Sunday, 23 August 2026

GeoPura charged a commercial electric vessel at the Port of Tilbury on the Thames using a hydrogen power unit mounted on a floating platform, according to CleanTechnica.

The setup delivered 300 kW through five Ballard fuel cells, CleanTechnica reported.

Rather than drawing on a shoreside connection, the generator sat on the water beside the vessel it was charging. The arrangement pairs stationary fuel-cell generation with battery-electric marine propulsion, with the hydrogen unit acting as the charging source for the ship.

Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, is leading a research effort informally called the Proton highway that targets proton transport in ceramic membranes used in green hydrogen production, according to Hydrogen Fuel News.

The work is backed by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) under its External Lead Agency program, Hydrogen Fuel News reported.

According to the same report, the project pairs crystallographic snapshots with vibrational studies contributed by partners in Switzerland, the U.S., and Japan. That combination is being used to map what the report describes as the atomic-scale highways and traffic jams governing proton movement through ceramic electrolytes in fuel cells.

Ceramic membranes sit at the center of the effort because proton mobility through the electrolyte sets how efficiently such devices convert electricity and water into hydrogen. The mapping work is aimed at that bottleneck rather than at cell or stack assembly.

P2X Solutions has signed a long-term clean hydrogen offtake agreement to supply synthetic methane from its Harjavalta plant to the REEFUEL network operated by avanca Energy and Alternoil, with deliveries for heavy-duty transport starting in Q4 2026, according to Hydrogen Fuel News.

P2X Solutions Oy is based in Finland, Hydrogen Fuel News reported, and is working with avanca Energy AG and Alternoil GmbH to bring synthetic methane into Europe's heavy-duty transport sector.

Hydrogen Fuel News described the arrangement as one of the first commercial offtake agreements connecting an operational power-to-X facility to an established renewable liquefied natural gas (LNG) distribution network.

The Harjavalta plant is the supply point named in the agreement, and the REEFUEL network is the distribution channel through which the fuel reaches trucking customers. The Q4 2026 start date sets the first delivery window under the contract.

Plug Power has cancelled the 100 MW CHYMIA electrolyzer plant it planned at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, according to Hydrogen Fuel News.

The company wrote off EUR 13.6 million tied to the halted project, Hydrogen Fuel News reported.

Hydrogen Fuel News described the cancellation as evidence of financial and market hurdles in scaling green hydrogen production in Europe.

A German delegation led by energiewaechter GmbH and AHK Algérie is in Algiers to push forward green hydrogen production and infrastructure, covering electrolysis, desalination, storage and pipeline conversion under the SoutH2 Corridor plan, according to Hydrogen Fuel News.

The mission runs under the guidance of the Exportinitiative Energie of the BMWK, Hydrogen Fuel News reported. Participating companies specialize in electrolysis, desalination, compression and hydrogen storage, and the delegation's agenda is aligned with Algeria's National Hydrogen Strategy.

Pipeline conversion sits alongside production hardware on the delegation's list, tying the Algerian projects to the proposed SoutH2 Corridor route.

The trip builds on the Algerian-German Hydrogen Task Force, set up after a joint declaration, per Hydrogen Fuel News.