August: 0 FIDs above 100 MW, 10 cancellations. September: 1 FID, none cancelled. Phelan Green Saldanha committed R12bn (US$735m) for 200 MW of Sungrow electrolysers, Africa’s largest order, for an 800 MW e-SAF scheme targeting 35,000 t/yr. Largest FID: 50→200 MW. Retreat paused.

Zero cancellations. One FID above 100 MW. Electrolyser orders: 1,661 MW. September reversed August’s retreat, touching 4,984 MW as disclosure fell to 19%. South Africa led FIDs; Topsoe SOEC won the largest electrolyser award. Capital moves where offtake is real.

September vs August: 502 tracked items. Electrolysers & OEMs +25%, production +12%, fuel cells +5%. Derivatives −5%, policy −10%, costs & prices −23%. Electrolysers led growth; cost data fell but delivered the year’s first hard price points. Source: The Hydrogen Standard

August shifts: Nucera dropped SOEC mass-production plans; Topsoe paused its SOEC business amid restructuring costs. Chinese suppliers won major orders as the market shifted to tougher competition. Source: Hydrogen Standard

Electrolyser orders hit 1,010 MW across four Western awards in August. Electric Hydrogen: 750 MW; Sungrow: 200 MW; Plug Power: 50 MW. The key: where orders are going and who's winning. Source: Hydrogen Standard

China is scaling up hydrogen infrastructure. Beijing approved 5 hydrogen city clusters with ¥8bn in funding. PipeChina proposed a national hydrogen backbone. The focus: Hydrogen at national scale. Source: Hydrogen Standard

Hydrogen setbacks in August 2026: 10 projects cancelled, shelved or paused, removing around 2,300 MW from the pipeline. The signal: Moving from ambitious plans to investment remains a major challenge. Source: Hydrogen Standard

What’s driving hydrogen projects forward? • Orica: 50 MW for an existing ammonia plant. • Blue Point: 1.4 Mtpa ammonia project under construction. • Hydnum Steel: First-phase capacity fully contracted. Secured demand turns plans into progress. Source: Hydrogen Standard

Hydrogen Market Update • No projects above 100 MW reached FID. • 10 projects cancelled, paused or shelved. • 2,300 MW removed from the pipeline. The key driver: Secured demand and offtake, not announced capacity. Source: Hydrogen Standard

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Why Chinese electrolyser makers win abroad, in one number: ~$280/kW. Western ALK: $1,400–1,800/kW. A 5–6× gap, unlikely to close before 2030. The West competes on bankability, not price. Full CAPEX benchmark → subscription. #Hydrogen #Electrolyser

ALK is winning the deployments. PEM is winning the headlines. Alkaline = most MW actually shipped (led by China). PEM = most Western policy noise, smaller volumes. Nameplate ≠ shipped MW. Procure accordingly. Full breakdown → subscription. #Hydrogen #Electrolyser

China's own report calls its electrolyser sector "extremely unhealthy." The response? Export hard. May: 1 GW Morocco plant, supply to Canada, 110 MW Paraguay win, factory land in Spain. The domestic glut is becoming the world's price floor. #Hydrogen #Electrolyser

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The electrolyser stat nobody's pricing in: ~53 GW/yr of factory capacity. ~8 GW actually shipped. A 6:1 gap, and it's driving every exit and consolidation in the sector. Full OEM utilisation + bankability data → subscription. #Hydrogen #Electrolyser