Lhyfe, a French company, has raised €2.5 million through a crowdfunding campaign on Lita.co, where 1,200 investors participated in funding hydrogen sites in France and Germany. The UK government has initiated a consultation to explore blending hydrogen into the gas grid, potentially supporting transmission blending of up to 2%. ZeroAvia has obtained nine new patents this year to enhance hydrogen-electric engines for large regional aircraft. Air Liquide plans to invest over €250 million in building infrastructure to supply various gases, including hydrogen, to customers in Germany. Additionally, the Japan Institute of Marine Engineering awarded a prestigious prize to the passenger vessel Hanaria for integrating Yanmar's maritime hydrogen fuel cell system. TNO's HyCARB project in the Netherlands received significant funding to develop fuels and materials using green hydrogen and electrons from industrial waste gases. Zaffra and Moeve are collaborating to explore the feasibility of electro-sustainable aviation fuel facilities in Spain, near Moeve's Andalusian Green Hydrogen Valley.