European clean hydrogen firms complete IPOs
UK-based CPH2 and France’s Haffner successfully raise funds through stock market listings despite volatile market
Two clean hydrogen technology companies have successfully completed IPOs in Europe this month, despite challenging equity market conditions. UK-based green hydrogen and technology company CPH2 has raised £30mn ($41mn) through a listing on London’s AIM stock exchange. The share placing, which was oversubscribed and took place in “difficult stock market conditions”, values the company at £119.4mn, CPH2 says. CPH2, which has developed a membrane-free electrolyser (MFE) technology, says it will use the proceeds of the listing to expand its production plant in Doncaster in the north of England. “CPH2 has an opportunity to penetrate an extremely fast-growing hydrogen market and aims to become a gl
Also in this section
9 March 2026
Hydrogen has not stalled in the UK because the technology does not work. The problem is that the system around it does not yet move at the speed required
4 March 2026
Turmoil in Middle East reminds nascent clean hydrogen sector that its future prospects are dependent on global energy markets and geopolitics
25 February 2026
Low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia development is advancing much more slowly and unevenly than once expected, with high costs and policy uncertainty thinning investment. Meanwhile, surging energy demand is reinforcing the role of natural gas and LNG as the backbone of the global energy system, panellists at LNG2026 said
18 February 2026
Norwegian energy company has dropped a major hydrogen project and paused its CCS expansion plans as demand fails to materialise






