News from the Gas and Hydrogen Industry

Nov 11, 2026 News

Bad Lauchstädt Energy Park Produces Green Hydrogen For the First Time

Green hydrogen has been produced for the first time in the 30-megawatt electrolysis plant at the Bad Lauchstädt Energy [...]
Nov 10, 2026 News

For the First Time, an Austrian Natural Gas Pipeline Has Been Converted to 100 Percent Hydrogen

Energie Steiermark has converted an existing natural gas pipeline in Gabersdorf, Austria, to run entirely on hydrogen [...]
Nov 09, 2026 News

RWE and Kawasaki Begin Test Operations With Hydrogen From a 34 MW Gas Turbine

RWE and Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) commissioned a 34-megawatt hydrogen-capable gas turbine at the Emsland gas-fired [...]
Nov 06, 2026 News

EWE Successfully Passes H2 Leak Test After Cavern Conversion

EWE has reached a significant milestone in the conversion of an existing natural gas cavern into a hydrogen storage [...]
Nov 06, 2026 News

Huntorf: Converted natural gas cavern passes hydrogen leak test

EWE operates seven natural gas caverns at its Huntorf site, one of which is currently being converted into a hydrogen [...] EWE GASSPEICHER GmbH has reached an important milestone on the way to its hydrogen storage facility in Huntorf [...]
Nov 05, 2026 News

SONATRACH, VNG and ICA Finance Aim to Reduce Methane Emissions in the Gas Supply Chain

Algerian energy group SONATRACH and Leipzig-based gas company VNG are expanding their partnership. Together with the [...]
Nov 04, 2026 News

DVGW CERT Certifies Renewable Hydrogen Under EU Rules

DVGW CERT GmbH, the certification company of the German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water (DVGW), [...]
Nov 04, 2026 News

Gasunie Converted Natural Gas Pipeline For Biomethane Transport

The Dutch transmission system operator Gasunie Transport Services (GTS), together with the regional distribution system [...]
Nov 04, 2026 News

After Winning the Auction, RWE Announces the Construction of Hydrogen-Capable Power Plants

Following the tender for long-term capacity under the German Electricity Supply Security and Capacity Act (StromVKG), [...]
Nov 03, 2026 News

First LNG Tanker Successfully Unloaded at Stade Terminal

In early November, the first LNG tanker arrived at the new floating LNG terminal of Deutsche Energy Terminal (DET) in [...]
Nov 03, 2026 News

Thyssengas is Preparing a Hydrogen Pipeline Between Uedemerbruch and Xanten

Since November 2nd, the distribution grid operator Thyssengas has been carrying out pipeline construction work in [...]
Nov 02, 2026 News

DVGW CERT Offers Certification for RFNBO Hydrogen

DVGW CERT GmbH can now certify hydrogen from renewable, non-biogenic sources (RFNBO) according to the European CertifHy [...]
Oct 30, 2026 News

SEFE Agrees to New Natural Gas Deliveries With Trafigura

SEFE Securing Energy for Europe has signed a new natural gas supply contract with Trafigura, one of the world's leading [...]
Oct 29, 2026 News

Deutsche ReGas and MOL Agree On Additional LNG Regasification Vessel

Deutsche ReGas has signed a long-term charter agreement with the Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) for [...]
Oct 28, 2026 News

SEFE Secures Canadian LNG Through a Supply Contract With Ksi Lisims LNG

SEFE Securing Energy for Europe has signed a long-term supply agreement with the Canadian company Ksi Lisims LNG for one [...]
Oct 27, 2026 News

Fraunhofer IGB Develops Electricity Price-Oriented Operation of Biogas Plants

The Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB has developed a digital solution that enables [...]
Oct 23, 2026 News

MEGGLE Receives Funding For New Biogas Plant in Wasserburg

The German Federal Ministry for the Environment is funding the construction of a biogas plant by MEGGLE GmbH & Co. KG in [...]
Oct 22, 2026 News

Three Questions to Markus Last, energie schwaben

What role could biomethane and other renewable gases play in Bavaria’s future energy supply? In this interview, Markus [...]
Oct 21, 2026 News

Holborn Secures Hydrogen Connection to HH-WIN for the Production of Low-CO₂ Fuels

HOLBORN Europa Refinery and Hamburger Energienetze have signed a contract for the planning of connecting the refinery in [...]
Oct 21, 2026 News

EU awards €223 million to Höegh Evi and Aker BP’s Atlas CO₂ project

Floating energy infrastructure specialist Höegh Evi and Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP have been awarded €223 [...]
Oct 16, 2026 News

