Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Energy Industry Headlines | | Electric Hydrogen Selected by HIF Global for $7 Billion Texas e-Fuels project | |
On September 16, HIF Global announced that it has selected FCHEA Member Electric Hydrogen to supply its electrolyzer systems for HIF’s Texas e-Fuels facility. The $7 billion HIF Matagorda project is slated to be one of the largest e-fuel plants in the world, producing 1.4 million tons of e-methanol per year by combining green hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide.
Electric Hydrogen will supply its standardized electrolyzer plants, which range from 75 megawatts (MW) – 100 MW, to the facility in South Texas.
Click here for the full press release from Electric Hydrogen.
| American Bureau of Shipping Approves Bloom Energy’s 65kW Marine Power Module | |
On September 23, FCHEA Member Bloom Energy announced that the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has approved the company’s 65 kilowatt (kW) solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) Marine Power Module for use on board ships. The approval reflects a rigorous 3-year process including design assessment, prototype testing, ISO 9001 certification, and a manufacturing assessment.
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Source: Bloom
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| Accelera Delivers its Largest Electrolyzer System to Hydrogen Facility in New York | |
On September 3, FCHEA Member Accelera by Cummins announced it has supplied a 35-megawatt (MW) proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer system to support hydrogen production at a Linde facility in Niagara Falls, New York. The system was manufactured at Accelera's facility in Fridley, Minnesota, and will generate green hydrogen to help decarbonize industrial operations.
Click here for the full press release from Accelera.
| | Electric Hydrogen Acquires Ambient Fuels | | |
On September 8, Electric Hydrogen announced it has acquired Ambient Fuels, a hydrogen project developer. As part of the transaction, Electric Hydrogen also entered into a strategic relationship with Generate Capital, a leading infrastructure investment platform and former investor in Ambient Fuels, to offer up to $400 million in hydrogen project finance solutions around the globe.
Click here for the full press release from Electric Hydrogen.
| | Twelve Announces Collaboration with Autodesk | | |
On September 18, FCHEA Member Twelve announced a multiyear collaboration with Autodesk on the scaling of critical emerging climate technologies like sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Through this procurement agreement, Autodesk will purchase SAF certificates from Twelve, supporting the scale-up of innovative carbon transformation technology and incentivizing the use of power-to-liquid fuel within its value chain.
Click here for the full press release from Twelve.
| | SwRI, UT San Antonio Collaborate On Machine Learning to Detect Pre-Ignition in Hydrogen Engines | |
On September 16, FCHEA Member Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) announced they are collaborating to create a detection system to identify pre-ignition in hydrogen internal combustion engines (H2-ICE). Researchers will combine machine learning algorithms and artificial intelligence with onboard sensors to help detect pre-ignitions based on their tell-tale signs.
Click here for the full press release from SwRI.
| | Report States $110 Billion of Investment Committed Across Over 500 Hydrogen Projects Worldwide | |
On September 9, the Hydrogen Council released its 2025 Global Hydrogen Compass Report, coauthored with McKinsey.
The report highlights how the clean hydrogen sector has reached a major milestone with $110 billion in investment now committed across more than 500 projects worldwide that are past final investment decision (FID), in construction, or already operational.
FCHEA members highlighted in the report’s clean hydrogen case studies include:
- CF Industries and JERA's Blue Point Ammonia Project in Louisiana
- Electric Hydrogen's Roadrunner Power-to-Liquids Facility in Texas – Electric Hydrogen
- Air Product's NEOM in Saudi Arabia
- Air Liquide's Normand‘Hy in France
- Hyundai Motor Company's South Korea Hydrogen Mobility
Click here for the full press release from the Hydrogen Council.
| U.S. Department of Energy Announces Over $35 Million to Advance Emerging Technologies | |
On August 29, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $35 million for 42 projects through DOE’s Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) to help move emerging energy technologies related to grid security, artificial intelligence, nuclear energy, and advanced manufacturing from DOE National Laboratories, plants, and sites to market. The selected projects will leverage over $21 million in cost share from private and public partners, bringing total funding to more than $57.5 million.
As part of this announcement, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, along with partner lab SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, received funding for its Fuel Additives for Solid Hydrogen Carriers for Electric Aviation of Drones - FLASH 2.0 project.
Building on previous successes from a TCF-funded project, FLASH 2.0 targets commercialization in the billion-dollar drone market by addressing remaining critical challenges in fuel chemistry. Key goals include validating the technology as a safe, low-cost, drop-in replacement for Honeywell’s fuel carrier cartridge. To meet this goal, NREL's focus in FLASH 2.0 will be enhancing FLASH storage density to 7 wt%, optimizing material engineering for prolonged shelf-life, while finding safer alternatives to the hazardous hydrazinium salts.
