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A selection of PtX topics summarized at the end of the week
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The Essen-based logistics service provider DB Schenker, part of Deutsche Bahn AG, is planning to operate an emission-free coastal container ship for the furniture manufacturer Ekornes AS in Norway. The contract for a preliminary study 
has now been signed. On board are the ship designer Naval Dynamics AS, the technology and defense group Kongsberg ASA and Massterly AS, a Norwegian joint venture of the Wilhelmsen Group and Kongsberg Maritime. The watercraft is intended to replace traditional feeder vessels, transporters used for the delivery and distribution of containers near coasts and ports, and operate between the port of Ekornes, Ikornnes, and the port of Ålesund, which serves the main sea freight ports in Europe. The ship will cover the 43 kilometer (23 nautical mile) route in three hours at a speed of 7,7 knots and can carry 50 tons of cargo with a length of 300 meters. It will operate without a crew but will be monitored and controlled by employees of Massterly's Remote Operation Center (ROC). At the time of going to press, it remained unclear whether it would be purely electrically powered or designed as a fuel cell vehicle. (Graphic: Rendering of the future feeder ship. © DB Schenker)
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BeH2ydro has introduced an engine based on hydrogen propulsion. While the dual-fuel engine presented in September 2020 runs on 85 percent hydrogen and 15 percent conventional fuel, the new ones should Monofuel engines be operated entirely with gas. They are available as 6 and 8-cylinder in-line engines as well as 12 and 16-cylinder V engines, the power range is one to 2,6 megawatts. The company sees a market in heavy industry for ships and locomotives, but also for use as generators, for example on oil rigs. The engines have “no problem with light contamination” and could, for example, be used with waste hydrogen instead of burning it off. BeH2ydro, is a joint venture between the Belgian companies Company Maritme Belge (CMB) and Anglo Belgian Corporation.
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Hy2B Hydrogen GmbH has commissioned the construction of a 5-megawatt electrolyzer in Pfeffenhausen, Bavaria. The hydrogen technology user center (WTAZ) will also be built there in the next few years, which will be funded by the federal government and the Free State of Bavaria with a three-digit million sum. The Electrolyzer is expected to produce around 2023 tons of green hydrogen annually from 440. The electricity comes from a solar park that has yet to be installed and has an output of ten megawatts, which is connected directly to the electrolyzer. In addition to the neighboring WTAZ (from 2024), the plan is to also supply two bus and truck filling stations in the Ebersberg and Munich districts. Starting next year, ten hydrogen fuel cell buses will be used there for regional transport by the Munich transport association MVV. The gas station in Hofolding is co-financed by the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs from the hydrogen filling station funding program.
Hy2B was founded in October 2020 for the production and distribution of hydrogen in the model region “HyBayern”, consisting of the districts of Landshut, Ebersberg and Munich. In September 2021, the Landshut district acquired a stake in the company. BayWa AG has also been a co-partner since November. Other shareholders are Tyczka Hydrogen GmbH and the energy cooperatives Bürger-Energie-Unterhaching eG, Bürgerenergie Isar eG and Bürgerenergie Niederbayern eG. The initiative is funded as a “HyPerformer” project by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) with 20 million euros.
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The household appliance manufacturer Miele&Cie KG will in future use a fuel cell-powered van from Opel for customer service. The vehicle of the type “Vivaro-e Hydrogen” has 6,1 cubic meters
Loading volume and a payload of 960 kilograms. After the test phase, the van will be adapted to the individual requirements of Miele customer service in order to then take over service trips in the Rhine-Main area, according to a statement. This includes, among other things, the installation of a shelving system for spare parts and tools. With a full tank, the Opel has a range of more than 400 kilometers; in terms of time, refueling is “roughly equivalent to that of a conventional vehicle with a combustion engine”. The maximum speed is 110 kilometers per hour. (Photo: Hans Krug, Senior Vice President Procurement at Miele, left, and Opel Managing Director Uwe Hochgeschurtz with the Opel Vivaro-e Hydrogen. © Opel)
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The US-based Hyzon Motors Inc. wants to enable its customers to convert diesel trucks from existing fleets to fuel cell drives. To 
With the expansion of diesel components, the vehicles will be equipped with the company's own fuel cell system, an electric drive train and hydrogen tanks. What the company calls it “Repower program” is a “consistent solution” to the current situation: “Customers urgently want to reduce their emissions, but the current supply chain restrictions make it very difficult to meet demand,” said Hyzon CEO Craig Knight. Thanks to in-house production of fuel cells, emission-free vehicles can be delivered “faster, more cost-effectively and with less waste”. Hyzon recently presented a 110 kilowatt fuel cell repower truck at the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo in California. Hyzon's 200-kilowatt fuel cell truck will enter the testing phase at the end of 2022. (Photo © Hyzon Motors Inc.)
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The provider of energy and hydrogen technologies Cummins Inc. is to upgrade the “Freightliner Cascadia” truck from Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) with a fuel cell drive for the American market. To 
They want successful validation Company The first vehicles will be available to selected customers in 2024. “Fuel cells are a promising solution for the demanding requirements of heavy-duty transport. Our collaboration in this market is an important milestone” to “accelerate the transition to a carbon-free economy,” said Amy Davis, vice president and president of new power at Cummins. Daimler Truck North America LLC, headquartered in Portland, Oregon, is a subsidiary of Daimler Truck Holding AG. (Graphic: Rendering of the concept for the “Freightliner Cascadia”. © Daimler Truck North America LLC)
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Advantech Co. Ltd. supports Tsai Ying Clean Energy Co., Ltd. (TYCE) in the development of the first fuel cell bus “Made in Taiwan”. Moreover 
they want to open up domestic and international markets together. As part of the Cooperation Advantech will provide software and hardware solutions for TYCE, such as a management cloud platform, AI-based fleet security, vehicle diagnostics and multimedia infotainment services for passengers. Advantech and Tsai Ying Clean Energy are expected to complete the first hydrogen management system by the end of 2022. (Graphic: Plans for the new hydrogen bus. © Advantech)
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The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) and the Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) have jointly founded the “Trustworthy Hydrogen” graduate school. It aims to ensure the long-term development and establishment of hydrogen technology by training young academics. In a three-year program, the graduates will acquire the skills “to actively shape the development and expansion of the hydrogen economy in Germany and Europe as future managers in industry, research and the public sector.” The first doctoral positions have already been advertised. The Application Deadline ends on June 3, 2022. The graduate school starts on October 1, 2022.
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AP Ventures, Yara Growth Ventures, Shell Ventures, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures and Sintef Venture are investing 170 million Norwegian krone (16 million euros) in Hydrogen Mem-Tech (HMT). The Norwegian company has developed a palladium membrane technology that produces clean hydrogen from biogas and natural gas, while CO2 and other residual gases are captured and utilized or sequestered. Hmt had received funding from Gassnova, Innovation Norway and the Norwegian Research Council to develop the technology. “We are now researching whether the technology can convert ammonia into hydrogen and thus help solve a problem related to transport,” says Managing Director Thomas Reinertsen.
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