Energiepark Bad Lauchstädt Wins Hydrogen TCP Award of Excellence

Energiepark Bad Lauchstädt has won second prize at the Hydrogen TCP Awards of Excellence 2026. First prize went to the [...]
Oct 15, 2026 News

Rolande Opens New Bio-LNG Filling Station Near the Dutch Border

Rolande Germany GmbH opened a new Bio-LNG filling station in Gildehaus, Lower Saxony, near Bad Bentheim and the Dutch [...]
Oct 14, 2026 News

TURN2X brings certified e-methane from its first commercial plant to market

E-methane from TURN2X's first commercial plant in Spain is making its way into the European market: the company, a [...]
Oct 09, 2026 News

EWE and VERBUND Establish Joint Venture for One of Europe's Largest Hydrogen Projects

EWE AG and VERBUND AG have announced plans to develop one of Europe's leading integrated hydrogen hubs in the [...]
Oct 07, 2026 News

tesa to Source Green Hydrogen From EWE in Emden From 2028

tesa and EWE have signed a supply contract in Hamburg for 500 tonnes per year of green hydrogen produced by electrolysis [...] From 2028, EWE will supply 500 tonnes of green hydrogen per year from its 320-megawatt electrolysis plant in Emden to [...]
Oct 07, 2026 News

GASAG to Continue Supplying Gas to Public Facilities of the State of Berlin

GASAG has won the State of Berlin's tender for the gas supply to public buildings and facilities. From 1 January 2027, [...] GASAG has won the State of Berlin's tender for the gas supply to public buildings. From January 2027, it will supply [...]
Oct 07, 2026 News

Byont Acquires Two Biogas Plants in Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt

Byont Deutschland has acquired two further biogas plants, expanding its bioenergy portfolio in Germany. With the sites [...]
Oct 06, 2026 News

Power-to-Gas Pioneer CYTOK Files for Insolvency and Seeks Investors

Rostock-based power-to-gas company CYTOK GmbH filed for insolvency at the Rostock Local Court on 15 September 2026. [...]
Oct 06, 2026 News

Energy Ministers Sign Declaration of Intent for the "Southern Hydrogen Corridor" Initiative

In early October, representatives from various energy ministries of European and North African countries met and signed [...]
Oct 02, 2026 News

Gasunie Deutschland Joins Partnership Agreement for H2 Pipelines

At the end of September, Gasunie Deutschland Transport Services GmbH will become a new partner in two collaborations [...]
Oct 01, 2026 News

BMW Group Connects Leipzig Plant to Hydrogen Core Grid

In early October, BMW Group Plant Leipzig marked the symbolic groundbreaking for an approximately two-kilometre hydrogen [...]
Oct 01, 2026 News

THE Lays the Foundations for Future Hydrogen Market Development

By publishing key process and interface documents for the first time, Trading Hub Europe (THE) is laying an important [...]
Sep 30, 2026 News

Uniper and Biotrend Aim to Unlock Türkiye’s Biomethane Potential for European Markets

Uniper and Turkish energy company Biotrend Enerji have signed a memorandum of understanding. Together, they intend to [...]
Sep 29, 2026 News

Reverion Secures US$175 Million to Expand Power Plant Production

Reverion has completed its largest funding round to date. The Bavarian company plans to use the US$175 million to expand [...]
Sep 25, 2026 News

Hamburg Launches New Hydrogen Funding Program

Hamburg is supporting investment across the entire hydrogen value chain through a new funding programme. Companies can [...]
Sep 24, 2026 News

Hydrogen-Based Aviation Fuels: Uniper and Arcadia Sign Long-Term Offtake Agreement

Uniper will purchase 40,000 tonnes of synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF) annually from Denmark for more than ten [...]
Sep 23, 2026 News

Three Questions to Nina Scholz, Equinor

Norwegian gas supplier Equinor is an important partner for Germany’s energy supply. In our “Three questions for” series, [...]
Sep 22, 2026 News

Hanau’s New CHP Plant Paves the Way for Low-Carbon Heating

The new Gemeinschaftskraftwerk Hanau (GKH) combined heat and power plant now supplies district heating to almost 20,000 [...]
Sep 22, 2026 News

EWE Advances Hydrogen Storage Project in Huntorf

EWE Group is moving forward with the development of its hydrogen storage facility in Huntorf, in Lower Saxony’s [...]
Sep 21, 2026 News

Hydrogen Train for Italy’s Narrow-Gauge Railways Unveiled

Stadler and southern Italian rail operator Trasporti Regionali della Sardegna (ARST) have unveiled the world’s first [...]
Sep 21, 2026 News

