Port of Rotterdam + + + Emirates Steel / TAQA + + + The green + + + Nikola + + + Thüga AG + + + Hyzon Motors / RenewH2 + + + Ballard Power/Fusion Fuel + + + Andritz / MAN Energy + + + Appointments/studies + + +
A selection of PtX topics summarized at the end of the week.
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The Port of Rotterdam Authority, Cool terminals, the Chiyoda Corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation are exploring the import of hydrogen from overseas to one of the Koole terminals in the Port of Rotterdam using Chiyoda's “SPERA Hydrogen” hydrogen storage and transport technology. Hydrogen is transported in the form of a liquid organic carrier (LOHC) such as methylcyclohexane (MCH). MCH remains in a stable liquid state at ambient temperature and pressure. As a means of storing and transporting hydrogen, MCH is comparable to petroleum and petrochemical production in terms of risks. Several companies such as Koole Terminals are very interested in this rapidly developing new business area and are planning to renew their existing facilities and/or build new ones.
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The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) has entered into an agreement with Emirates Steel to develop a large-scale green hydrogen project that will enable the production of the first green steel in the MENA region. TAQA and Emirates Steel want to examine how green hydrogen can be used to optimize the production of low-carbon steel.
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The Bundnis 90 / Die Grünen has dedicated one of the ten points to the topic of hydrogen in an “immediate climate protection program for the next federal government”. Due to current legislation, these “central building blocks on the path to climate neutrality” are encountering regulatory difficulties and are failing due to the lack of expansion of green electricity systems, it says. This means that it is currently still extremely valuable and expensive. The aim is to create framework conditions for hydrogen electrolysis with an output of ten gigawatts and to introduce a market incentive program for electrolysers at grid-serving locations, which would subsidize the capital costs of hydrogen production. In addition, the development of a hydrogen infrastructure to supply the industrial clusters will be pre-financed and promoted by the state, “otherwise Germany as an industrial location would fall behind in the introduction of the hydrogen economy”.
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The US car manufacturer Nikola Corp. wants to present the first (battery-electric) pre-production vehicles of the Nikola Tre BEV for use on public roads in freight transport in the second half of 2021. On this basis, the (hydrogen-powered) Nikola Tre FCEV is being developed. Its construction had already been announced for the second quarter. In addition, as part of the presentation of the latest quarterly figures, the company stated that it would begin construction of its first commercial hydrogen filling station and/or central hydrogen production facility in 2021. The development of a hydrogen infrastructure is also planned with other partners. Nikola made losses of $2 million in the second quarter of 2021 (Q138 2: minus $2020 million).
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They want to do a feasibility study Thüga AG, DBI gas and environmental technology, the Technological University Bergakademie Freiburg, the Polytechnic University of Madrid and other industrial partners are finding out how pyrolysis technology can be used for decentralized hydrogen production. The aim of the preliminary study is the technical planning of a pilot system by the fourth quarter of 2021. A particular focus is on the integration of renewable energies. After the preliminary study has been successfully completed, the construction and operation of the pilot plant is planned at the Technical University of Bergakademie Freiberg at the Chair of Gas and Thermal Engineering Systems.
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The two US companies Hyzon Motors Inc., manufacturer of hydrogen-powered fuel cell commercial vehicles, and RenewH2, providers of hydrogen production equipment, want to supply liquefied hydrogen to gas stations that are being developed together. This allowed the stations to be set up close to Hyzon customers to ensure consistent demand and delivery of fuel.
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The Canadian fuel cell manufacturer Ballard Power Systems has from the Portuguese Fusion Fuel Green Public Ltd. has received an order to supply a 200 kilowatt “FCwave” fuel cell module. This is to be integrated into Fusion Fuel's “H2Evora” project in the Évora region of Portugal. Fusion Fuel's new HEVO electrolyser is used to produce green hydrogen, which powers the FCwave module to generate emission-free electricity. Ballard plans to deliver later this year.
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The Austrian technology group Andritz AG and the German company MAN Energy Solutions want to jointly develop international projects for the production of green hydrogen from hydropower. The companies want to start a pilot project this year to make around 650 tons of green hydrogen available for initial local use with an electrolysis output of up to four megawatts (MW). In follow-up projects, the installed electrolysis capacity is expected to increase to up to 100 MW in the coming years.
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