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08.11.2026 - 17:13 [ Solhyd.eu ]

[PV Magazine] World’s first solar park featuring hydrogen-producing PV modules takes shape in Belgium

(November 10, 2025)

A 2 MW solar park in Wallonia, Belgium, will rely 50 kW of hydrogen-producing solar modules developed by Solhyd, a spin-off from KU Leuven. The installation will be the first demonstration of Solhyd’s technology at a commercially-relevant scale.

A consortium of Belgian companies has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build an energy system that features hydrogen-producing solar modules in Wallonia, Belgium.

Billed as the world’s first solar hydrogen park, the installation will see 50 kW of hydrogen-producing solar modules developed by Solhyd integrated into a traditional 2 MW solar park that is connected to battery storage.

The site, which will begin operating next year, will be capable of producing both electricity and hydrogen from solar energy. It is set to operate for five years.

08.11.2026 - 17:00 [ Katholieke Universiteit Leuven ]

Green energy breakthrough thanks to KU Leuven scientists

(02 October 2019)

For over a decade, Professor Johan Martens and Drs. Tom Bosserez, Jan Rongé and Christos Trompoukis have been developing a ‘solar hydrogen panel’, i.e. a solar panel that can create hydrogen from the water vapour in the air. Using sunlight, moisture taken from the air – i.e. no liquid water – is split into hydrogen on the one hand, and oxygen molecules on the other.

The panel is able to directly convert no less than 15 per cent of sunlight into hydrogen gas, Which is a world record

08.11.2026 - 16:44 [ photreon ]

photreon – Wasserstoff aus nichts als Sonnenlicht und Wasser

Als Spin-Off des Karlsruher Instituts für Technologie (KIT) entwickeln wir hochinnovative skalierbare Technologien für die solare Produktion von grünem Wasserstoff – ohne Umwege und Umwandlung von Elektrizität.

Unsere zum Patent angemeldeten Erfindungen bilden die Grundlage für ein Solarpaneel-System, das simpel nachweisbar inhärent grünen Wasserstoff produziert (z. B. für RFNBO-Konformität auf EU-Level).

08.11.2026 - 16:36 [ Karlsruhe Institute of Technology ]

Green Hydrogen from Just Sun and Water

(April 14, 2026)

Photreon, a start-up project at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), aims to boost the hydrogen economy with mass-produced photoreactor panels that require no electrolyzers, consume no electricity, and do not need a grid connection. With the panels, hydrogen can be produced cost-effectively in a scalable manner from sunlight and water – suitable for both distributed applications and large-scale systems in sunny regions. During the Hannover Messe, April 20–24, 2026, photreon will be presenting at the KIT booth (Hall 11, Booth B06).

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KIT has filed a patent application for the photoreactor panel implemented by photreon.

08.11.2026 - 16:26 [ Nature.com ]

Electricity-free hydrogen production from the air

(February 4, 2026)

This study introduces an air-to-H2 system that employs multilayer hygroscopic hydrogen evolution (HHE) nanofiber membranes (NFMs) for efficient green H2 production, with clean water generated as a byproduct (Fig. 1a).

08.11.2026 - 16:10 [ European Hydrogen Backbone (EHB) ]

European Hydrogen Infrastructure Map

The proposed infrastructure pathway up to 2040 shows the vision of 32 European network operators, based on national analyses of availability of existing natural gas infrastructure, future natural gas market developments, and future hydrogen market developments under an accelerated and ambitious climate scenario.

08.11.2026 - 15:54 [ WorldPipelines.com ]

Hydrogen pipelines start to materialise in Europe

(April 4, 2023)

According to the EHB’s 2030 hydrogen infrastructure map, a total length of ~28 000 km in 2030 and 53 000 km by 2040 is envisioned in the 28 European countries involved. Currently, dedicated hydrogen pipelines that will be available by 2030 amount to 23 365 km, which is 83% of 2030 target.

11.01.2025 - 22:20 [ Solhyd.eu ]

The technology: A solar panel that produces hydrogen

Air contains moisture. The water molecules in the air are captured by the panel when the airstream enters the device.

Solhyd technology can be applied in many locations around the globe. Only the most arid places on Earth are expected to be too dry for hydrogen panels to work efficiently.

03.09.2024 - 14:17 [ Wärtsilä ]

Wärtsilä launches world’s first large-scale 100% hydrogen-ready engine power plant

(18 June 2024)

Wärtsilä is addressing this need through its new hydrogen-ready engine power plant, which can be converted to run on 100% hydrogen. The new engine power plant is a significant step beyond existing technology, which can run on natural gas and 25 vol% hydrogen blends.

03.09.2024 - 14:02 [ MDR ]

Analyse: Wo wir beim Wasserstoff-Import stehen

(31. August 2024)

In den vergangenen Tagen ist viel über Wasserstoff geredet worden – sowohl auf Bundesebene als auch auf regionaler Ebene. Die Planung der für den Einsatz notwendigen Infrastruktur ist ein kleines Stück weiter vorangeschritten: Die Fernnetzbetreiber haben der Bundesnetzagentur ihre Ausbaupläne für ein sogenanntes Wasserstoffkernnetz von 9.666 Kilometern Länge vorgelegt.

Die Investitionskosten beziffert die Behörde mit knapp 20 Milliarden Euro. Geld, das sowohl über Netzentgelte als auch über eine staatliche Zwischenförderung aufgebracht

03.09.2024 - 13:50 [ Solhyd.eu ]

Successful production of hydrogen panels

(November 15, 2024)

Solhyd not only develops technology to produce hydrogen from air and sunlight. We also develop methods to produce that technology in a cost-effective and reliable manner. Efficient production, with cost reductions driven by scale benefits, will eventually lead to the lowest cost approach to make hydrogen from solar energy.

We took the first step in that process this year.

03.09.2024 - 13:31 [ Katholieke Universiteit Leuven ]

Green energy breakthrough thanks to KU Leuven scientists

(02 October 2019)

For over a decade, Professor Johan Martens and Drs. Tom Bosserez, Jan Rongé and Christos Trompoukis have been developing a ‘solar hydrogen panel’, i.e. a solar panel that can create hydrogen from the water vapour in the air. Using sunlight, moisture taken from the air – i.e. no liquid water – is split into hydrogen on the one hand, and oxygen molecules on the other.

The panel is able to directly convert no less than 15 per cent of sunlight into hydrogen gas, Which is a world record

15.09.2020 - 10:42 [ Washington University in St. Louis ]

Meteorite study suggests Earth may have always been wet

(27.08.2020)

A new study finds that Earth’s water may have come from materials that were present in the inner solar system at the time the planet formed — instead of far-reaching comets or asteroids delivering such water.

15.09.2020 - 10:24 [ Science Magazine ]

Earth’s water may have been inherited from material similar to enstatite chondrite meteorites

(28.08.2020)

The origin of Earth’s water remains unknown. Enstatite chondrite (EC) meteorites have similar isotopic composition to terrestrial rocks and thus may be representative of the material that formed Earth. ECs are presumed to be devoid of water because they formed in the inner Solar System. Earth’s water is therefore generally attributed to the late addition of a small fraction of hydrated materials, such as carbonaceous chondrite meteorites, which originated in the outer Solar System where water was more abundant. We show that EC meteorites contain sufficient hydrogen to have delivered to Earth at least three times the mass of water in its oceans.