2,900 tons of green hydrogen annually.

Hystar has awarded German industrial engineering company thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract for the supply of Hystar’s automated 4.5-GW electrolyser manufacturing line for its factory in Høvik, Norway.

Power to Hydrogen has raised over USD 18 million to scale and deploy anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolysis technology. The Series A funding round brings together financial and industrial investors from around the globe to pair with U.S. and European government support in bringing the technology to market.

Next Hydrogen has announced that it has been awarded a contract by the University of Minnesota (UMN) for its latest-generation alkaline water electrolysis technology to be installed at the UMN West Central Research and Outreach Center (WCROC).

ITM Power has announced the signing of a contract for the REFHYNE II project, following Shell’s recent positive Final Investment Decision (FID). ITM will supply 100 MW of TRIDENT stacks and skids to the Shell Rheinland Energy and Chemicals Park in Germany. Linde Engineering has been chosen as the EPC integrator and will collaborate closely with ITM.

German utility RWE has commissioned its pilot electrolyzer plant in Lingen, Germany. The facility, located at RWE’s Emsland gas-fired power plant site, has a capacity of 14 MW and can generate up to 270 kilograms of green hydrogen per hour using renewable electricity.

Metacon AB has been awarded a contract to supply a 30 MW pressurised alkaline electrolysis plant for hydrogen production to Motor Oil (Hellas) Corinth Refineries S.A., Greece. The contract is valued at €19.8 million, equivalent to approximately SEK 226 million at today’s exchange rate.

DENSO Corporation and JERA Co., Inc. have announced that they will jointly develop high-efficiency hydrogen generation technology that combines SOEC with waste heat utilization and conduct joint demonstration testing at a JERA thermal power station.