(Berlin) - The Federal Ministry of Economics (BMWi) and the Federal Ministry of Transport (BMVI) have selected 62 large-scale hydrogen projects that are to receive state funding as part of the common European hydrogen project (IPCEI, Important Projects of Common European Interest). These “represent the entire value chain – from hydrogen production to transport to industrial applications.” Originally, 200 individual projects applied.
In the next step, the “short list” will be compared at the European level with similar projects from other EU countries (“matchmaking”). “The national projects should be networked in such a way that all countries benefit from each other and a European hydrogen economy can be built together,” say the ministries.
50 projects were selected in the BMWi area. These include applications for generation plants that cumulatively comprise more than two gigawatts of electrolysis output for the production of green hydrogen. This corresponds to 40 percent of the goal set in the National Hydrogen Strategy of five gigawatts by 2030. In addition, there are hydrogen pipelines with a length of around 1.700 kilometers.
With ArcelorMittal, Stahl Holding Saar, Salzgitter Stahl and Thyssenkrupp Steel, all steel producers operating in Germany have submitted investment projects. From the chemical industry, this includes BASF, among others. The company wants to use green hydrogen to produce basic chemicals at its Ludwigshafen site (we reported).
8 billion euros are available
The Federal Ministry of Transport is funding twelve projects in the mobility sector. These concern the development and production of fuel cell systems and vehicles. In addition, the development of a nationwide and cross-border networked hydrogen refueling infrastructure should be promoted, from fuel cell vehicles for port logistics or H2 push boats in the port of Hamburg to vehicles for intralogistics at Airbus.
According to Federal Economics Minister Peter Altmaier (CDU), federal and state funds of more than eight billion euros are available for this purpose. According to this, around 4,4 billion euros come from the BMWi, up to 1,4 billion euros from the BMVI, and the remaining funding comes from the federal states. In total, investments amounting to 33 billion euros are to be triggered, of which over 20 billion will come from private investors.
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https://www.bmwi.de/Redaktion/DE/Pressemitteilungen/2021/05/20210528-bmwi-und-bmvi-bringen-wasserstoff-grossprojekte-auf-den-weg.html
https://www.bmwi.de/Redaktion/DE/Downloads/I/ipcei-standorte.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=6
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BASF wants to use hydrogen at its Ludwigshafen site. / © BASF