First Electrolyser Stacks Arrive for REFHYNE 2 in Wesseling

They form the technological heart of REFHYNE 2 and will be where renewable hydrogen is produced: the arrival of the [...]
Sep 21, 2026 News

Greensand Opens Commercial CO₂ Storage Route for European Industry

The INEOS Energy-led Greensand project has entered commercial operation, establishing a transport and storage chain for [...]
Sep 18, 2026 News

WAVE-H2 Industrial Research Platform Inaugurated

Reducing the use of fossil fuels in industry and making processes more flexible, resilient and climate-neutral: these [...]
Sep 18, 2026 News

Green Hydrogen: Moeve Begins Construction of 300 MW Plant in Andalusia

Spanish energy producer Moeve has begun construction of the first phase of the Andalusian Green Hydrogen Valley. The [...]
Sep 18, 2026 News

WACKER and bayernets Signal Commitment to Scaling Up Hydrogen in Bavaria’s Chemical Triangle

Wacker Chemie AG and bayernets GmbH have signed an agreement reserving hydrogen transport capacity in the Burghausen H2 [...]
Sep 14, 2026 News

Yara Commissions Europe's Largest Industrial CO₂ Capture Plant

Yara has officially commissioned Europe's largest industrial CO₂ capture plant at its Sluiskil site in the Netherlands. [...]
Sep 11, 2026 News

Air Products and RWE Agree on Long-Term Green Electricity Supply for Hydrogen Plant

Hydrogen supplier and industrial gas specialist Air Products announced a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with [...]
Sep 07, 2026 News

H₂INFRA Investigates the Suitability of Gas Pipelines for Hydrogen Transport

The research project “H₂INFRA – H₂ Infrastructure” has published a final report after ten years of research, summarizing [...]
Sep 07, 2026 News

Stadtwerke Bielefeld Puts 1 MW Electrolyzer into Operation

Bielefeld's municipal utility company, Stadtwerke Bielefeld, in partnership with the Bielefeld-Herford waste [...]
Sep 04, 2026 News

Uniper Hydrogen Confirms Market Interest for Hydrogen Import Terminal

Uniper Hydrogen has signed letters of intent with various market participants during the open season for the [...]
Sep 04, 2026 News

Creos Begins Construction Work on the mosaHYc Hydrogen Pipeline in Saarland

At the end of August, Creos Deutschland GmbH, together with representatives from politics and business, marked the start [...]
Sep 04, 2026 News

Stadtwerke Stuttgart Put Hydrogen Storage Facility into Operation

In August, Stuttgart's municipal utility company, Stadtwerke Stuttgart, installed four low-pressure hydrogen storage [...]
Sep 04, 2026 News

Brussels Approves First Tender for New Gas-Fired Power Plants in Germany

The European Commission has granted state aid approval for the first tender under Germany's Power Plant Security of [...]
Sep 03, 2026 News

Leading Companies Are Joining Forces to Develop Hydrogen Infrastructure for Road Freight Transport

Leading companies from the transport, energy, and industrial sectors are collaborating with policymakers in Germany on a [...]
Sep 03, 2026 News

OG Clean Fuels Expands its Network Through the Acquisition of Eleven Filling Stations in Italy

OG Clean Fuels, a provider of sustainable fuels for road transport in Europe, announced the acquisition of eleven [...]
Sep 01, 2026 News

Holcim Puts CO₂ Capture Plant into Operation at the Höver Cement Plant

Holcim has commissioned a pilot plant for industrial CO₂ capture at its Höver cement plant in Lower Saxony. The plant is [...]
Sep 01, 2026 News

Deutsche ReGas Unloads First LNG Shipment for BASF

With the arrival of the LNG tanker "Hellas Athina" at the end of August, the first LNG shipment for BASF was unloaded at [...]
Aug 31, 2026 News

Uniper Begins Next Development Phase for Swedish E-methanol Project

Düsseldorf-based energy company Uniper has launched the next development stage for its Swedish e-methanol project [...]
Aug 25, 2026 News

Uniper and Equinor Conclude Agreement for Long-Term Gas Supplies

Uniper and the predominantly Norwegian energy company Equinor launched a long-term energy partnership at the end of [...]
Aug 25, 2026 News

BMV Publishes Call for Proposals for Over 14 Million Euros for Emission-Free Inland Navigation

Following the publication of a funding guideline for "Green Inland Navigation" by the Federal Ministry of Transport [...]
Aug 24, 2026 News

Fraunhofer Institutes and SGC Energy Are Pooling Their Expertise in CO₂ and Hydrogen Technologies

The Fraunhofer Institutes for Applied Polymer Research IAP and for Environmental, Safety, and Energy Technology UMSICHT [...]
Aug 24, 2026 News

