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Germany Is Rebuilding Its Failed Russian Gas Strategy With Hydrogen

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Germany’s hydrogen strategy keeps producing numbers that sound like market evidence until the subsidy structure is examined. Its latest hydrogen freight program attracted 526 applications seeking €455 million from a €220 million fund, including 71 applications for refueling stations and 455 for vehicles or fleets. That sounds like pent-up commercial … [continued]

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Ballard’s GeoPura Deal Turns Private Hydrogen Losses Into Public Dilution

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Perpetual loss-making hydrogen fuel cell firm Ballard Power is paying £275 million for GeoPura, but only £82.5 million is cash. Most of the price is 50.8 million newly issued and dilutive Ballard shares, leaving GeoPura’s investors with about 14.4% of the combined company and subjecting much of their consideration to … [continued]

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Steel Needs A Route Transition, Not A Hydrogen Story

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Steel decarbonization keeps being pulled into the wrong conversation. Call it a future hydrogen market, and the discussion moves quickly to electrolyzers, pipelines, storage caverns, offtake contracts, national hydrogen strategies, and industrial-policy speeches looking for a customer. That framing is convenient for hydrogen advocates, but it is not how the … [continued]

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