Two Large-Scale Infrastructure and Clean Technology Projects Featuring Haffner Energy’s Technologies Included in €15 Billion MoU Signed in India

April 21, 2026

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(Haffner Energy) Haffner Energy welcomes the signing of a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 16 April 2026 between the Government of Maharashtra, India, JW Global Group, and The Seed Consortium Partners. This MoU represents approximately €15 billion (Rs 1,65,000 crore) in planned investment across four large-scale infrastructure and clean technology projects, two of which require Haffner Energy’s technologies.

The Seed Consortium Partners aggregate technology and investment players, with Haffner Energy as its green-hydrogen technology partner. JW Global is an India-based global conglomerate with a diversified presence across key sectors, driving sustainable growth through innovation, operational excellence, and long-term partnerships.

All four projects will be developed in multiple phases. The first phase involves over 680 acres spread on both sides of the Bhima River by the Ujani Dam Reservoir.

The MoU includes two flagship projects that underline the strategic relevance of Haffner Energy’s proprietary solutions in major industrial decarbonization programs:

A 1.4 GW AI-focused campus and data centre, representing about €10.4 billion in investment, is intended to become a backbone of India’s growing artificial intelligence economy and create numerous job opportunities. Haffner Energy's solutions are expected to contribute to the resilience of the data centre's energy supply through the production of renewable hydrogen and energy from local residual biomass resources;
A green-hydrogen production plant, representing approximately €280 million, will produce 6,900 metric tons of green hydrogen annually using Haffner Energy's proprietary SYNOCA® biomass gasification technology, supporting Maharashtra's clean fuel transition.

“India’s industrial growth requires energy solutions that are scalable, sovereign, and sustainable,” said JW Global founder and chairman Jaydeep Wankhede. “Haffner Energy’s biomass-based technologies bring a unique strategic advantage by converting local residues into clean hydrogen and renewable energy. This capability is especially relevant for India, where agricultural resources can be transformed into long-term industrial competitiveness while accelerating decarbonization.”

"India represents a compelling deployment environment for our technology — abundant agricultural biomass, rapidly scaling energy demand, and a government actively backing industrial decarbonization," said Haffner Energy CEO Philippe Haffner. "Being selected for these two projects, including one of India's most ambitious AI infrastructure developments, reflects the maturity and versatility of our platform."

The agreement reinforces the company’s strategy to deploy resilient, low-carbon energy solutions in high-growth markets worldwide.

Maharashtra is entering a new era of industrialization supported by reforms designed to accelerate project execution and attract global investment in sustainable, advanced industry, and high-technology sectors, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis stated to the local media during the signing ceremony.

“The MoU aims to facilitate time-bound investments”, he added. JW Global confirmed that all the required studies shall start soon.

About Haffner Energy

Haffner Energy is a company specializing in resilient, sustainable biofuel solutions. With 33 years of experience, it has developed expertise in decarbonizing mobility and industry through the production of competitive renewable biofuels. Its innovative and patented biomass thermolysis technology contributes to energy sovereignty through the production of renewable gas, hydrogen, and methanol, as well as Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). The company also contributes to the regeneration of the planet through the co-production of biogenic CO2 and biochar.

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Haffner Energy has achieved a key qualification milestone for its new generation H6 (Haffner Energy/Globe Newswire)

Excerpt from Haffner Energy/Globe Newswire: Confirmation of stable syngas production reinforces the H6’s commercial roll-out trajectory

Haffner Energy today announced that it has achieved the key qualification milestone for the methodology and production data relating to syngas generated by its H6 technology. This milestone was reached under the supervision of a leading international certification body, which has validated both the methodology and the production data demonstrating the stable production of syngas1, the synthesis gas produced through Haffner Energy's biomass thermolysis process.

This independent qualification confirms that the technological enhancements developed by Haffner Energy are delivering the expected performance and that the new generation system operates reliably from commissioning at sustained production rates, in line with its design objectives.

This qualification also validates the mechanical behaviour of the H6, in line with the modelling carried out during its design. It represents a decisive step towards the commercial deployment of this new generation, which is set to be installed in C-iC modules, notably as part of the CORE100 reservation programme.

The performance of a thermochemical process such as thermolysis can only be assessed by analysing production data, which enables the thermal stability of the process, the behaviour of the plant and the quality of the syngas produced to be characterised.

The next qualification milestone, scheduled for autumn 2026, will focus on the production of mobility-grade hydrogen, the most demanding application in terms of gas purity. Successful completion of this stage will extend the validated performance of the H6 technology to renewable methane and methanol production, both of which require less stringent gas purification. The conversion of purified syngas into renewable methane or methanol relies on proven industrial catalytic processes that have been deployed commercially for more than fifty years and are available off the shelf from multiple technology providers.

Marc Haffner, Deputy Chief Executive in charge of Technology and co-founder of Haffner Energy, said:

"Previous generations, validated through several thousand hours of operation, demonstrated the consistency and predictability of our thermolysis process. With H6, our objective was to confirm that the design improvements we introduced—focused on simplicity, compactness and robustness—would deliver the expected performance at industrial scale.

The H6's mechanical design is the culmination of several years of operational feedback. While it builds on the proven principles of previous generations, it has been comprehensively redesigned to eliminate the main mechanical and process failure modes identified over time. The result is a significantly simpler, more robust system engineered to operate for more than 8,000 hours per year.

The results have fully met our expectations. Stable syngas production was achieved from the very first biomass feed, with a sustained production rate and mechanical behaviour fully consistent with our design models. We also observed a highly stable thermal profile and a significant improvement in the intrinsic quality of the syngas before any purification stage. The H4 generation had already demonstrated our ability to produce mobility-grade hydrogen. These first qualification results validate the technological choices behind H6 and strengthen our confidence in the successful completion of the next qualification stage."

About Haffner Energy

Haffner Energy designs and supplies innovative solutions for the production of competitive renewable fuels from biomass. With over 33 years’ experience in the utilisation of all types of biomass, the company has developed proprietary thermolysis and gasification technologies enabling the production of renewable gas, hydrogen, renewable methanol and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).

As well as supplying technology, Haffner Energy supports its clients in developing industrial projects designed to accelerate the decarbonisation of the energy, industrial and transport sectors. Its solutions also contribute to the production of biogenic CO₂ and biochar, thereby supporting the energy transition and the sustainable utilisation of biomass.

Haffner Energy is listed on Euronext Growth (ISIN code: FR0014007ND6 – Ticker symbol: ALHAF). READ MORE