Click here for a full list of projects.
| | Accelera by Cummins to Supply 5 MW Electrolyzer for Bavarian Port | |
On September 25, Accelera by Cummins announced it was partnering with Tyczka Hydrogen GmbH, to deploy a 5-megawatt (MW) proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer system at the Port of Schweinfurt in Bavaria, Germany.
Two Accelera HyLYZER® 500 electrolyzers will be powered by renewable solar and wind energy, generating up to 2.2 tons of green hydrogen per day. The project is supported by a €5 million (US$5.8 million) grant from the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs through its Electrolyzer Funding Program.
Click here for full press release from Accelera by Cummins.
| | Woodside Energy Enters Liquid Hydrogen MoU with Japan Suiso Energy and Kansai Electric Power | | |
On September 25, FCHEA Member Woodside Energy announced it had entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Japan Suiso Energy, Ltd. and The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (KEPCO) for the development of a liquid hydrogen supply chain between Australia and Japan. The hydrogen would be produced at Woodside’s proposed H2Perth Project in Western Australia and then shipped in liquid hydrogen carriers to receiving terminals in Japan.
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Source: Woodside
Click here for the full press release from Woodside Energy.
| | JERA and DENSO Begin Japan's First Demonstration of SOEC Hydrogen Production | | |
On September 25, FCHEA Member JERA and DENSO announced that they have begun demonstration testing of hydrogen production at JERA’s Shin-Nagoya Thermal Power Station in Japan using solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) water electrolysis systems developed by DENSO. This demonstration testing aims to achieve hydrogen production with high-level electrolysis efficiency by applying DENSO’s heat-management technology to minimize the heat discharged by the SOECs. The companies aim to scale up the electrolysis power from 200 kW to several thousand kW as the project progresses.
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Source: Jera
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| | BMW Announces Series Production of Fuel Cell Systems to Begin in 2028 | | |
On September 2, FCHEA Member BMW Group announced the production of its third-generation fuel cell system will be manufactured in Steyr, Germany beginning in 2028. The first prototypes of this system are already being built at BMW facilities in Munich.
For the new generation, the BMW Group and the Toyota Motor Corporation are jointly developing the powertrain system for passenger vehicles, with core fuel cell technology creating synergies for both commercial and passenger vehicle applications.
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Source: BMW
Click here for the full press release from BMW.
| | PDC Machines and Czero Announce Partnership on Patent | | |
On September 11, FCHEA Member PDC Machines and Czero announced they have received a newly granted patent for an Active Oil Injection System for a Diaphragm Compressor.
Click here for the LinkedIn post from PDC Machines.
| | Luxfer Gas Cylinders Partners with Reynolds Logistics to Support HyHaul Hydrogen Corridor | |
On September 4, FCHEA Member Luxfer Gas Cylinders announced it has been commissioned to supply its high-capacity hydrogen storage systems to support the UK’s first dedicated hydrogen mobility corridor along the M4.
As part of the Hydrogen Aggregated UK Logistics Project (HyHaul), specialist bulk liquid and gas transport company Reynolds Logistics will deploy Luxfe40-foot, 380 bar gas containers (MEGCs). The MEGCs are manufactured at Luxfer’s Nottingham facility in the UK.
HyHaul, led by Protium and supported by over £30 million (US$40.5 million) in Department for Transport (DfT) and Innovate UK funding, will deploy 30 hydrogen fuel cell HGVs along the M4 corridor, supported by three new hydrogen refueling stations.
Click here for the full press release from Luxfer.
| | John Cockerill Hydrogen and IRT M2P Further Collaboration on Green Hydrogen | | |
On September 12, FCHEA Member John Cockerill Hydrogen and the Institute for Technological Research into Materials, Metallurgy and Processes (IRT M2P) announced they are strengthening their collaboration in the development of green hydrogen technologies. As part of the agreement, the two companies formalized the commissioning in Metz, France, of two electrolysis test benches, designed to test the electrolyzers of the future as part of the European IPCEI Hy2Tech project.
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Source: John Cockerill
Click here for the full press release from John Cockerill Hydrogen.
| | Bosch Fuel Cell Power Module Team Nominated for the Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2025 | | |
On September 17, FCHEA Member Bosch announced that its three-person development team is in the running for the Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2025 for their work on Bosch's fuel cell power module. The Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2025 will be awarded in Berlin on November 19.
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Source: Bosch
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| | FRIEM Selects Poseico for its Growth Plans | | |
On September 5, FCHEA Member Friem America announced it has acquired Poseico S.p.A., an Italian manufacturer of power semiconductors. The acquisition will bolster FRIEM’s leadership in high-current converters for industrial and hydrogen applications while expanding opportunities in electric mobility, nuclear research, data centers, and critical power infrastructure.
Click here for the full press release from Friem America.
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