{"id":191990,"date":"2026-08-19T12:15:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/?p=191990"},"modified":"2026-08-20T09:05:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:05:41","slug":"plug-power-exit-pushes-antwerp-closer-to-hydrogen-import-hub-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/2026\/08\/19\/plug-power-exit-pushes-antwerp-closer-to-hydrogen-import-hub-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Door de terugtrekking van Plug Power komt Antwerpen dichter bij zijn rol als knooppunt voor de invoer van waterstof"},"content":{"rendered":"Another setback for hydrogen advocates in the Port of Antwerp-Bruges: The American company Plug Power is permanently scrapping its plans to build a hydrogen plant on the former Opel site in the Port of Antwerp.\r\n\r\nLast week it was reported that Fluxys is having difficulty finding customers for its h<div class=\"leaky_paywall_message_wrap\"><div id=\"leaky_paywall_message\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nag_logo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nmn-logo-long-transparent-small-4.png?w=300&#038;ssl=1\"  alt=\"Nieuws over nieuwe mobiliteit\" \/>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"text-center\">\r\n\tLees dit artikel nu gratis!\r\n<\/h2>\r\nRegistreer een gratis account en krijg toegang tot dit artikel en haal meer uit New Mobility.\r\n\n\t\t<div id=\"leaky-paywall-quick-register\" class=\"inline\">\n\t\t\t<form id=\"leaky-paywall-quick-register-form\" method=\"POST\" action=\"\" data-trp-original-action=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"form-field email-field\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"email\">E-mail<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"email\" type=\"email\" name=\"email\" placeholder=\"Voer uw e-mailadres in\" value=\"\" required>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"form-field password-field\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"password\">Wachtwoord<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"password\" type=\"password\" name=\"password\" placeholder=\"Maak een wachtwoord aan\" value=\"\" required>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"company_url\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"display:none !important; position:absolute; left:-9999px;\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"level_id\" value=\"20\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Registreer gratis\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"nl\"\/><\/form>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"leaky-paywall-quick-register-errors\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"text-center\"><strong>\u2014 OF \u2014<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"text-center\"><strong>Nu abonneren<\/strong> Krijg onbeperkte toegang tot de originele content van onze uitgeverspartners, ontvang meldingen over het laatste nieuws en krijg dagelijks een zakelijk overzicht, samengesteld door onze gespecialiseerde journalisten, met de belangrijkste artikelen over uw sector die u moet lezen.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"nag_buttons\">\r\n\t<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/abonnement\/\">Nu abonneren<\/a> \r\n\t<span class=\"nag_button_divider\"> of <\/span> \r\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/log-in\/\">AANMELDEN<\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another setback for hydrogen advocates in the Port of Antwerp-Bruges: The American company Plug Power is permanently scrapping its plans to build a hydrogen plant on the former Opel site in the Port of Antwerp. 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