Brussels: Council of the European Union and the European Parliament raise renewable energy targets + + + Great Britain: Kimberly-Clark wants to produce household and hygiene wipes with hydrogen + + + Portugal: Fusion Fuel supplies hydrogen to Hydrogen Ventures annually + + + Study: H2 infrastructure for commercial vehicles in long-distance transport + + + Events + + + DISCOUNT promotion: Your ADVERTISING on the PtX portal
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The Council of the European Union and the European Parliament have agreed to increase the share of renewable energy in the EU's total energy consumption to 2030 percent by 42,5. Until now, the target of 32 percent by 2030 was anchored in the Renewable Energy Directive. In addition, an “indicative additional increase” of 2,5 percent to a share of 45 percent is planned. In order to achieve these goals, the negotiators from the Council and Parliament have agreed on specific requirements for the transport, industry, buildings and district heating and cooling sectors. For example, the preliminary agreement sets a binding sub-target that the share of renewable energy sources provided for the transport sector should be 5,5 percent biofuels (from non-food raw materials) and renewable fuels of non-biogenic origin (mostly renewable hydrogen and hydrogen-based synthetic fuels). ). Industry should increase the use of renewable energy by 1,6 percent annually. This provisional political agreement now needs to be confirmed by both legislative bodies.
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Andrex factory in the UK. © Octopus
The green hydrogen joint venture “Hyro” from RES UK & Ireland Ltd. and Octopus Energy Generation is working with Kimberly-Clark to replace natural gas with green hydrogen in the toiletries and household paper products manufacturer (“Kleenex”)’s UK factories. Hyro is working with industrial companies to develop green hydrogen systems that are powered by electricity from solar and wind energy. As part of the latest agreement, Hyro will initially develop electrolysers at two Kimberly-Clark production sites in Wales and Kent. The green hydrogen is stored and used in hydrogen-compatible boilers in the factories for the production of tissues and toilet paper. The two electrolysers have a total output of 22,5 megawatts.
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Fusion Fuel has signed another green hydrogen supply contract in Portugal. © Fusion Fuel Green Plc
Fusion Fuel Green Plc has worked with Hydrogen Ventures Ltd. signed a ten-year purchase agreement for 30 tons of green hydrogen per year. The first deliveries are expected to take place in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to the company. The hydrogen will be produced at the company's projects in Evora, Portugal, where Fusion Fuel is expanding its production capacity to around 50 tons per year by the end of the year. Last November, Canada's Ballard Power Systems Inc. and Irish-based technology company Fusion Fuel commissioned the first "H2Évora" hydrogen project in Sabugo, southern Portugal. The plant consists of 15 off-grid electrolyzers called “Hevo Solar” that produce 15 tons of green hydrogen per year. This is the second contract that Fusion Fuel has signed in Portugal. In February, the company also received an order from the Portuguese gas supplier Dourogás to supply green hydrogen, which the group plans to feed into the Portuguese natural gas network as an admixture.
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The study “H2 infrastructure for commercial vehicles in long-distance transport” is available free of charge as a PDF (107 pages).
A study by the H2BW platform analyzes how a hydrogen infrastructure can be set up for heavy commercial vehicles in long-distance transport. It provides an overview of the current state of development of the fuel technologies required for this, the main components required for filling stations and also sheds light on what fuel costs can be expected in the medium term. One of the results of the analysis coordinated by the state agency E-mobil BW, for example, is that the current tank pressure level of 350 bar for buses and trucks offers too little range. “The relatively low compression of the gas leads to voluminous tanks, which either limit the usable volume and the payload” or limit the range if they are smaller. The team of authors from Ludwig-Bölkow-Systemtechnik GmbH and the German Aerospace Center e. In the study, V. compares three H2 fuel options and their respective development status: pressurized refueling with gaseous hydrogen (700 bar), refueling with cryogenic liquid hydrogen (sLH2) and refueling with cryogenic pressurized hydrogen (CcH2). All three variants have specific advantages and disadvantages, for example in terms of technology maturity or number of market players. With all three options, the amount of energy in the available installation space can be increased, so that the 1.000 kilometer range that is attractive for the mass market can be achieved.
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