GP Joule GmbH is currently initiating a hydrogen project called “eFarm” in Schleswig-Holstein. In the project, which was funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure with eight million euros, electrolysers at five locations convert the electricity from older wind turbines into hydrogen. This process also produces waste heat that is used in existing or newly built local heating networks to heat buildings. Trucks transport the hydrogen in mobile storage containers to two filling stations, where they supply fuel cell buses, trucks and cars. The fuel cells convert the hydrogen back into electricity, which is used to power the vehicles.
At the beginning of May, the groundbreaking ceremony took place for the first hydrogen filling station in Niebüll (North Friesland), and another is planned in Husum. The first electrolyser is being built in Bosbüll, North Frisia.
As part of the project, two fuel cell buses will be purchased and used in regional public transport. “Since 19 other investors are involved in the eFarm project, they are also willing to invest in more than 100 hydrogen vehicles and use the green, regional hydrogen supply,” says a statement from GP Joule. “eFarm” is financed by GLS Bank (consortium leader), Nord-Ostsee Sparkasse and VR Bank Westend eG with a long-term commitment of 4,4 million euros.
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https://www.gp-joule.de/newsroom/presse/artikel/efarm-wasserstoff-echt-nordisch
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