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Read the latest news from GroenvermogenNL on this page. We share updates about our projects, schemes, and research findings. Stories from other hydrogen initiatives are also regularly featured in our updates. Stay in the loop with the latest news.

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21 April 2026 Human Capital

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.

15 April 2026 Human Capital

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.

8 April 2026 R&D

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.

2 April 2026 GVNL

GVNL Perspectief Online | Learning from hydrogen hubs

Local energy hubs contribute to a new climate neutral energy system. A relatively new variant is the hydrogen hub: an energy hub in which hydrogen plays a central role. GroenvermogenNL and the Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO) are preparing a new support scheme for these initiatives. What can initiators already learn from practical experience? André Boer from the H2Hub in Sliedrecht shares his experiences.

2 April 2026 R&D

HyCARB officially launched: watch the film

With a kick-off event at the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht, the collaboration within HyCARB has officially begun. More than 100 participants from partnering knowledge institutions and companies came together around a shared ambition: advancing the sustainable and clean production of carbon-based chemicals.

20 March 2026 GVNL

How can the Netherlands become a frontrunner in circular electrolysers?

The Netherlands can take a leading position in the development of circular electrolysers, according to recent research commissioned by the Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO). Achieving this will require stronger collaboration between stakeholders. GroenvermogenNL can play a connecting role in this process, the researchers state.

17 March 2026 GVNL

GVNL Perspective Online | How can the production of sustainable aviation fuel take off?

Aviation contributes to global warming. To counter this, the EU will require the sector to use increasing amounts of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). This fuel will partly be produced using green hydrogen. It is still quite a challenge to establish this new production chain. A newly to be established Centre of Excellence is intended to help solve this puzzle. “It is a difficult task, but enthusiasm among the potential participants is high.”

11 March 2026 R&D

Kick-off of HyCARB. “Unique project to make chemistry more sustainable”

On Wednesday 11 March the kick-off of HyCARB took place: a major project within the R&D programme of GroenvermogenNL. A broad consortium of knowledge institutions and dozens of companies gathered in Utrecht to collaborate on innovative, practical solutions for the sustainable and clean production of carbon-based chemicals.