Norway: Teco 2030 receives 50 MW order for fuel cell systems + + + India: McPhy signs agreement with L&T to manufacture electrolysers + + + Sweden: OX2 builds offshore wind farm with electrolysis + + + Egypt: DNV and Petrojet want to develop green hydrogen projects + + + Belgium: Air Liquide builds NH3 cracker in Antwerp + + + Berlin: Stakeholder dialogue on the carbon management strategy + + +DISCOUNT promotion: Your ADVERTISING on the PtX portal
A selection of PtX topics summarized at the end of the week
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Teco 2030 receives orders for fuel cell projects from an unnamed customer. © Teco 2030
The Norwegian company Teco 2030 ASA has signed a letter of intent “to collaborate on several fuel cell projects” with an unnamed customer. According to the information, the output includes a total of 50 megawatts. The projects involve maritime and stationary systems. Both segments are in the megawatt range, says managing director Tore Enger. The order provides for a three-year collaboration.
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McPhy factory in Grenoble. © McPhy Energy SA
The Indian group Larsen & Toubro (L&T), which is active in the areas of project development and engineering services, is planning to build a gigawatt production plant for electrolyzers in India. The basis is the technology of the company based in France McPhy Energy SA. Both companies have now reached an agreement under which L&T receives an exclusive license to manufacture alkaline pressure electrolysers from McPhy. The products are intended for the domestic market and for export to “selected regions,” it said in a statement. These included Gulf Cooperation Council countries (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain) and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation countries (India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives). India is well suited for green hydrogen production because the cost of generating renewable electricity from abundant solar and wind energy sources is low.
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The Swedish project developer OX2 AB has started work on the Neptunus offshore energy park in the southern Baltic Sea. The total installed capacity will one day be 1,9 gigawatts. Both electricity and hydrogen are produced in the energy park. The location is in the Swedish economic zone, about 50 kilometers off the coast of Blekinge. Annual electricity production is estimated at eight terawatt hours, about five percent of Sweden's current annual electricity consumption, the company explains. This would enable hydrogen production of up to 225.000 tonnes per year. The next step is to prepare an environmental impact assessment (EIA). The energy center could be operational in the early 2030s.
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The Norwegian engineering service provider DNV AS and Petrojet, an Egyptian state-owned petrochemical EPC company, want to work together to develop green hydrogen projects. The agreement also covers renewable energy power generation and energy storage projects, technical studies for natural gas and hydrogen/natural gas blend infrastructure, and other technical services for CO2 or low-carbon hydrogen projects. The North African country has some of the largest renewable energy programs in the region and has brought forward its goal of obtaining 42 percent of energy from renewable sources by five years to 2030.
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Visualization of Air Liquide's planned pilot plant for ammonia production in Antwerp. © Air Liquide
The French manufacturer of industrial gases Air Liquide Group has announced the construction of an industrial-scale ammonia (NH3) cracking pilot plant in the port of Antwerp, Belgium. The facility, which according to the information “combines a novel, efficient process with Air Liquide’s proprietary technologies,” is scheduled to be operational in 2024. The Flemish government has pledged financial support for the project. Ammonia – a molecule made up of hydrogen and nitrogen – can be made from hydrogen and transported over long distances. This allows regions with abundant renewable energy to export ammonia to end users around the world.
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Im Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) the “stakeholder dialogue” on the carbon management strategy has begun. According to the information, representatives from over fifty institutions had confirmed their participation in the launch event; including industry associations, but also environmental associations and others. The participation of large associations such as NABU, Greenpeace, BUND, Germanwatch and Fridays for Future would “represent the interests of the environmental side,” says the Ministry of Economics. The next meeting is planned for April. The dialogue follows on from the first stakeholder participation on the topic of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) in October 2022. As reported, last week 17 German industrial companies called on the federal government to quickly develop and implement a “Carbon Management Strategy” (CMS). In a joint paper, they describe, among other things, “a close connection between the CMS and the national hydrogen and biomass strategy, an integrated network and system development, the rapid establishment of a pipeline network and a proof of origin for CO2”. The Bundestag removed the discussion on the “Evaluation Report of the Federal Government on the Carbon Dioxide Storage Act” (2023/20) planned for mid-March 5145 from the agenda.
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