TICKER (week 10): What’s also important…

Essen/Oldenburg: Schrand is planning an energy self-sufficient new building with the use of hydrogen + + + India: SFC Energy AG expands with hydrogen and methanol fuel cell production + + + Germany/Denmark: Jet H2 Energy is planning ten hydrogen filling stations + + + Düsseldorf: Uniper commissions Plug Power to design a 100 MW hydrogen plant + + + Puchheim: Fuel cell system from Proton Motor supplies Fincantieri ship + + + Denmark: Everfuel establishes a 24 million euro joint venture with Hy200 and carries out a capital increase + + + Spain: Gas TSOs want to expand the hydrogen network + + + Saudi Arabia: Marubeni wants to develop clean hydrogen project + + + DISCOUNT promotion: Your ADVERTISING on the PtX portal

A selection of PtX topics summarized at the end of the week

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The Schrand Welding Company & Pipeline Construction GmbH is planning a CO2-neutral and energy self-sufficient, company-owned new building in the Lower Saxony municipality of Essen (Oldenburg) near Cloppenburg. The concept will be “developed as a modular, reproducible and scalable overall solution” so that it can be transferred to other buildings, according to a statement. Schrand uses a photovoltaic system to supply the company location with renewable energy. The excess yield is used in a PEM electrolysis to produce hydrogen. The hydrogen is temporarily stored in compressed gas tanks and, if necessary, used in a fuel cell to generate electricity and heat. The system, called “Energy Plant,” is a complete system consisting of energy storage, electrolyzer, fuel cell and hydrogen tank that can be adapted to the respective consumer. The company received funding of around 2,7 million euros from Lower Saxony's Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Protection, Christian Meyer. As a cooperation partner, Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences will receive funding of 230.000 euros.

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The SFC Energy AG from Brunnthal near Munich, together with FC Teng Pvt Ltd. A cooperation agreement was concluded to set up a production facility for hydrogen and methanol fuel cells and for further market development in India. To meet the regulatory requirements of the “Make in India” legislation, SFC Energy establishes the subsidiary SFC Energy India Ltd. In the future, it will take over the production of the “EFOY” hydrogen and “EFOY” methanol fuel cells. FC Tec takes care of the design, development, installation and integration of customer-specific fuel cell solutions as well as the development of other peripheral system components along with customer service. The Udyog Vihar industrial area in the city of Gurugram in the state of Haryana, around 30 kilometers southwest of the capital Delhi, is the location of SFC Energy India.

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Jet H2 Energy is planning to build ten hydrogen filling stations in Germany and Denmark. The stations will supply green gas to cars as well as light and heavy commercial vehicles and buses at 350 and 700 bar. The start of construction work is “being prepared so that the stations can be put into operation by spring 2024 at the latest,” the company explained. The stations would mostly be newly built, and some would also be extensions of existing conventional jet fueling stations. The technology is supplied by the German manufacturer Maximator Hydrogen GmbH, which produces its hydrogen tank systems in Nordhausen, Thuringia. Jet H2 Energy is a joint venture of Phillips 2022 Ltd. founded in July 66. (UK/USA) and H2 Energy Europe AG (Switzerland). Overall, Jet H2 Energy plans to build 250 public hydrogen filling stations in Germany, Austria and Denmark within the next five years (we reported).

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The energy company Uniper SE has commissioned the US company Plug Power Inc. to design a plant for the production of green hydrogen. The future location is the Maasvlakte in the port of Rotterdam. The electrolyzer is scheduled to go into operation in 2026, and the capacity will be expanded to 2030 megawatts by “500 at the latest.” As part of the agreement, Plug will supply ten PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) electrolysis modules for Uniper's "H2 Maasvlakte" project, if the group ultimately decides to build them. In October 2022, Uniper as reported commissioned the Dutch-French engineering and technology company Technip Energies NV to prepare the front-end engineering study (FEED) for the hydrogen project, which is now complemented by Plug Power. The FEED study is subsidized by the Dutch Ministry of Economy and Climate. Plug for H2Maasvlakte's technology is manufactured in the European Union and the United States.

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The Proton Motor Fuel Cell GmbH supplies a fuel cell system to the Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri SpA This is intended for the electric drive train and other consumers on board the ship “Zeus” (Zero Emission Ultimate Ship) and is equipped with two Proton engine fuel cells “HyStack 400-120”, a battery system and metal hydride hydrogen storage. The 142 kilowatt system represents the main power supply for emission-free navigation. The ship is currently ready to sail in the port of Castellamare di Stabia near Naples. Its construction was funded as a research platform by the Italian government. According to Fincantieri, it serves as a “floating laboratory” to study the behavior of fuel cells “in a natural environment”. The aim is to improve the environmental compatibility of cruise ships, yachts, ferries and oceanographic research ships. As reported, the order for delivery was announced in January 2022.

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The Danish one Everfuel A/S and the hydrogen fund Hy24 have founded a joint venture to accelerate the development and financing of electrolyser capacity in the Nordic countries. Everfuel will hold 51 percent of the joint venture called “Everfuel Hy24 A/S2” and the Clean H24 Infra Fund managed by Hy2 will hold the remaining 49 percent. The plan is to invest a total of 200 million euros in equity in green hydrogen infrastructure in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. According to the information, this will enable the JV to finance, build, own and operate hydrogen projects with an output of up to one gigawatt. In the first phase, the acquisition of a 20 megawatt electrolyzer in Fredericia is planned, which is scheduled to begin commercial operation in the second quarter of 2023; Originally the commissioning of the “HySynergyAccording to an earlier Everfuel announcement, the project mentioned is already planned for 2022. In December 2022, HySynergy received IPCEI financing of €33,1 million for the second phase. This will be the first of three equally powerful 100-megawatt electrolysers to be built. One gigawatt of output is planned for the third phase by 2030. Everfuel's current project portfolio in Denmark includes more than 1,3 gigawatts of electrolyzer capacity.
As part of the founding of the JV, Hy24 committed to a capital increase from Everfuel. Everfuel carried out this yesterday, Thursday and today, Friday (March 9th/10th). According to the information, Hy24 is subscribing to shares worth ten million euros. This would make the Hy24 Clean H2 Infra Funds third largest individual shareholder. In total, Everfuel explained on Friday, gross proceeds of 25 million euros were achieved. At press time, the company was considering, “entitled shareholders“to offer another two million shares by March 13th. According to its own statements, Everfuel is hoping for fresh capital totaling 20 to 30 million euros.

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The European transmission system operators Enagás (Spain), GRTgaz, Teréga (both France) and REN (Portugal) signed an agreement to advance the transformation of the gas network for hydrogen transport. The imitative, called “Green2TSO,” will conduct pilot projects, technology trials and other activities to accelerate the transition of the natural gas network. According to the information, priority technology areas include the development of hydrogen measurement systems, compression and above-ground storage as well as the coating of pipelines and alternative cleaning processes.

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The Japanese trading company Marubeni Corporation wants to develop a hydrogen project in Saudi Arabia. An agreement was signed with the Saudi state-owned Public Investment Fund (PIF) for a feasibility study. The country wants to stop producing greenhouse gas emissions from 2060. According to the information, Marubeni is involved in four projects in Saudi Arabia. Marubeni did not provide details about the schedule or size of the project.

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