Austria: Verbund and ACWA cooperate on hydrogen projects + + + Wiesbaden: Abo Wind installs wind farm with electrolyzer + + + India: First domestically built hydrogen dispenser installed + + + France/South Korea: H3 Dynamics and Hylium Industries want to develop hydrogen drones + + + Study: more than 1.000 hydrogen filling stations in operation worldwide + + + DISCOUNT promotion: Your ADVERTISING on the PtX portal
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Representatives from Verbund and ACWA Power agree on closer cooperation during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2023. © ACWA Power
The Austrian electricity supplier Verbund AG and the Saudi Arabian energy company ACWA Power want to jointly develop projects for green hydrogen in the Middle East. A corresponding memorandum of understanding was signed during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2023. Details on investments and timelines were not given. ACWA Power is currently working with Air Products and Neom on the first large-scale green hydrogen projects in Saudi Arabia as part of the Neom Green Hydrogen Company (NGHC) joint venture. After completion in 2026, up to 600 tons of green hydrogen will be produced daily, which, according to plans, will also be exported as green ammonia.
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The Wiesbaden solar and wind farm installer Subscription Wind AG wants to combine wind power with the production and use of green hydrogen. According to its own information, the company is planning to build and operate a wind turbine and an electrolyser with a hydrogen filling station in the Hessisches Kegelspiel business park in Hünfeld, initially for around 50 trucks and buses per day. The wind turbine has an installed capacity of 4,8 megawatts, the electrolyser will initially be designed for five megawatts of output. After five years, an expansion to 7,5 megawatts is planned. When there is no wind, the electrolyzer can draw electricity from the grid. There is a laundry near the gas station that can reduce its gas consumption by using the waste heat from the electrolyzer. The oxygen produced from electrolysis can be used for bleaching and disinfection. The Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport is funding the project with around twelve million euros.
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Fluitron LLC, manufacturer of industrial gas compression systems, has installed the first domestically built hydrogen fuel dispenser in India. The location is the city of millions Faridabad in the state of Haryana. This is a “milestone in accelerating the development of hydrogen technology in India,” explained the subsidiary of the US-based Fluitron Inc. The fuel pump can fill tanks with a pressure of 350 bar and has two fuel nozzles for light and heavy commercial vehicles as well as a third Fuel nozzle for the future delivery of hydrogen at 700 bar.
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The technology company H3 Dynamics and the Korean Hylium Industries Inc. want to jointly advance the development of hydrogen-electric aircraft engines. The switch to liquid hydrogen is a “significant leap in performance for small, unmanned, electric-powered systems,” the companies said. Cryogenic (liquid) hydrogen stores three times more energy than compressed gas for the same volume. For example, drones could significantly extend their radius for deliveries, mapping or reconnaissance flights. A 3-kilogram drone presented by H25 Dynamics in France last July flies over 900 kilometers on a single tank of fuel. With pressurized hydrogen, the range is reduced to 400 kilometers, which is still three times more than a battery-powered counterpart. H3 Dynamics recently presented its first mobile station for the production of hydrogen and automatic refueling of hydrogen drones under the name “H2FIELD”.
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The APAC countries have installed the most hydrogen filling stations worldwide, followed by the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) economic area. © Information Trends
At the end of 2022, more than 1.000 hydrogen filling stations were in operation worldwide for the first time. The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is a leader: well over half of all filling stations are installed there, with China alone accounting for around a third. This is the result of the study “Global Market for Hydrogen Fueling Stations 2023” by the US consulting company Information Trends. The second highest number of hydrogen filling stations after China is in Japan, followed by Korea. According to the study, Germany is currently the only country in Europe with more than 100 hydrogen filling stations. Other European countries setting up hydrogen refueling stations on a significant scale include France, Great Britain, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Spain. Hydrogen filling stations have already been built on a limited scale in the Middle East and Africa. Most of the available hydrogen filling stations are designed for cars. The study costs $1.500 and is available at Information trends to acquire.
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