Hamburger Energienetze Are Building an H₂ Connector

On the former Moorburg power plant site, Hamburger Energienetze GmbH has begun construction of the H₂ Connector, a [...]
Aug 21, 2026 News

Sunfire Begins Construction of a SOEC Test Facility in the Lausitz Industrial Park

In August, Sunfire and the Lausitz Industrial Park broke ground on a test facility for high-temperature electrolysis [...]
Aug 20, 2026 News

Hydrogen Proves its Worth in the Rohrdorfer Cement Plant

In early July 2026, the Austrian cement manufacturer Rohrdorfer tested the thermal output of a kiln using hydrogen over [...]
Aug 17, 2026 News

Three Questions to Erik Nyheim, Höegh Evi

Germany faces the challenge of establishing reliable import infrastructure to support the growth of its hydrogen [...]
Aug 12, 2026 News

RVK Expands Green Hydrogen Production: Electrolyzer and Refueling Station in Mechernich

Regional transport association Cologne (RVK) is expanding into its own green hydrogen production. With a ceremonial [...]
Aug 10, 2026 News

TUI Cruises Expands its Use of Bio-LNG in the Cruise Industry

In June 2026, TUI Cruises GmbH launched a new ship in the InTUItion class. As the second ship in the Mein Schiff Flow [...]
Aug 07, 2026 News

Study Confirms RAG Austria’s Successful Hydrogen Storage Operations

The results of the “Underground Sun Storage 2030” demonstration project have been published in the International Journal [...]
Aug 05, 2026 News

GET H2 Nukleus Gathers Momentum: First Hydrogen from Lingen Reaches Marl

The first electrolytic hydrogen produced in Lingen, Lower Saxony, has reached Marl in the northern Ruhr region. This [...]
Jul 30, 2026 News

Everllence Supplies Gas Engines for Off-Grid Data Center in the USA

Everllence has received an order to supply 24 gas engines with a total output of 480 megawatts for a hyperscale data [...]
Jul 30, 2026 News

Uniper Signs Long-term LNG Agreement with Canadian Supply Project

Uniper and Ksi Lisims LNG have signed a long-term supply and delivery agreement for liquefied natural gas (LNG). At [...]
Jul 28, 2026 News

Gasunie is Creating Additional Transport Capacity for Biomethane

At the end of July, Gasunie commissioned a new connection between the gas grids in the Dutch provinces of Zeeland and [...]
Jul 27, 2026 News

RCT Hydrogen receives order for 10 MW project at Sines Port in Portugal

RCT Hydrogen, a Konstanz-based developer and manufacturer of systems for the production of green hydrogen, has received [...]
Jul 24, 2026 News

BAYERNOIL Turns Hydrogen Demand into Concrete Commitments and Strengthens HyPipe two

BAYERNOIL is taking early action to pave the way for Bavaria’s connection to the hydrogen network of the future. [...]
Jul 23, 2026 News

NBHC Hydrogen Corridor: Market Survey Confirms Cross-Border Hydrogen Infrastructure

The project partners of the Nordic-Baltic Hydrogen Corridor (NBHC) presented the results of their market survey, [...]
Jul 22, 2026 News

Three questions to Markus Mitteregger, RAG Austria

How can renewable energy be made available year-round? RAG Austria demonstrates in the “RAG Valley Gampern” how surplus [...]
Jul 20, 2026 News

The Federal Government is Promoting Climate-Friendly Propulsion Systems in Inland Navigation

The Federal Ministry of Transport (BMV) published its new funding guidelines for "Green Inland Navigation" in mid-July. [...]
Jul 20, 2026 News

Thyssengas is Pushing Ahead With the Hydrogen Pipeline in Münsterland

Thyssengas reached another milestone in the development of the hydrogen core grid in North Rhine-Westphalia in mid-July. [...]
Jul 17, 2026 News

Lhyfe and Messer Enter into Long-Term Hydrogen Partnership

Hydrogen producer Lhyfe and industrial gases group Messer have agreed on a comprehensive commercial, industrial, and [...]
Jul 16, 2026 News

AquaDuctus Launches Subsoil Investigations for North Sea Hydrogen Import Pipeline

The AquaDuctus electrolyzer project of gas pipeline operator Gascade is taking the next step towards implementation. As [...]
Jul 16, 2026 News

New Partnership: Uniper Supplies Q1 Energie AG with Bio-LNG

Uniper and Q1 Energie AG have concluded an agreement for the supply of bio-LNG. The renewable fuel will be made [...]
Jul 14, 2026 News

