More than 200 CEOs and senior executives from the world’s leading businesses in hydrogen convened in Seoul, South Korea this week for the Hydrogen Council’s Global CEO Summit 2025, united around a clear call to action: build faster and unlock commercial-scale demand by 2030.
Continue readingHydrogen Council Welcomes Air Liquide CEO François Jackow as New Co-Chair
The Hydrogen Council – the world’s largest and only CEO-led hydrogen alliance – is proud to today announce François Jackow, CEO of Air Liquide, as its new Co-Chair. He joins Jaehoon Chang, Vice Chair of Hyundai Motor Group, at a defining moment for the global hydrogen industry.
Continue reading200+ Global hydrogen leaders convene in South Korea to shape the next chapter of hydrogen buildout
More than 200 CEOs and senior executives from the world’s leading businesses in hydrogen are gathering next week in Seoul, South Korea for the Hydrogen Council’s Global CEO Summit, to align on action needed to accelerate hydrogen deployment and unlock commercial-scale demand by 2030.
Continue readingCEO Video Series – Shanghai Business Forum 2025
Across the world, hydrogen is scaling up but nowhere is this progress more visible than in China. Earlier this year, the Hydrogen Council convened in Shanghai for our inaugural Business Forum, where we saw firsthand the rapid pace of development across China’s hydrogen ecosystem.
Continue readingGlobal alliance launches LEAF Initiative at COP30 to scale low-emission ammonia fertilizers
An alliance of first-mover governments, international organisations, and businesses from the food, agriculture, fertilizer, sustainable fuels, and manufacturing sectors has united at COP30 in Brazil to accelerate scale adoption of low-emission ammonia-based fertilizers through the Low-Emission Ammonia Fertilizer (LEAF) Initiative.
Continue readingHow hydrogen is quietly maturing into reality
Key findings from the Global Hydrogen Compass 2025 report, combining industry
data, insights from CEO leaders, and lessons learned from hydrogen projects.
Hydrogen Innovators Podcast: Global Progress and the Shift from Ambition to Delivery
In this episode of the Hydrogen Innovators Podcast, Hydrogen Council CEO Ivana Jemelkova reflects on the sector’s shift from ambition to delivery. Drawing on insights from the Global Hydrogen Compass, she explains what’s progressing, what’s being filtered out, and why firm demand, policy clarity, and infrastructure now matter most for scale.
Continue readingEl Mundo: Investment in hydrogen is growing, but we must avoid a domino effect that delays projects
In this interview with El Mundo, Hydrogen Council CEO Ivana Jemelkova reflects on hydrogen’s shift from headline momentum to market discipline. While public attention has cooled and some projects have been cancelled, she emphasizes that global investment continues to grow, reaching 110 billion dollars, with more than 1,700 announced projects and over 500 already financed or under construction.
Continue readingHydrogen changing tack: from announcements to hard commitments
Twain’s (mis)quote – “reports of my death are greatly exaggerated” – may be a well-worn cliche for new markets and industries, but in the case of hydrogen, the point still holds.
Continue readingPolicy clarity and standards key to unlocking hydrogen’s next growth cycle
In an exclusive interview at Energy Connects Studio during Gastech 2025, Ivana Jemelkova, CEO of the Hydrogen Council, unveiled the industry body’s first Global Hydrogen Compass report.
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