BILBAO, Spain & BERGEN, Norway--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 22, 2026--
H2SITE has secured €3.4 million (NOK 39.1 million) in funding from Enova for HydraNord Power, a project that will develop and validate a commercial-scale onboard ammonia-to-power system for the maritime sector.
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Enova is one of the Norwegian government's primary instruments for accelerating the country's climate and energy transition. Its primary responsibility is to manage the Climate and Energy Fund on behalf of the Norwegian government. For H2SITE, Enova’s support is a major milestone in the commercialisation of its onboard ammonia cracking technology, enabling the company to scale from proven maritime demonstrations to replicable commercial solutions for the global shipping industry.
Led by H2SITE, HydraNord Power will convert ammonia into high-purity hydrogen directly onboard vessels. The system will produce up to one tonne of hydrogen per day and supply maritime fuel cells delivering 700 kW of net electrical power.
The project represents a step-change in scale for H2SITE. It builds on several smaller maritime ammonia-to-hydrogen projects, including units already in operation. With an output representative of commercial auxiliary power requirements onboard vessels, HydraNord Power moves the technology beyond smaller-scale demonstrations and towards repeatable commercial deployment.
H2SITE’s membrane reactor integrates ammonia cracking and hydrogen separation in a single process, producing fuel-cell-grade hydrogen while protecting the fuel cells from ammonia contamination. Its compact and modular architecture is designed for both newbuild and retrofit projects, as well as fuel-cell-only and hybrid power systems. Multiple modules can be deployed in parallel to address larger power requirements, providing a standardised building block for future multi-megawatt installations.
“HydraNord Power takes ammonia-to-power from successful smaller deployments into a commercially relevant power range,” said Andrés Galnares, CEO of H2SITE. “At 700 kW net, we are addressing a real onboard power requirement with a standardised system that can be replicated across vessels and scaled into larger installations. Enova’s support allows us to demonstrate this under representative operating conditions and opens a significant market opportunity in maritime segments where direct electrification is not viable.”
HydraNord Power brings together H2SITE, Equinor, Höegh Autoliners, Breeze Ship Design, Sustainable Energy Catapult Centre, Alltec and Maritime CleanTech. Together, the partners cover vessel requirements, system design, fuel cells, site integration, testing and project coordination, ensuring that the solution is developed around real maritime operating needs rather than as a standalone technology demonstration.
The complete system will be installed and tested at Energy House in Stord, Norway, under conditions representative of commercial maritime operations. Development and integration will take place during 2027, with commissioning planned for early 2028.
HydraNord Power initially targets auxiliary and hybrid power applications in deep-sea shipping, offshore operations and other energy-intensive maritime segments. Its standardised modular design will enable the same core technology to be deployed across different vessel classes and power levels, creating a repeatable path from first commercial installations to broader fleet adoption.
About H2SITE
H2SITE is an industrial technology company and infrastructure partner enabling competitive hydrogen and derivatives solutions for large-scale decarbonisation. Through its proprietary membrane reactor technology, H2SITE delivers scalable, standardised and bankable systems for hydrogen production, separation and ammonia cracking. Designed for industrial deployment, its solutions support efficient hydrogen logistics and decentralised generation models.
H2SITE Secures €3.4 Million (NOK 39.1 million) in Enova Funding to Scale Onboard Ammonia-To-Power for Commercial Maritime Applications
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Tuesday its latest missile tests involved a new weapons system of “great significance,” with photos indicating it launched a missile previously described as hypersonic.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the weapon’s development would strengthen the country’s war readiness and give its enemies an “incurable headache,” the North’s official Korean Central News Agency said. He did not describe what the weapon was.
Kim observed Sunday’s tests with his teenage daughter, widely seen as a potential successor.
South Korea’s military detected North Korea firing two short-range missiles three hours apart from the eastern coastal Wonsan area Sunday. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles flew about 450 and 600 kilometers (280 miles and 370 miles) toward the sea, while Japan’s military said they landed in waters outside the country’s exclusive economic zone.
The launches extended a recent run in military displays, including live-fire exercises and the commissioning of a new warship, as Kim continues to flaunt his growing nuclear program despite U.S. calls to revive diplomacy.
Following years of intensified testing, Kim now has an extensive arsenal of nuclear-capable missiles, including long-range weapons potentially capable of reaching the U.S. mainland and shorter-range systems designed to overwhelm missile defenses in South Korea and Japan.
Among the weapons North Korea has tested in recent years are various missile systems fitted with purported hypersonic weapons, which are designed to travel at more than five times the speed of sound. Their speed and maneuverability are intended to help them evade regional missile defenses, but some experts have questioned whether they have consistently reached the speeds claimed by the North during tests.
KCNA’s photos of Sunday’s tests showed what appeared to be two missiles tipped with conical, finned vehicles being fired from launcher trucks. Kim is seen looking at a monitoring screen that identifies the missile as a Hwasong-11Ma, a system North Korea has previously described as hypersonic.
Graphics on the screen showed a missile trajectory overlaid on a map, along with figures for a speed of 2,146 meters (1.3 miles) per second, an altitude of 35.8 kilometers (22 miles) and a range of 908.2 kilometers (564 miles). The reported distance exceeded the flight range announced by South Korea’s military. Jang Do-young, a spokesperson for South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the military was assessing the details from the North Korean report and cautioned that the North’s claims about missile capabilities “cannot be 100% trusted.”
The launches were the latest in a series of weapons demonstrations by North Korea even after U.S. President Donald Trump scaled back a joint military exercise with South Korea last month in an apparent effort to revive diplomacy with Kim, who has called such drills invasion rehearsals. Kim’s sister and senior official, Kim Yo Jong, dismissed Trump’s overture, saying that shortening the drill would not change its “provocative, aggressive nature.”
North Korea has a long history of ratcheting up pressure on South Korea when it doesn’t get what it wants from the United States, and Kim Jong Un has recently taken a particularly hostile stance toward Seoul, suspending virtually all inter-Korean cooperation and dialogue and declaring the South a permanent enemy.
In a written response to questions by The Associated Press, liberal South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, who favors engagement with the North, expressed hope Tuesday that a resumption of Trump-Kim diplomacy would help reopen dialogue between the two Koreas. He called for a practical, step-by-step approach to North Korea’s denuclearization, with incentives offered as Pyongyang makes progress toward eliminating its nuclear weapons.
Emboldened by his advancing nuclear arsenal and deepening ties with Russia and China, experts say Kim likely sees himself as having greater leverage in any renewed diplomacy with Trump. His government has said Washington must first drop its “hostile policy” — a term Pyongyang mainly uses to describe U.S.-led sanctions and joint U.S.-South Korea military drills — and abandon demands for North Korea’s denuclearization as a precondition for talks.
In this photo provided Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, center right, watches missile tests in an undisclosed location, North Korea Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
In this photo provided Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, center right, watches missile tests in an undisclosed location, North Korea Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
FILE - In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un attends a parade with his daughter in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 25, 2026 as the North wrapped up the Workers' Party congress. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
A TV screen shows a file image of a North Korean missile launch during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
