ADVERTISING with PtX: DISCOUNT promotion + + + Zerbst: Getec is planning an electrolyzer for green hydrogen in Saxony-Anhalt + + + USA: Universal Hydrogen and H3 Dynamics want to use hydrogen for unmanned aircraft + + + Canada: First Hydrogen enters test operations with converted fuel cell delivery vehicles + + + Duisburg: Official starting signal for a climate-neutral port terminal + + + India: Himachal Pradesh gets first electrolyzer for green hydrogen + + + Munich: TÜV Süd and Engie cooperate + + + USA: SK Group invests $100 million in 8 Rivers + + + Spain: Carburos Metálicos is building the first public hydrogen filling station in Tarragona + + + Egypt: Petrofac commissioned to carry out feasibility study on the production of green hydrogen and ammonia + + + Bonn: H-BRS simulates hydrogen networks + + +
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A selection of PtX topics summarized at the end of the week
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Getec Green Energy GmbH from Magdeburg is planning to build a production plant for green hydrogen along with wind turbines on the former military airfield in the Zerbst energy park. Saxony-Anhalt's Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff has now given the company and its cooperation partners the Approval notice hand over. In its first expansion stage, the concept consists of an electrolyser with a throughput of 2.000 cubic meters per hour. The yield from the wind turbines in excess of the electrolysis requirements is fed into the general grid. The hydrogen is to be used in the chemical industry and in the mobility sector.
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The US companies Universal Hydrogen Co. and H3 Dynamics want to work together to advance the use of hydrogen in aviation. The Collaboration will initially focus on the entire spectrum of unmanned aircraft, from small drones to unmanned cargo transporters. H3 Dynamics develops the fuel cell propulsion solutions, while Universal Hydrogen provides the logistics for green hydrogen. The partnership will later also extend to manned aircraft.
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The Canadian-British First Hydrogen Corp. announces the first tests for June with two delivery vans converted for fuel cell drives. The two vehicles are being built in collaboration with Ballard Power Systems Inc. and AVL Powertrain UK Ltd. They were purchased from MAN, a Volkswagen Group company, and are located at AVL's British headquarters. The regular one Road use is planned for September. Converted vans of this type could replace vehicles in gasoline and diesel-powered fleets in the future, the company said. In January, First Hydrogen announced the development, production and market launch of hydrogen filling stations, which will be designed together with Aachen-based FEV Consulting GmbH.
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The announced construction of the climate-neutral terminal began with a groundbreaking ceremony in the port of Duisburg. The port operator will build Duisport on the former site by mid-2023 Cover area for bulk cargo (“coal island”) as part of the “Enerport II” project together with Cosco Shipping Logistics, Hupac SA and the HTS Group, which runs on hydrogen Container terminal DGT (“trimodal Duisburg Gateway Terminal”). An intelligent local energy network couples and controls renewable energies such as photovoltaic and hydrogen-based combined heat and power systems with electrical thermal energy storage as well as hydrogen storage and consumers such as shore power, charging stations and crane systems. The Federal Ministry of Economics is funding the project with 13 million euros.
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India's National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) will set up a green hydrogen production plant in Chamba district. It would be the first in the state of Himachal Pradesh, says an article in the “Hindustan Times“. The system is operated with the help of a 250 kilowatt photovoltaic system. In addition, a first bus with fuel cell drive is available for a pilot phase. The 33-seater vehicle will be used by the Himachal Pradesh Road Transport Corporation in the important tourist spots of the district. The range is 200 kilometers.
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The French energy service provider Engie and TÜV Süd eV have announced a cooperation in the areas of hydrogen and Power-to-X. The Collaboration extends across all stages of the value chain, from support with approval procedures to engineering services and construction to the operation of plants. Engie wants to build large-scale renewable hydrogen production capacity of four gigawatts by 2030 and “prepare existing infrastructure for the transition from natural gas to hydrogen”.
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Korea's SK Group is investing $100 million in US company 8 Rivers Capital, LLC. This is the basis of a new joint venture that will, according to the information, “focus on the decarbonization of the Korean and Asian key markets” “in order to realize clean hydrogen and zero-emission electricity projects in the major energy centers of the Asia-Pacific region”. 8 Rivers develops decarbonization technologies primarily in the USA and Great Britain, including hydrogen, electricity, direct air capture and carbon removal from biomass. The SK Group is a conglomerate whose largest business areas are mainly located in the energy industry.
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Carburos Metálicos SA, a Spanish supplier of industrial and medical gases, wants to build the first publicly accessible hydrogen filling station in the Catalan port city of Tarragona on a site measuring more than 10.000 square meters. The gas will also be produced in the city on the Mediterranean. start of building is still this year and will be put into operation in 2023. Potential users include the Carburos Metálicos fleet, which will gradually be converted to hydrogen. The company is part of the US industrial gas producer Air Products & Chemicals.
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British gas and oil company Petrofac has been awarded a contract by Mediterranean Energy Partners (MEP) to study the feasibility of a new plant to produce green hydrogen and ammonia in Egypt. The aim is to produce 125.000 tonnes of green ammonia per year for export, using a mix of solar and wind energy. Petrofacs The task includes the dimensioning of the electrolysers and the possibilities for developing the export facilities in the port of Ain Sokhna on the Gulf of Suez.
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The Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences (H-BRS) is investigating the behavior of important systems in future hydrogen networks and their coupling with electricity networks. The Project “MechaMod”, which is part of the “System Analysis” research network of the “TransHyDE” lead project, is intended to create a basis for further investigations of a network infrastructure that essentially consists of repurposed natural gas pipelines. According to the information, there is a pipeline network in Germany that is 511.000 kilometers long to bring the energy source to customers. As gas flows through the pipes, friction causes it to slow down and a pressure drop occurs. This is therefore compensated for in compressor stations every 100 to 200 kilometers. In the System Analysis Research Network, a team of more than 20 partners simulates how the network infrastructure will develop across Germany and locally over the years. This is intended to clarify the question of whether and how the natural gas network can also be used to transport hydrogen. The Federal Research Ministry is supporting the project with a total of 624.000 euros over four years.
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