Hydrogen Council expands to nearly 30 countries with six new members, including first entries from Oman and Czech Republic, boosting the global hydrogen va
The Hydrogen Council announced on September 29, 2026 from Brussels that six companies have joined its CEO-led global hydrogen alliance: Acwa, EcoLog, Hydrom, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, TANAKA and 2JCP.
The additions push the organisation's geographic footprint to nearly 30 countries, including its first-ever members based in Oman and the Czech Republic.
The newcomers come from across the hydrogen value chain, bringing capabilities in industrial manufacturing and system integration, large-scale hydrogen production, market development, infrastructure, and international transport and technology.
According to the Council, their combined experience touches many of the practical elements required to connect hydrogen supply with demand and advance deployment at scale.
Ivana Jemelkova, CEO of the Hydrogen Council, welcomed the incoming members with a reminder that the industry's challenge cannot be solved in isolation.
"Hydrogen is a team sport. No single company can build the market alone," she said. "Scaling hydrogen requires companies with different capabilities to work together across the value chain. Our six new members bring valuable experience and perspectives to that collective effort, and we are very pleased to welcome them to the Hydrogen Council."
The Council's framing of the announcement draws on its Global Hydrogen Compass 2026, released on September 10, whose central lesson is that hydrogen scales not project-by-project but ecosystem-by-ecosystem.
The Council convenes companies spanning production, infrastructure, transport and demand, and it positions the six new members as reinforcement of its role as a platform for collaboration across that full chain.
Acwa, represented by CEO Dr. Samir J. Serhan, is a global developer, investor and operator across power, water and renewable hydrogen. Renewable hydrogen is a strategic growth platform for the company, including through its role in the NEOM Green Hydrogen Project and development of the Yanbu Green Hydrogen Hub in Saudi Arabia.
Acwa aims to produce some of the world's most competitive renewable hydrogen by drawing on high-quality renewable resources, integrated project development and EPC delivery, and established project-finance capabilities.
EcoLog, represented by CEO Ellen Ruhotas, is developing integrated liquid hydrogen midstream solutions connecting production regions with demand centres in Europe and Asia.
Its flagship project has two main components. The EcoLog Terminal Amsterdam is designed to import 200,000 tonnes of hydrogen annually in its first phase, operational in 2030, with plans to scale to 600,000 tonnes in a second phase.
Alongside the terminal, EcoLog is developing dedicated liquid hydrogen vessels, drawing on the shipping expertise of its sister company GasLog.
By applying an end-to-end value chain approach, EcoLog has built liquid hydrogen corridors linking supply regions such as the Middle East, India, and North and South America to European and Asian offtake markets.
Hydrom, represented by Managing Director Eng. Abdulaziz Al Shidhani, is the national orchestrator of Oman's Green Hydrogen Strategy execution and renewable hydrogen sector development.
Guided by its vision to position Oman as a leading global renewable hydrogen hub, Hydrom's mission is to create sustainable value for Oman's economy through a competitive and sustainable renewable hydrogen ecosystem.
Its mandate includes advising government on strategy, policy and legal frameworks; delineating government-owned land for hydrogen development; structuring large-scale projects and managing developer allocation processes; and facilitating shared infrastructure and related industries.
Its membership gives the Council its first representation in Oman.
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), represented by Representative Director and Chairman of the Board Takeshi Hashimoto, contributes to hydrogen value chain development through activities spanning transportation, production, storage, utilisation and delivery.
Its initiatives include equity participation in JSE Ocean, which is advancing liquefied hydrogen transportation to Japan, as well as commercial demonstrations of hydrogen use. These demonstrations include a new multi-purpose vessel equipped with a hydrogen dual-fuel engine and hydrogen-powered cargo-handling equipment at container terminals in Kobe.
TANAKA, represented by Group CEO Koichiro Tanaka, has developed fuel cell catalysts since the 1980s, building on decades of expertise in precious metal materials and catalyst technologies.
Its long history in precious metals and catalysis positions it within the Council as a contributor of deep materials-science experience relevant to fuel cell deployment.
The six additions illustrate the Council's stated view that hydrogen deployment depends on connecting capabilities across the full value chain rather than on isolated projects.
Together, the new members cover renewable hydrogen production in the Middle East, liquid hydrogen midstream infrastructure linking continents, national-level strategy execution, maritime transport and demonstration, and fuel cell catalyst technology.
With its reach now extending to nearly 30 countries, and entering Oman and the Czech Republic for the first time, the Council continues to position itself as the global platform where companies with different capabilities coordinate on scaling hydrogen.
The announcement follows the September 10 release of the Global Hydrogen Compass 2026, whose ecosystem-level lesson the Council frames as the rationale for assembling companies from production, infrastructure, transport and demand under one alliance.
As Jemelkova's remarks make clear, the Council's thesis is that no single company can build the hydrogen market alone; the six new members are, in its framing, the latest proof of that collective effort.
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