Berlin: Toyota receives twelve million euros for Mirai leasing + + + Lower Saxony: Supplying hydrogen is a federal responsibility + + + India: Reliance invests four billion dollars in blue hydrogen + + + USA: Department of Energy initiates expression of interest process for hydrogen + + + USA: Anheuser-Busch starts pilot project with Nikola-FCEV + + + Norway: Teco 2030 and Al Misehal Group form joint venture for fuel cell production + + + Events
A selection of PtX topics summarized at the end of the week
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In order to accelerate the market activation of fuel cell vehicles, leasing offers from KINTO Deutschland GmbH for Toyota Mirai vehicles are supported by the Federal Ministry of Transport as part of the National Innovation Program for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology (NIP II). The funding guidelines are provided by the federal government NOW GmbH coordinated and implemented by the project management company Jülich. The grant amount is “up to twelve million euros”. As reported, the Allane Mobility Group (formerly Sixt Leasing SE) will also receive up to 11,4 million euros from the NIP to promote the marketing of 800 Hyundai “Nexo” with environmentally friendly hydrogen and fuel cell technology to leasing customers.
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The Lower Saxony state government is launching a Federal Council initiative to “initially quickly stabilize energy prices and reduce them in the future”. The core is the “quick possible abolition of the EEG levy” by July 1, 2022 at the latest. In addition to other measures, a rapid expansion and financing of the gas network and the import infrastructure is required, “particularly for a national supply of hydrogen and its derivatives as a federal task”. The submission is expected on March 11th Federal Council . employ
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The Indian Reliance Industries Ltd. wants to convert a plant that currently converts petroleum coke into synthesis gas to produce blue hydrogen at a price of 1,2 to 1,5 dollars (1,06 to 1,32 euros) per kilogram. Blue hydrogen is produced from fossil fuels by capturing carbon dioxide. According to the news agency “Bloomberg” Reliance sees the change “as a temporary measure until green hydrogen production costs become competitive.” Company boss Mukesh Ambani, one of Asia's richest men, wants to produce green hydrogen at a price of one dollar per kilogram by the end of this decade. In January, he announced plans to invest $75 billion in renewable energy infrastructure, which would massively accelerate India's transformation to a hydrogen economy.
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) wants to obtain information from industry and other stakeholders on how the regional hydrogen hubs provided for in the infrastructure law should be designed. A second request for expression of interest addresses the planned electrolysis and clean hydrogen manufacturing and recycling programs. The Ministry is making a total of 9,5 billion dollars (8,4 billion euros) available for both projects. “We want to hear from the American public about how we can make the expansion of this clean, affordable energy source a reality in the United States,” said U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm. US President Joe Biden has set the goal of achieving a completely CO2035-free electricity grid by 2 and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
The last date for submissions to the hydrogen centers is March 8th; interests in hydrogen production can be expressed until March 29th. On Tuesday, February 22, the DOE is hosting a Webinar with background information.
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The US subsidiary of the Belgian brewing multinational Anheuser-Busch, the Nikola Corporation and BYD Motors have started a three-month pilot project in which two hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) of the type “Nikola Tre alpha” in California for the long-distance transport of beverages be used. Battery-electric tractors of the type “BYD 8TT” are then responsible for delivering the goods in local supplies to bars and retailers. Went in 2018 Anheuser-Busch partnered with Nikola to accelerate the transition of its long-distance truck fleet to FCEV vehicles. The brewery already uses 25 BYD trucks in four Californian distribution centers and wants to expand the inventory by another 20 BYD electric trucks this year, according to a statement.
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Norwegian fuel cell manufacturer Teco 2030 ASA and Saudi Arabian conglomerate Al-Misehal Group (AMG) are launching a joint venture aimed at making Al-Misehal a “leading provider of zero-emission hydrogen-based fuel cells in the region.” First, will Teco 2030 Fuel cells for AMG were produced at the Narvik site; modules with an output of 400 kilowatts will later be manufactured in Saudi Arabia. The production location is: Oxagon Industrial City in the city called Neom. In addition, a complete sales and marketing department will be set up for the region. The fuel cells are intended to serve as drives in the maritime sector and in heavy-duty transport. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia wants to operate in a climate-neutral manner by 2060 and no longer produce any additional greenhouse gases by then, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said shortly before the world climate summit in Glasgow in 2021.
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