OMV Receives EIB Loan for 140 MW Electrolyzer

In July, OMV received a €450 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the construction of a 140 MW [...]
Jul 09, 2026 News

CO₂ Research Project “catch4climate” Inaugurated

The research company CI4C GmbH & Co. KG officially inaugurated the world’s first research and development facility of [...]
Jul 08, 2026 News

Gas Conditioning Makes Green Hydrogen Industry-Ready

The gas conditioning plant operated by DBI – Gastechnologisches Institut gGmbH Freiberg at Energiepark Bad Lauchstädt [...]
Jul 08, 2026 News

Groundbreaking Ceremony for Hydrogen Pipeline between Emden and Leer

H₂Coastlink 1 Connects Electrolyzer to Core NetworkIn late June, EWE Netz held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the [...]
Jul 08, 2026 News

Airbus and MTU Establish Joint Venture for Hydrogen Propulsion Systems

Aircraft manufacturer Airbus and engine manufacturer MTU Aero Engines have announced plans to further expand their [...]
Jul 08, 2026 News

RAG Austria Starts Construction of Austria's Largest Hydrogen Plant

At the beginning of July, RAG Austria AG, together with plant engineering company ANDRITZ, broke ground on the expansion [...]
Jul 06, 2026 News

H2Safety@BAM Opens a Real-World Laboratory for Hydrogen Grids

At the beginning of July, H2Safety@BAM opened its new real-world laboratory, ModuH2Pipe. Funded by the German Federal [...]
Jul 03, 2026 News

Höegh Evi and Nord Gas Solutions Complete Validation of Flexible Ammonia Crackers

In early July, Höegh Evi and the Norwegian engineering and services company Nord Gas Solutions (formerly Wärtsilä Gas [...]
Jul 02, 2026 News

The Düsseldorf District Government Hands Over the Funding Notification to the "HyTec" Project

At the end of June, the Düsseldorf District Government presented neoxid hydrogen AG with a grant award of €2.04 million. [...]
Jun 30, 2026 News

Three Questions to Britta van Boven, Gasunie Germany

Much of the hydrogen consumed in Germany will need to be supplied by imports. Imports therefore play an essential role [...]
Jun 29, 2026 News

EU launches application phase for cross-border hydrogen and CO₂ infrastructure projects

The European Commission has opened the application phase for new energy infrastructure projects that wish to be [...]
Jun 29, 2026 News

Verbio and Transgourmet Open New Bio-CNG Filling Station in Riedstadt

Verbio SE and food wholesaler and logistics company Transgourmet opened a new Bio-CNG filling station in Riedstadt, [...]
Jun 24, 2026 News

BMW Regensburg Plant Switches In-House Logistics to Hydrogen

The BMW Group Plant Regensburg is gradually switching its in-house logistics to hydrogen. The transition centres on the [...]
Jun 24, 2026 News

VNG and SONTRACH Are Collaborating on Green Hydrogen and Methane Emission Reduction

The Leipzig-based energy company VNG AG and the Algerian company SONATRACH have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding [...]
Jun 22, 2026 News

Letter of Intent Signed for a German-Australian Hydrogen Auction

In June, Germany and Australia signed a memorandum of understanding to further deepen hydrogen cooperation between the [...]
Jun 19, 2026 News

eins energie Receives Funding for Hydrogen Connection from Chemnitz

In June, eins energie in sachsen GmbH & Co. KG received grant approvals from the European Union's Just Transition Fund [...]
Jun 17, 2026 News

Hohenwart is converting its existing gas network to hydrogen

The H2Direkt project, jointly implemented by Energie Südbayern and Energienetze Bayern, is transitioning to regular [...]
Jun 11, 2026 News

German-Dutch Alliance Advances Cross-Border CO₂ Network Development

A consortium of German and Dutch companies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the [...]
Jun 10, 2026 News

Uniper Expands LNG Partnership with Canada

Energy company Uniper has signed a memorandum of understanding with Canadian project developer Ksi Lisims LNG for [...]
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Nov 11, 2026 Bad Lauchstädt Energy Park Produces Green Hydrogen For the First Time
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Nov 10, 2026 For the First Time, an Austrian Natural Gas Pipeline Has Been Converted to 100 Percent Hydrogen
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Nov 09, 2026 RWE and Kawasaki Begin Test Operations With Hydrogen From a 34 MW Gas Turbine
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Nov 06, 2026 EWE Successfully Passes H2 Leak Test After Cavern Conversion
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Nov 06, 2026 Huntorf: Converted natural gas cavern passes hydrogen leak test
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Nov 05, 2026 SONATRACH, VNG and ICA Finance Aim to Reduce Methane Emissions in the Gas Supply Chain
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