Energy disaster in Erlangen: 25% of employees lose their job!

Energy disaster in Erlangen: 25% of employees lose their job!

In an alarming turn for the hydrogen economy in Germany, the Erlangen company Hydrogenious Lohc Technologies announced a massive wave of discharge, in which 25 percent of the workforce, around 50 employees, will lose their jobs. This happens only a few months after the Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck presented the company a generous funding notice of over 72.5 million euros to support the construction of a green hydrogen plant in Bavaria. The Merkur .

challenges despite funding

In a statement, Hydrogenious emphasized that a “series of challenges” - including geopolitical crises and increasing prices for renewable energies - significantly hinder progress in the hydrogen industry. These circumstances meant that the company had to adapt its team structures and processes to concentrate on central projects, such as the ambitious project "Green Hydrogen @ Blue Danube", which is to deliver up to 1,800 tons of hydrogen every year from 2028. Despite the current layoffs, there are no plans for further terminations in the coming year, such as