Chile’s development agency Corfo refocuses its hydrogen support. A UK developer acquires a 15-MW project in the Scottish Highlands. A refinery in Minnesota prepares to blend sustainable aviation fuel at scale. This overview of recent Power-to-X news, from June and early July 2026, shows a sector in which funding and strategy are increasingly tied to concrete projects and demand.
Chile: from export expectations to home market
On 30 June Chile’s development agency Corfo announced a refocusing of its green-hydrogen promotion. Corfo says the original expectations of rapid hydrogen exports before 2030 and of strong international willingness to pay a green premium have not materialised; it will now prioritise smaller renewable hydrogen projects aimed at local consumption and production, backed by secured offtakers and long-term contracts, to build local supplier chains, skills and jobs. The announcement also refers to the IEA, which lowered its 2030 projection for low-emission hydrogen production from 49 to 37 million tonnes per year, citing project postponements or cancellations and competitiveness challenges.
Projects moving ahead in Scotland, Spain and Denmark
In the UK, green-hydrogen developer Protium acquired the 15-MW Cromarty project in Scotland from Storegga; Protium already operates projects in Dorset and South Wales, and the Cromarty planning application is still with Highland Council. Elsewhere in Europe: Spain’s Ministry for Ecological Transition reallocated up to €211 million of IPCEI funding to the Iberdrola and bp green-hydrogen project at the Castellón refinery (announced 25 June), Plug Power completed commissioning of a 5-MW electrolyser at European Energy’s Power-to-X facility in Esbjerg (24 June), and Hy2gen’s 100-MW Albatros project in Kassø was selected for support under the European Hydrogen Bank, with a funding commitment of €139.8 million; construction is planned to start in 2028 and operations in 2031.
SAF gets physical in the US Midwest
At the Pine Bend refinery in Rosemount, Minnesota, Flint Hills Resources is scheduled to commission a SAF blending unit in July 2026 that the company says will be the largest SAF blending facility in the United States outside California. The unit blends biofuel made from crops, animal by-products and used cooking oil with petroleum-based jet fuel; it is not a Power-to-X plant.
Shipping: methanol-capable ships ahead of low-GHG fuel
According to DNV’s December 2025 methanol white paper, as reported by Ship Universe, DNV tracks more than 450 methanol-capable ships in operation or on order, against about 2.2 million tonnes of low-GHG methanol (bio- and e-methanol) available. On the ammonia side, Ship Universe notes that the IMO has interim safety guidelines for ammonia-fuelled ships and that Rotterdam has already run a ship-to-ship ammonia bunkering pilot. Both reports date from December 2025.
What this means for Swiss Power-to-X
The items above share a common thread: Corfo prioritises projects with secured offtakers, and funding in Spain and Denmark is going to specific, named projects. What this means for Swiss players is a question for the discussions at the Power-to-X Congress Switzerland 2026, whose theme is «Reality Check with Net Zero».
Power-to-X Congress Switzerland 2026
22 September 2026, 10:00–18:00, Kursaal Bern. Theme: «Reality Check with Net Zero». Co-organised by energie-cluster.ch and the Swiss Power-to-X Collaborative Innovation Network (SPIN), with partner Réseau H2 Suisse Romande. Register and find all details here.