FCHEA Circuits Webinar on Fuel Cells and Data Centers Draws Over 300 Attendees | |
Thank you to all who attended FCHEA's Circuits Webinar, Powering America's Digital Demand: How Fuel Cells Can Support the Development of Data Centers. We would especially like to thank our speakers listed below:
- Brian Vanderbloemen, VP of Government Affairs and Policy, Bloom Energy
- Eric Strayer, Senior VP, Head of Sales, FuelCell Energy
- Dave Alonso, Chief Commercial Officer, HyAxiom
Market momentum is building for fuel cell adoption in the digital infrastructure space. Speakers highlighted increasing interest from data center owners and investors, driven by reliability, emissions performance, and the long-term cost profile of fuel cell systems compared to conventional generators.
Panelists also emphasized that integrating fuel cell power into data center strategies requires coordination among technology providers, developers, utilities, and policymakers. This includes aligning permitting, incentives, and connection practices so that these technologies can be deployed at pace with demand growth.
You can watch a recording of the event on FCHEA's YouTube page. You can also watch the video directly below:
| World Bank Releases ESMAP Report On Electrolyzers for Hydrogen Production | |
On February 25, the World Bank officially launched its new report, Electrolyzers for Hydrogen Production: Technical and Economic Characteristics. This is the World Bank Group’s first comprehensive global assessment of electrolyzer technologies and their role in scaling renewable hydrogen and was reviewed by FCHEA.
Click here for more from the World Bank.
| Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Industry Headlines | | Plug Power Executes $132.5 Million Agreement with Stream Data Centers | | |
On February 26, FCHEA Member Plug Power announced it has entered into definitive agreement with Stream Data Centers, a hyperscale data center developer and operator. The transaction includes Plug’s interest in the Project Gateway site in New York, comprising the land and associated infrastructure, select substation-related assets, and the assignment of certain related agreements and is part of a larger proposed development by Stream Data Centers at the STAMP industrial park.
Under the executed agreement, Plug expects to receive gross proceeds of at least $132.5 million, with total proceeds of up to $142 million depending on the timing of closing and certain asset-removal conditions.
Click here for the full press release from Plug.
| | Baker Botts Issues Thought Leadership Paper On 45Z Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit | |
On February 10, FCHEA Member Baker Botts published thought leadership paper on the proposed regulations for the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit issued February 4 by the Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service.. The 45Z Credit is available to domestic producers of clean transportation fuel sold from January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2029. The credit is important to producers and sellers of biofuels, such as ethanol, renewable natural gas, renewable diesel, biodiesel, and sustainable aviation fuel and indirectly benefits farmers producing the feedstock for such fuels.
Click here for the full press release from Baker Botts.
| | Johnson Matthey Selected For eFuels Project in the UK | |
On February 19, FCHEA Member Johnson Matthey (JM) announced it has been selected by Carbon Neutral Fuels (CNF), for its flagship Power-to-Liquid efuels facility in Workington, United Kingdom.
The project, known as Project Starling, will convert captured carbon dioxide and water into synthetic kerosene (FT-SPK), which, when blended with conventional jet fuel, will produce up to 25,000 tons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) annually. Construction is planned to begin in 2028, with production targeted for 2031.
Click here for the full press release from Johnson Matthey.
| | Topsoe Selected by Petrobras for SAF Blending Component and Renewable Diesel Projects in Brazil | | |
On February 24, FCHEA Member Topsoe announced it has signed an agreement with Petrobras, Brazil’s state-owned energy company, to deliver technology and services for a potential facility in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
The project will be based on Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology, proprietary equipment and catalysts to enable the production of SAF and renewable diesel. Once operational, the facility will process different types of vegetable oils, waste materials and animal fat as feedstocks.
