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• Haldor Topsoe AS signs €45 million loan agreement with European Investment Bank to support research into innovative green hydrogen technologies that can lead to carbon emission reductions.
• Financing will also back Haldor Topsoe’s R&D investments in new catalysts and catalytic technologies.
• The transaction is supported by the European Fund for Strategic Investments, the main pillar of the European Commission’s Investment Plan for Europe.

In line with its strategy to become the global leader in carbon emission reduction technologies by 2024, Danish technology provider Haldor Topsoe has signed a €45 million loan agreement with the EIB to support its R&D investments in that domain. The EIB financing is supported under the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the main pillar of the European Commission’s Investment Plan for Europe. The European funding highlights the company’s commitment to developing new technologies to support a wide range of energy intensive industries in their transition towards a low-carbon future.

Legendary F1 designer Adrian Newey believes hydrogen could be considered as a viable race fuel for Formula 1 in the future, having witnessed firsthand how Extreme E is using the technology in its all-electric off-road series.

• Hype strengthens its position as a catalyst for hydrogen mobility beyond taxi use by investing in the Last Mile project initially developed by Akuo.
• By 2024, Hype, supported by Akuo, will deploy a green hydrogen mobility ecosystem dedicated to last-mile players, including hydrogen-powered vehicle fleets and a network of green hydrogen stations in the Paris region.
• Hype and Akuo, with Ecolotrans and the support of Banque des Territoires, are also announcing the launch of the “Club H24 for Paris”, which aims at accelerating the improvement of air and noise quality in the Paris region between now and the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

myFC’s development project for the operation of electric bicycles together with a well-known manufacturer of bicycle systems is approaching delivery.

– The project has kept to the schedule and the result looks very good, says Sebastian Weber, CTO at myFC.

Hydrogen Utopia International PLC (AQSE:HUI), a company pioneering non-recyclable waste plastics to hydrogen technology, is delighted to announce that its wholly owned Polish subsidiary, Hydropolis United sp z.o.o., has signed a letter of intent (“LOI”) with RZZO sp z.o.o. (“RZZO”), the regional municipal waste management company operating in Ostrów Wielkopolski, Greater Poland. RZZO works closely with the local government and the LOI was signed in the presence of and with the full support of the Mayor of Ostrów Wielkopolski, Beata Klimek, and the Deputy Mayor, Mikołaj Kostka.