Analysis

March 10, 2022

Europe’s hydrogen industry: mapped

Funding into hydrogen technology increased 592% year-on-year last year — get the lay of this booming landscape with our in-depth sector map


Freya Pratty

5 min read

On an industrial estate just outside Crawley, a town in the southeast of England, a team of engineers are busily working on an invention that they say could literally propel the country towards its net zero targets. 

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Hydrogen fuel cell parts in a lab at Bramble's headquarters
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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is a senior reporter and investigations lead at Sifted. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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