Click here for the full press release from Topsoe.
| | Hyundai Motor Group to Establish Innovation Hub to Lead Robotics, AI, and Hydrogen Energy in Korea | | |
On February 27, FCHEA Member Hyundai Motor Group announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the South Korean government and Jeonbuk State to establish an innovation hub in the Saemangeum area of Gunsan city.
Hyundai plans to invest approximately KRW 9 trillion ($6.2 billion) beginning in 2026 to construct a cutting-edge industrial complex dedicated to advancing robotics, AI, hydrogen energy, solar power and AI-driven smart city solutions.
Click here for the full press release from Hyundai.
| | Johnson Matthey and Valterra Platinum Launch New Venture | |
On February 10, Johnson Matthey (JM), FCHEA Member Valterra Platinum, and Sibanye-Stillwater announced the launch of a new program to develop technologies enabled by Platinum Group Metals (PGMs).
The collaboration will explore uses for PGMs across multiple sectors, including clean hydrogen, enhanced emissions detection and reduction across stationary and mobile sources, new electronic materials, and high-performance alloys and other advanced materials.
Click here for the full press release from Johnson Matthey.
| | Hyundai Motor’s XCIENT Fuel Cell Truck Fleet Achieves Major Milestone in Europe | |
On February 5, Hyundai announced that its XCIENT Fuel Cell Class-8 heavy-duty truck fleet has achieved a milestone of 20 million kilometers driven across Europe. The milestone was achieved over five years with 165 units in operation across Switzerland, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Austria.
Notable operational highlights mentioned by the company include:
- Switzerland: Food, beverage and clothing logistics industries
- Germany: Logistics across supermarket chains, textile companies and major fleet operators
- France: Logistics for major retail chains, as well as refuse and crane trucks equipped with electric power take-off (ePTO) solutions
- Netherlands: A tarpaulin truck supplied to a construction materials distributor
- Austria: A reefer van integrated into operations with a supermarket chain
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Source: Hyundai
Click here for more information from Hyundai.
| | Plug Power Completes First Hydrogen Fill for Hynetwork | | |
On February 4, Plug announced it has completed the first hydrogen fill of Hynetwork’s 32-kilometer hydrogen pipeline in Rotterdam, Netherlands supplying 32 tons of RFNBO-certified renewable green hydrogen and the delivery of a custom unloading infrastructure required for this first pipeline-purging and filling operations.
Hynetwork is a 100 percent subsidiary of Gasunie and implements the hydrogen network in the Netherlands. The Rotterdam segment connects port and industrial demand centers and will ultimately link into the broader European Hydrogen infrastructure, which aims to create a pan-European hydrogen transport system by repurposing and expanding existing gas infrastructure.
Click here for the full press release from Plug.
| | PowerCell Joins EU Project Targeting Megawatt Fuel Cell Systems for Maritime Applications | | |
On February 27, FCHEA Member PowerCell announced it has joined the MiNaMi project, a €7 million ($8.2 million) EU-funded initiative to develop Europe’s first megawatt-scale Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell system for maritime use, targeting operation towards 80,000 hours and more than one million nautical miles at 12.5 knots. PowerCell’s share of the project amounts to approximately €2.6 million ($3 million) until end of 2028.
Click here for the full press release from PowerCell.
| | MHI Successfully Demonstrates Production of Liquid Synthetic Fuels | | |
On February 13, FCHEA Member Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) announced that it has conducted a demonstration of an integrated production process for synthesizing liquid fuels through an integrated production system of solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) Co-Electrolysis and Fischer-Tropsch (FT) Synthesis.
Click here for the full press release from MHI.
| | AGC Vinythai Launches Expanded Chlor-Alkali Facility in Thailand | | |
On February 20, FCHEA Member AGC Vinythai announced it has begun commercial operations following a significant capacity expansion at its chlor-alkali facility in Thailand. The expansion allows for the plant to produce nearly 220,000 tons of caustic soda, a critical material used across a variety of industries like construction, packaging automotive manufacturing, and more.
Click here for the full press release from Chem Analyst.
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