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Austria: The country's largest electrolyzer is scheduled to go into operation in 2030 + + + Belgium: TES acquires fresh capital of 65 million + + + Morocco: Proton Ventures builds ammonia factory + + + Hungary: Cooperation agreement signed with Serbia + + + Canada: First Hydrogen and AHFC agree on collaboration + + + Brazil: Unigel builds electrolyzer with technology from Thyssenkrupp + + + USA: Companies establish Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative + + + Saudi Arabia: Green ammonia plant in Neom is being built in the northwest of the country + + + Canada: Loop supplies fuel cells to Tevva + + + DISCOUNT promotion: Your ADVERTISING on the PtX portal
A selection of PtX topics summarized at the end of the week
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Im Burgenland The largest electrolyzer in Austria to date is to be built and, when fully developed, will produce 40.000 tonnes of green hydrogen. According to the information, the electricity comes from wind and solar power plants with an installed 
Output of 300 megawatts. The systems are being built in several stages by the utilities Burgenland Energie AG and Verbund AG. In the first construction phase, 2026 tons would be produced annually from 9.000. Verbund AG, together with Voestalpine and Siemens, put Austria's first PEM electrolyzer into operation in 2019. (Photo: Governor of Burgenland Hans Peter Doskozil, Federal Environment Minister Leonore Gewessler and the two board members of Verbund Michael Strugl, left, and Burgenland Energie Stephan Sharma, right. © Landesmedienservice Burgenland)
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Tree Energy Solutions (TES), producer of green hydrogen, reports the completion of the second round of financing with a result of 65 million euros. The new capital is intended to accelerate the construction of larger hydrogen projects by 2030. Investors include financial institutions and energy companies such as Eon, HSBC, Unicredit and Zodiac Maritime. TES is currently developing a Green Energy Hub in the port of Wilhelmshaven with the aim of supplying 250 terawatt hours of green gas annually. Similar projects are also to be developed in other European ports. TES wants to produce and import synthetic methane using green hydrogen and CO2. According to TES, it is currently ramping up production of green hydrogen to 5,5 million tons.
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The Moroccan Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) and the Dutch engineering company Proton Ventures BV have signed an agreement to build an ammonia plant in the OCP Group chemical complex. Location is Jorf 
Lasfar, a deep-sea port on Morocco's Atlantic coast. This was preceded by a contract in November 2021 between UM6P, the OCP group and the Institute Research Energy Solar et Energy Nouvelles (IRESEN). The agreement that has now been signed includes the turnkey construction of the first pilot project of “Green H2A”. This is a plant for the production of green ammonia with a capacity of four tons per day based on the Haber-Bosch process. According to the information, the project will initially be equipped with two PEM and alkaline electrolyzers with a capacity of two megawatts each. Using software, various electrical load profiles can be simulated, incorporating photovoltaics and wind energy. Operations will start in the first quarter of 2024.
(Photo: Signing of the agreement. © Proton Ventures)
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Hungary and Serbia have signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the field of hydrogen. According to the portal “Balkan Green Energy NewsThe agreement refers to the production, storage and transport of hydrogen from renewable energies and other joint projects. Hungary wants to let Serbia participate in its strategies, investment plans and projects, the article says, citing the Hungarian Minister of Technology and Industry, László Palkovics.
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First Hydrogen Ltd., a subsidiary of the Canadian First Hydrogen Corp., has announced a collaboration with the British Aggregated Hydrogen Freight Consortium (AHFC). The consortium brings together fleet operators 
of vans and trucks as well as players in the hydrogen industry. The AHFC, under the management of Element Energy, currently includes Air Products, Anglo American, Hyundai, Toyota and BOC (Linde Group). First Hydrogen specializes in zero-emission vehicles and is involved in the production and distribution of green hydrogen. According to the information, they want to test hydrogen-powered vehicles with ten fleet operators, including companies from the telecommunications, delivery services, ambulance, breakdown service, leasing and a British supermarket chain. First Hydrogen is equipping MAN “eTGE” vans with fuel cells from Ballard Power. The first vehicles should be ready for road use in the fourth quarter of 4, and testing by customers in real use should start in early 2022, the company said. (Photo: MAN “eTGE” transporter. © First Hydrogen)
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The Brazilian company Unigel wants to build the first plant to produce green hydrogen on an industrial scale. The location is the Camaçari industrial complex (Bahia state). The company, one of the 
largest chemical companies in Latin America and the largest manufacturer of nitrogen fertilizers in Brazil, is investing a total of 120 million dollars (122 million euros). According to the information, the technology is supplied by Thyssenkrupp Nucera. In the first construction phase, Unigel will install three standard electrolysers with a capacity of 20 megawatts each. The new plant is expected to employ more than 500 people. Commissioning is planned for the end of 2023. The new facility has an initial production capacity of 10.000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year and 60.000 tonnes of green ammonia. Unigel names the steel industry, oil refineries and users of e-fuels as customers. Green ammonia is also used in Unigel's value chain as it is a raw material for the production of fertilizers and acrylic glass. The goal is to expand to a production capacity of 40.000 tons of hydrogen. A specific time frame for this was not given. (Photo: Unigel location in Bahia. © Unigel)
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40 companies from all over the world have them Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative (NHI) founded. The new association wants to campaign for the promotion of hydrogen, which is produced using nuclear power. The founders include research institutions such as Ontario Tech University, reactor builders such as General Fusion, industry associations such as the Nuclear Energy Institute, organizations such as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), equipment manufacturers such as Framatom, nuclear power plant operators, relevant foundations, but also authorities from the USA and Canada as well as hydrogen users and manufacturers such as the US car manufacturer Nikola, Cummins (USA), Nel Hydrogen (Norway) and Siemens (Germany).
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The solar and wind power projects, which will supply electricity to the planned green hydrogen-based ammonia plant worth around 6,5 billion euros in Neom, Saudi Arabia, are expected to be built in the northwest of the country, near the border with Jordan. This is reported by the Saudi news agency Med. Therefore 
Solar and wind farms with an installed capacity of 4.000 megawatts, a 190 kilometer long electricity transmission network and a battery storage system are planned. The Neom model region is being developed in Tabuk, also in northwest Saudi Arabia. Investments total more than $500 billion, coming from both the Kingdom's Public Investment Fund and private companies.
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The Canadian one Loop Energy Inc. has signed a multi-year supply contract for fuel cells with the British Tevva Motors Ltd. The order volume 
is said to be more than twelve million dollars (12,2 million euros). The agreement runs until 2024. Tevva will integrate Loop Energy's fuel cell systems into its manufacturing process to increase production of its hydrogen-powered trucks and meet demand in 2023. Loop Energy won a previous tender in 2021. (Photo: Tevva Motor will use Loop Energy's fuel cell system for its hydrogen-powered trucks in the future. © Tevva Motor)
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