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The UK Government released its hydrogen strategy which sets out the approach to developing a thriving low carbon hydrogen sector in the UK to meet our ambition for 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030. 
The government said around £900 million ($1.25 billion) of funding will be available to support hydrogen projects in Britain, which it said could create more than 9,000 jobs by 2030, with this expected to rise to £13bn ($17.94bn) by 2050.
The government will also work with industry on the feasibility of mixing 20% hydrogen into the existing gas supply. It will also consult on the design of a 240 million pound net zero hydrogen fund to support the commercial development of low-carbon hydrogen plants.
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China's capital Beijing is on target to bring 3,000 hydrogen vehicles on the road and build 37 hydrogen refuelling stations by the end of 2023. It expects the number of hydrogen vehicles on the roads to exceed 10,000 units by 2025.
The plan is in line with China's targets of reaching carbon neutrality by. China produced 664 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles during January-July.
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Finland’s first green hydrogen production plant, with a capacity of 20MW, is set to be constructed in Harjavalta.
The hydrogen produced is expected to provide green electricity for industrial applications and will additionally support industries with oxygen and thermal energy produced as a by product.
Construction for the facility will begin in autumn 2022 with the commission the plant expected for the first half of 2024.
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SWITCH Maritime and All American Marine announce the launch and operational trials of the Sea Change, the world’s first commercial vessel powered 100% by hydrogen fuel cell.
The 70-foot Sea Change is a 75-passenger hydrogen fuel cell-powered, electric-drive ferry that will operate on California’s San Francisco Bay. The ferry was constructed to demonstrate a pathway to commercialization for zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell marine technologies.
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The BMW Group is systematically pushing forward with development of hydrogen fuel cell technology as an additional option for sustainable individual mobility and is to present the BMW iX5 Hydrogen at the IAA Mobility 2021 in Munich.
With the right conditions, hydrogen fuel cell technology has the potential to become a further pillar in the BMW Group’s drive train portfolio for local CO2-free mobility.
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