Shell has started production of green hydrogen using what it claims is Europe’s largest aPolymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) electrolyser at its Energy and Chemicals Park Rhineland in Wesseling, near Cologne, Germany.

Phoenix-based battery and hydrogen fuel cell electric truck builder, Nikola Corporation, together with Iveco SpA and Open Grid Europe GmbH, an owner/operator of 12,000km of natural gas pipeline in Germany with multiple projects involving hydrogen production and infrastructure, have announced a cooperation to establish a Germany-wide, publicly accessible hydrogen network.

Truck manufacturers and environmentalists have joined forces to push for the deployment of 11,000 charging points for electric trucks across the EU by 2025, rising to 42,000 by 2030.

Hyzon Motors, a global supplier of hydrogen fuel cell powered commercial vehicles, has entered a strategic alliance with Australian energy supplier, Viva Energy.

Fuel cell truck manufacturing start up, Hyzon Motors Inc of Rochester, NY, USA has been selected by green hydrogen generator, Hiringa Energy Ltd of New Plymouth, New Zealand, to build and supply Hiringa with zero emission heavy goods vehicles.

A producer a chemically-sustainable technologies, Johnson Matthey Plc, says it is planning to commercialise technologies to enable production of zero carbon ‘green’ hydrogen.

Solaris Bus & Coach SA has joined the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance. Its aim is to scale-up, by 2030, production and deployment of hydrogen as a fuel, produced by means of low-emission technologies and renewable energy sources.

Southern California Gas Co is to field test a new technology which can simultaneously separate and compress hydrogen from a blend of hydrogen and natural gas.

A collaboration between commercial vehicle makers, Navistar Inc, General Motors Corporation and OneH2, a commercial supplier of hydrogen fuel, is introducing a complete solution for customer implementation of a hydrogen-powered zero-emission long-haul vehicle, to be initially piloted by J.B. Hunt Transport Inc.

Engineering consultancy, Ricardo plc, and hydrogen power technologies manufacturer, AFC Energy plc, have signed a collaboration agreement aimed at identifying new and innovative alternative fuel solutions.

Daimler Trucks AG, Iveco SpA and the Volvo Group have committed to work alongside Austrian oil company, OMV and Dutch firm, Shell New Energies NL BV under a new EU initiative called H2Accelerate, to help create conditions for mass-market roll-out of hydrogen trucks in Europe.

Cummins Inc has agreed to form a joint venture with Dutch startup, NPROXX bv, a specialist in hydrogen storage and transportation, for hydrogen storage tanks with facilities in The Netherlands and Germany.