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Bosch’s Chairman has warned there’s still “no market” for hydrogen in Europe, with the German tech major “regularly” reassessing its position. Speaking at Bosch’s annual press conference, Dr Stefan Hartung blamed weak policy support and regulatory constraints for the lack of progress. “Hydrogen remains a key growth area for us,” he said, before undercutting the statement by suggesting an absence of demand.

A $6bn green hydrogen-based fuels project approved in Uzbekistan is testing whether Central Asia can leap from the sidelines of hydrogen straight into industrial-scale production. In early April, the Khorezm region government approved Australian-headquartered Allied Biofuels’ (ABF) 400,000-tonne-per-year sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), e-SAF, and green diesel project. It plans to install 4.45GW of renewables, 1.6GW of battery energy storage, and 2.4GW of Plug Power electrolysers.

The European Commission is preparing to bring forward a review of its controversial green hydrogen rules by two years, according to a leaked communication. It comes after increasing calls from industry lobby groups and key member states for the EU to relax its renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBO) rules.

The US government is poised to retain $4.8bn for hydrogen hubs centred on fossil-based production, following a sweeping Department of Energy (DOE) funding review. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told a House Appropriations Committee hearing on 15 April that a review of 2,200 projects had been completed and that DOE was “keen to move forward” with the majority of them. It comes after the Trump administration submitted its fiscal year 2027 budget for review by Congress.

Maritime renewable energy company e1 Marine and fuel cell manufacturer PowerCell’s plan to integrate their respective methanol-to-hydrogen reforming and fuel cell technologies onboard a large yacht. PowerCell’s M2Power 250 system will be fitted onboard the vessel, fuelled by hydrogen produced via e1’s integrated M30 methanol-to-hydrogen reformer, comprising a methanol-to-power solution designed to replace traditional marine diesel gensets.

MB Energy’s plans to build a 600,000-tonne-per-year ammonia import terminal in the Port of Hamburg have been approved by the German city. Hamburg’s Authority for Environment, Climate, Energy and Agriculture granted the fuel shipper formerly known as Mabanaft a permit to build and operate the terminal, which could import clean ammonia volumes into Europe.

German-headquartered Path2 Hydrogen has partnered with MP Industries (MPI) to explore the extraction, liquefaction, and storage of hydrogen produced from disused oil wells across Europe. Feasibility studies will target prospective sites for Path2’s ProtonH2 technology – acquired in 2025 – which stimulates hydrogen generation in depleted oil reservoirs, with extracted hydrogen then liquefied and stored via Path2 subsidiary GenH2’s systems. Prospective sites and timelines have yet to be disclosed.

PtX Development and KGAL have acquired a majority stake in Lhyfe’s planned 800MW green hydrogen project at the large-scale multi-developer hub in Lubmin, Germany. Lhyfe’s is one of four major green hydrogen projects planned at the former nuclear power plant site in Lubmin, and was unveiled in 2023. The French hydrogen producer had expected to begin commissioning the plant in 2029. Since unveiling plans for the project, Lhyfe has not announced any development updates.

UK technology licensor Ceres has launched a new 10.8kW solid oxide stack, which it believes could meet growing demand for on-site data centre power and cut green hydrogen production costs. The Endura stack is based on Ceres’ steel substrate-based solid oxide cells, which operate at 450–630ºC. It can be used for both power generation in fuel cell configurations and hydrogen production in electrolysis setups.

The subsidiary of Singapore’s Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies has delivered the “world’s first” 5MW AEM electrolyser system to an unnamed customer to displace grey hydrogen. HET Hydrogen’s containerised system was delivered to the undisclosed site and is due to be commissioned “over the coming weeks.” H2 View understands the unit will be installed at a customer site to replace merchant-supplied grey hydrogen. The scale of the unit is significant.