Germany launches second funding round for hydrogen

Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and the Federal Ministry of Research have launched a second international funding call to back renewable hydrogen and derivative projects in non-European countries.

• Main announcement: The ministries announced a second international funding call (building on 2021 funding guidelines) to support projects outside the European Economic Area and Switzerland; Module 1 (run by the economics ministry) will fund construction of renewable hydrogen and derivative production facilities and preparatory scientific studies, while dedicated support for storage and transport infrastructure has been dropped (but can be included within generation projects).
• Additional details: Module 2 (overseen by the research ministry) will fund research, industrial trials, and training programmes that must link directly to a Module 1 initiative abroad; the scheme is framed to expand opportunities for German firms to lead global hydrogen supply chains.