Everfuel is building hydrogen filling stations in Trelleborg + + + Study confirms H2 potential of Wilhelmshaven + + + ElringKlinger is developing a new generation of stacks + + + Toyota plans fuel cell production in the USA + + + Vitesco develops FC control unit + + + UK HFCA chairman resigns + + + BMVI funding PtL + + + Events + + +
A selection of PtX topics summarized at the end of the week
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The Danish one Everfuel A/S wants together with the Trelleborg Municipality and Trelleborg Energy AB Build eight hydrogen filling stations. The project is part of the Nordic Hydrogen Corridor project, which is co-financed by the European Union's CEF program. The project partners have now signed an agreement for the construction of the first gas station. Everfuel plans to invest 1,5 billion euros in the development of the green hydrogen value chain in Europe and achieve revenue of one billion euros from the sale of hydrogen fuel for buses, trucks and cars by 2030.
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The results of a feasibility study confirm the technical potential of the Wilhelmshaven location for the large-scale production of green hydrogen. The region also has significant industrial expansion potential. It is characterized by its immediate proximity to the deep-water port, has an on-site infrastructure that can be quickly expanded and has cheap access to renewable energies. The aim is to develop hydrogen-based iron ore direct reduction. According to Lower Saxony's Environment Minister Olaf Lies, it would be possible to produce two million tons of sponge iron annually with a CO2 saving potential of up to 2,3 million tons before 2030. The clients of the study were the steel manufacturers Salzgitter AG and ArcelorMittal, the energy company Uniper, the logistics specialist Rhenus, the City of Wilhelmshaven and State of Lower Saxony.
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ElringKlinger wants to develop a new generation of fuel cell stacks. These will primarily be used in commercial vehicles, but also in buses, in the maritime sector, on rail or as a stationary unit. The subsidiary EKPO Fuel Cell Technologies (EKPO), a joint venture with Plastic Omnium (France), is expected to implement the project within the framework of the EU's IPCEI (Important Project of Common European Interest) projects.
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Toyota wants to bring its fuel cells from prototype to series production. From 2023, the assembly of fuel cell modules intended for use in hydrogen-powered heavy commercial vehicles is scheduled to begin on a production line at the Toyota plant in Kentucky, USA. The company presents the technology on the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo 2021, in Long Beach, California, dated August 31th to September 1rd and presents the prototype of a truck powered by Toyota's FC kit.
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The Regensburg automotive supplier for drive technologies Vitesco Technologies GmbH (until autumn 2019 Continental Powertrain) is developing a new central control unit for a fuel cell system (Fuel Cell Control Unit, FCCU) for a German manufacturer of fuel cells. The FCCU is scheduled to go into series production starting in the second half of this decade. No details were given, but there is a reference to “heavy trucks”.
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The Chairman of the British Hydrogen Industry Association UK Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (UKHFCA) Chris Jackson has resigned from his post, according to consistent media reports. “Oil companies are making false claims about the cost of producing hydrogen from fossil fuels” in order to “receive billions of taxpayers’ money” from the British Treasury, is his accusation in the British daily newspaper “The Guardian”. According to the information, a government strategy paper plans to support “blue hydrogen”, which is obtained from fossil gas and produces carbon emissions. Jackson told the paper he could no longer lead an industry association that included oil companies supporting blue hydrogen projects because those projects were "unsustainable" and made "no sense at all." Environmental associations criticized the approach of giving equal weight to blue and green hydrogen.
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The Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) promotes development platforms for power-to-liquid fuels. Applications are now open for the construction and operation of an electricity-based liquid fuels platform with a production capacity of up to 10.000 tonnes per year. These could serve both research and demonstration purposes. The application deadline ends on October 15, 2021.
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