North Rhine-Westphalia

A subsidy plan launched by North Rhine-Westphalia to encourage commercial companies to adopt micro-CHP energy systems (50 kW or less) by providing financial incentives.

Trial fleet of hydrogen fuel cell buses deployed in Cologne with infrastructure support from major hydrogen providers.

Rollout of an initial fleet of ten hydrogen forklifts plus an on-site refuelling station at the Cologne exhibition grounds.

Industrial gases

Energy company with oil, gas, power, and hydrogen activities

Industrial conglomerate

Hydrogen produced from renewable electricity sources, considered a critical component for hydrogen's long-term credibility as a clean fuel.

Technology that generates electricity through an electrochemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen, with water as the only byproduct.

A technology that combines hydrogen and oxygen in a clean, electrochemical process to generate power, releasing only water vapor as a byproduct.

A large-scale hydrogen electrolysis plant to be built at a refinery in Rhineland, Germany. The facility will use industrial-scale polymer electrolyte membrane technology to produce hydrogen from surplus electricity.

An agreement signed by Air Liquide and Hyzon Motors in early 2022 to commercially pilot and test two heavy-duty hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks.

A 200-megawatt electrolyzer plant under development on the Maasvlakte conversion park to produce green H2.

Early-generation PEM electrolyzer stack produced by hand-built manufacturing processes. Represents the initial development stage of Siemens Energy's electrolyzer product line.

An 18-meter zero-emission hydrogen bus model equipped with a 100-kilowatt hydrogen fuel cell, composite tank, Solaris High Power batteries, and a 240-kilowatt electric motor.

Public refueling infrastructure for hydrogen-powered vehicles. Air Liquide has built and deployed 59 such stations worldwide and is committing to build 10 additional stations across Germany.