August 2025 | French Hydrogen Companies International Business Development Update

5 Partner countries highlighted this month
Belgium | Indonesia | Oman | South Africa |
United States of America
6 French stakeholders highlighted this month
45-8 Energy | Bureau Veritas | EODev | HDF Energy | OPmobility | SHZ Advanced Technologies

Upstream | Production
United States of America | The joint acreage of 45-8 Energy and H2Au has received an operator license granted to H2Au by the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) for natural hydrogen exploration.

Downstream | Mobility
Scope: fuel cell and internal combustion engine for road, railway, maritime, aviation
Belgium | OPmobility provided the fuel cells for Colruyt Group’s hydrogen trucks developed with VDL ETS under the European H2Haul project, with one already in operation and a second about to enter service.
United States of America | SHZ Advanced Technologies partnered with JetZero to adapt its LH2 storage and distribution technologies for the JetZero Z4 plane under NASA’s Advanced Aircraft Concepts for Environmental Sustainability 2050 (AACES) project.
Indonesia | HDF Energy, Germany’s GIZ and Neuman & Esser have signed a Letter of Intent to conduct a feasibility study on hybrid hydrogen and battery-powered ferry systems for decarbonizing maritime transport across Indonesia’s small islands.

Downstream | Stationnary
Stationary uses: power and heat for building
South Africa | The South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has granted six Environmental Authorisations for HDF Energy’s Renewstable Mpumalanga projects, which include eight large-scale renewable hydrogen power plants near Eskom’s Majuba and Tutuka coal-fired stations in Mpumalanga province.
Oman | EODev has signed a distribution agreement with Muscat-based Nexus Energy LLC to represent the company in Oman for the deployment of the GEH2 hydrogen generator.

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Pierre Laboué
Head of International Relations
France Hydrogène
pierre.laboue@france-hydrogene.org