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Almost as if expenditure of E50 million plus all the other costs on site was a mere pittance.

Https://www.hydrogeninsight.com/production/dutch-government-commits-450m-investment-into-large-scale-hydrogen-storage-facility/2-1-2013325

BMW iX5 Hydrogen: Series production confirmed -- third-gen Toyota co-developed fuel cell, 750 km WLTP range, flat 7-tank system, sub-5-minute fill, xDrive AWD; production at Plant Spartanburg from 2028.

· Brookfield / Bloom Energy: AI power partnership expanded fivefold from USD 5B to USD 25B since October 2025 -- Bloom solid oxide fuel cells powering hyperscaler data centres with fast, community-friendly onsite power.

· Lhyfe / Weser-Ems-Bus / Germany: Six CaetanoBus hydrogen buses running in Friesland since December 2025 via mobile 350-bar station -- Lhyfe supplies RFNBO-certified green hydrogen; permanent Schortens station due later in 2026.

· H2 Hollandia / Netherlands: First 25 kg of green hydrogen produced at Drenthe -- 5 MW Plug Power PEM electrolyser fed by surplus solar; target 300,000 kg/yr from the largest operational electrolysis hub in the Netherlands.

Amazing that Belgium beat the Austrians given how much they have spent in this area.

The exploding-refinery in Russia list is way longer than that guys.

I think someone has to break up the Treasury and who better than Ed.

RNS timing, in Europe there is a big dead business period coming up which is August, no one does serious business in the last week of July and the budgets start getting reviewed in the first week of September so if ITM Power is going to announce any significant RNS they have to get it done

1) in the next 20 days or so

2) not for another 60 days

The UK is less constrained by the "grand depart" but even so senior decision makers tend to drop out a bit. Plus the new PM is either going to land running (here is hoping) or will wait until the new parliament in September (oh no).

Hydropulse, time to get one over the line, Warren East has bought his shares which will soon be last week's news, bilbo is putting you on 20 days notice, go for it.

German hydrogen truck and station fund attracts more than double €220m budget

Germany’s latest hydrogen truck and refuelling funding programme has attracted more than twice the €220m ($251m) available budget, with applicants requesting €455m ($518m).

The Federal Ministry of Transport (BMV) said it had received 526 applications since opening the call at the end of January 2026.

The scheme aims to provide funding to deploy up to 40 hydrogen refuelling stations and up to 400 hydrogen trucks. Of the 526 applications, 71 were for refuelling stations, and 455 were for vehicles and fleets.

Full story in the comments.

It would be part of the negotiation. See also different national holidays.

Jason will have been all over this, but such a senior figure is unlikely to buy shares a while Hydropulse is in the final dibs on a deal this or early next week, surely?

The trouble with an RNS like this is I would struggle to imagine that any real business RNS is going to come through for at least a week, lest Warren was accused of insider dealing. Now is 1 week or 1 month the norm?

Hydrogen dioxide needs another hydrogen so H2O2 very much a real thing

I often wonder how the ancient military made their decisions, all the killing of animals and looking at entrails to work out if they attack at dawn. I suspect those that chose wrong didn't live to see another morning. Tough job.

Digi, I think the Berenberg

The other reason it is safe, it's peanuts.

I think Jbatch brings an interesting different point of view and I will not be filtering, despite not always agreeing. We have had blatherers and I don't see the usual massive AI dumps they start with as if AI was a source of information or the gibberish negative stuff. Still each to their own.

This Week's Top Hydrogen Updates:

· ITM Power / Gore: Ultra-low degradation results: 50 μm membrane tested 11,000 hours, 40% lower area-specific resistance than 85 μm prototype, 80,000-hour life projection — beats 2030 targets by 40%.

· Stadler / ARST / Sardinia: World's first narrow-gauge hydrogen train unveiled at Erlen — Class SRHe 113 HMUs for ARST Sardinia; 100% solar hydrogen; 2,100 t/yr CO2 saved; service from 2028.

· Ballard / GeoPura / UK: £275M acquisition announced — GeoPura £38M 2026 revenue, UK HAR1 contract, 500 kW HPUs serving film/TV/events/construction/data centres; closes H2 2026.

· BMW / Regensburg: Symbolic launch: first stainless-steel pipes installed for 6 km hydrogen logistics pipeline network — 230 tugger train haulers and forklifts converting to H2 by 2031; 150 t/yr consumption.

· Toyota / Europe logistics: One year on: 300,000 km travelled, 230 tonnes CO2 avoided — VDL-built fuel cell trucks on Belgium-France-Germany-Netherlands routes, 400 km range, diesel-equivalent performance.

I think it is worth mentioning above that ITM/Gore beat the 2030 target by 40%. Certainly Chronos is coming by the back door as far as I can see.

If the energy density part of hydrogen could be sorted out then h2 would be better than diesel but then again it really depends on if warfare is gong to be based on moving a few big things of lots of small things. But the project is for e-diesel

"out of the politics game for years" ?

@kontiki2 but nothing on efficiency. It looks like a FB US science publicist got hacked and made some stuff to punish share prices on Monday

My error, should have been more questioning.

No, I'm not convinced, I think I've picked up faux news, sorry. But I will keep looking