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Project plan for imported green hydrogen: watch the video with the initiators
Should the Netherlands produce green hydrogen domestically in the future, or should it primarily import this sustainable energy carrier? A new R&D consortium of industrial and research partners is exploring the latter option. Participants recently came together for two intensive workshops, each lasting two and a half days. Read about their experiences and watch the video.
ECNS 2026 connects electrochemistry from fundamentals to applications
On Monday 11 May, the 3rd Electrochemical National Symposium took place in Utrecht. Under the theme ‘Electrochemistry - From Fundamentals to Applications’, scientists, researchers, PhD candidates and industry professionals came together to share the latest developments in electrochemistry.
€20.3 Million for HyNITROGEN Consortium: Research into Sustainable Nitrogen Chemistry
The research and development consortium HyNITROGEN has been awarded €20.3 million for research into sustainable nitrogen chemistry. Within this project, companies, knowledge institutions, and governments are collaborating on new technologies for sustainable nitrogen chemistry based on hydrogen and green electrons.
COPE launched: new platform to accelerate the scale-up of green hydrogen
During the World Hydrogen Summit, GroenvermogenNL and TNO launched the Community of Practice Electrolysis (COPE). This new international initiative aims to strengthen the electrolysis testing ecosystem by better connecting companies, research institutes and testing facilities. At the same time, the first COPE position paper was published, outlining the vision behind the initiative and providing an overview of existing testing facilities.
With revolutionary technology, AVOXT is making green hydrogen production more affordable
True innovation does not build on what already exists, but starts with a blank sheet. This principle is taking AVOXT, based in North Brabant, a long way. A very long way indeed. Because the start-up has developed a completely new electrolyser from scratch that operates more efficiently than current technologies. And it has done so with the boundless ambition of making green hydrogen cheaper and more attractive to industry worldwide.
Expeditie Waterstof (Hydrogen Expedition): learning in practice in the North-West region
How do you prepare students for a hydrogen economy that is still rapidly evolving? And how do you ensure that education remains closely connected to the changing professional landscape within the hydrogen transition? In Expeditie Waterstof (Hydrogen Expedition), teachers, researchers and companies from the North West region worked together over the course of a year to explore these questions.
Two new hydrogen projects strengthen national network of learning communities
For the call ‘Towards the future: Learning communities as drivers of the green hydrogen economy’, NWO has awarded funding to two additional regions. Their projects focus on developing regional solutions that contribute to an integrated approach to working, learning and innovation. Together, the projects funded under this call form a national network that accelerates the hydrogen transition.
New subsidy call for direct use of hydrogen in industry and energy
The use of hydrogen as a direct energy carrier offers concrete opportunities to decarbonise sectors where electrification is not a viable alternative, such as high-temperature industrial processes and heavy transport. This requires new solutions in technology, safety and system integration, areas already addressed within the R&D programme of GroenvermogenNL. With this additional call, NWO and GroenvermogenNL take a next step in advancing applications for the direct use of hydrogen.
