A selection of PtX topics summarized at the end of the week
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The Canadian manufacturer of fuel cells Ballard Power Systems has from the Siemens Mobility GmbH received an order to supply two of its 200 kilowatt fuel cell modules to power a 2-car passenger train of the type Mireo Plus H to supply electricity as part of a test operation in Bavaria.
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The US manufacturer of diesel and gas engines Cummins Inc. and Chevron USA Inc. want to examine a strategic alliance to develop commercially viable business models in the hydrogen sector. A few days earlier, the company announced that it was beginning internal testing of a hydrogen-powered internal combustion engine has begun.
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Daimler Trucks wants to invest in the Wörth location near Karlsruhe (Rhineland Palatinate) in order to produce fuel cell trucks there in the future. Battery-electric vehicles will roll off the production line there from October. The first series trucks with hydrogen-based fuel cell drives are scheduled to be delivered from 2027. From 2022, the site will receive electricity from wind and solar parks as well as hydroelectric power plants.
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The TÜV Rheinland AG has developed a certification program for hydrogen. In order for hydrogen to be described as climate neutral, it must be free of CO2 burdens in the supply chain. Certification looks at the creation process from beginning to application.
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The steel company ArcelorMittal is investing one billion euros in the production of direct reduced iron (DRI) using green hydrogen at its factory in Gijón, northern Spain, as well as in a new hybrid electric arc furnace (EAF). The iron will be processed further east at the steelworks in Sestao near Bilbao into carbon-emission-free flat steel for the automotive, construction and general industries.
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The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) starts a research collaboration with three partner institutions in South Korea and receives a research representative there. The focus of the collaboration is on the safe production, storage, transport and use of the gas. BAM is to provide advice in South Korea on the development of a hydrogen pilot city.
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Hyzon Motors Inc. has a framework agreement for the delivery of five hydrogen-powered heavy trucks Ark Energy Corporation, the Australian subsidiary of the world's largest zinc, lead and silver producer Korea Zinc Ltd., closed. The buyer of the 154-tonne truck configured as a “road train” is the Ark subsidiary Townsville Logistics. The trucks are supplied by the company's own hydrogen filling station, with the hydrogen being generated using solar power.
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The French private equity investment company Ardian SAS is considering launching a green hydrogen fund worth up to two billion euros, reports the “Bloomberg” news agency.
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TÜV South is a new member Hydrogen Council, a global initiative led by corporate boards. This was founded in 2017 to promote the use of hydrogen for the energy transition and to achieve the climate goals of the Paris Agreement. It currently includes 124 companies from more than 20 countries.
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In the future, energy supply in Germany will be based on two energy sources: electricity from renewable energies and hydrogen, which is generated from electricity produced from renewable sources. An initial assessment on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economics (BMWi) The electricity consumption for 2030 will be between 645 and 665 TWh; the average of the forecast is 655 TWh. This assumes, among other things, 14 million electric cars, 6 million heat pumps and 30 TWh of electricity for green hydrogen. The detailed analysis is scheduled to be presented in autumn 2021. (Audio recording of the press conference)
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