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AFC Energy Plc

18 February 2026

AFC Energy Plc

("AFC Energy" or the "Company")

AFC Energy permitted to export and sell its own low carbon hydrogen, produced from its pilot ammonia cracking plant, following revision of permit from the UK Environment Agency

AFC Energy (AIM: AFC), a leading provider of ammonia based low carbon hydrogen production and hydrogen-to-power solutions at a commercially viable price point, is pleased to announce the agreement by the UK Environment Agency to revise AFC Energy's Research and Development permit for the export and sale of low carbon hydrogen produced from the Company's pilot ammonia cracking plant to hydrogen off-takers.  This accelerates revenue generation by AFC Energy from low carbon hydrogen production by a number of months.

This revision, agreed by the Environment Agency, evidences the significant progress AFC Energy has made in producing ISO 14687 grade D (99.97% pure hydrogen) in volume and the robustness of our internal safety protocols and procedures.  It also provides further flexibility in the timing of the relocation of the Dunsfold pilot cracking plant as the training of operatives in a live environment can now be conducted at Dunsfold.

AFC Energy continues to work with its Joint Venture ("JV") partner, Industrial Chemicals Group Ltd (ICL), to establish hydrogen production, through multiple Hy-5 ammonia cracker units from AFC Energy (each capable of producing up to 500kg of hydrogen per day), at ICL's facility in Port Clarence, Middlesborough. The JV is engaged with the UK Environment Agency at both local and central levels to create a framework for future deployments, across the UK, of AFC Energy's future Hy-5 units through accelerated permitting.

The pilot ammonia cracker site at Dunsfold is capable of producing up to 300kg of hydrogen per day in its current configuration.

John Wilson, CEO of AFC Energy Plc, commented:

"We are delighted to have agreement from the Environment Agency to enable the export and sale of our own low carbon hydrogen produced from our ammonia cracker at our Dunsfold facility.  This accelerates revenue generation for AFC Energy, from hydrogen production, by a number of months."

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ABOUT AFC ENERGY

AFC Energy Plc is a leading provider of ammonia-based low carbon hydrogen production and hydrogen-to-power solutions. Our market-leading decentralised ammonia cracker and fuel cell generator products are engineered to unlock the low carbon hydrogen market by meeting customers' needs with scalable, reliable supplies of low carbon hydrogen and power. AFC Energy is enabling customers to decarbonise at a price that is commercially viable.

We are focused on the successful commercial rollout of our core product suite and on creating significant shareholder value by converting our growing opportunity pipeline into contracted orders and delivering sustained revenue growth.

Our core strategy is to develop and deploy products that enable the production of scalable, reliable supplies of clean hydrogen at commercially viable prices and without reliance on government subsidies or incentives. AFC Energy achieves this through our proprietary, decentralised and modular ammonia cracker technology, and providing low carbon, off‑grid power solutions with our fuel cell generators that are competitive with, and capable of displacing, diesel generators on a total cost of ownership basis.

The Company's modular, decentralised ammonia cracker systems have production capacities of approximately 0.5 and 4 tonnes of hydrogen per day respectively. These enable the generation of scaled volumes of low carbon hydrogen at the point of use within a highly compact footprint. Our systems have the potential to drive substantial revenue growth across a wide range of addressable markets, including hard‑to‑abate industrial facilities, transportation and power generation applications.

AFC Energy's fuel cell generator systems are currently offered with generation capacities of 30 kW and 200 kW. They are well-suited to off‑grid, decentralised and temporary power applications, including the displacement of diesel generators on construction and infrastructure sites. Further use cases include electric vehicle charging for cars, buses and trucks, as well as charging of battery‑powered non‑road machinery, with additional emerging opportunities in maritime, data centre and rail applications.

AFC Energy is listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM Market and headquartered in Dunsfold, Surrey, UK.

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