DISCOUNT promotion: Your ADVERTISING on the PtX portal + + + Munich: BMW produces fuel cells for hydrogen cars + + + Bremerhaven: First hydrogen trucks from Hyundai for Hylane arrived in Germany + + + Stuttgart: Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria form a hydrogen alliance + + + Denmark: CIP hydrogen fund closes with a volume of three billion euros + + + Salzgitter: First order for Salcos plant technology + + + Kiel: Schleswig-Holstein wants to push ahead with a green hydrogen economy + + + Sweden: Hynion commissions PDC Machines to supply components for hydrogen filling station + + + Sweden: Everfuel and Karlstads Energi want to build a hydrogen hub
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A selection of PtX topics summarized at the end of the week
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The BMW Group has started producing fuel cell systems in Munich. The individual components come from Toyota Motor Corp. The fuel cells are stacked fully automatically at BMW, 
The resulting “stack” is pressed by machine and provided with a housing that is manufactured by the light metal foundry at the BMW Landshut plant. “The reason is the small series BMW iX5 Hydrogen, which will be used worldwide for testing and demonstration purposes from the end of this year,” the company said. To do this, the development team integrated the drive system, consisting of two hydrogen tanks, the fuel cell and the electric motor, into the existing architecture of the BMW X5. The prototype of the BMW iX5 Hydrogen was already presented at the IAA Mobility 2021. (Photo: BMW fuel cell system. © BMW Group)
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The first seven of 17 Hyundai “Xcient Fuel Cell” hydrogen vehicles for the truck rental company Hylane GmbH have arrived in Bremerhaven. A total of 27 of these trucks are expected to arrive from the Hyundai plant in South Korea “in the coming weeks.” 
Germany can be delivered. The vehicles have a range of around 400 kilometers. They store the hydrogen in seven containers, with the average refueling time being ten minutes, according to a statement. From the ship, the vehicles go directly to the body manufacturer, where the customer-specific versions are equipped with refrigerated and dry boxes. “After the successful launch of the Hyundai Xcient Fuel Cell in Switzerland, we are expanding our activities in Europe, with an initial focus on Germany,” said Beat Hirschi, Managing Director of Hyundai Hydrogen Mobility. According to Hylane managing director Sara Schiffer, the vehicles are rented at a fixed price per kilometer. This enables users to use the trucks easily and with little risk. All vehicles delivered are funded by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport. (Photo: The first Hyundai Xcient Fuel Cells reach Germany. © Hyundai Hydrogen Mobility)
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Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria establish a “Hydrogen Alliance". The aim is to “network more closely and be a pioneer at the national and international level in hydrogen and fuel cell technology,” explained the Prime Ministers of both countries, Markus Söder (CSU) and Winfried Kretschmann (The Greens). Accordingly, joint projects in the area of product and manufacturing technologies for electrolyzer components should be advanced, among other things. The states are also striving for closer cooperation between the Hydrogen.Bayern Center (H2B) and the hydrogen platform H2BW in Baden-Württemberg. The further development and expansion of joint industrial cooperation and deeper cooperation in the planning of a supra-regional hydrogen filling station network would also be examined. Both Prime Ministers are calling for the rapid development of a national and European hydrogen network.
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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners P/S (CIP), the Danish fund manager for renewable energy investments, has announced its new Funds CI Energy Transition Fund I (CI ETF I) closed. The fund was oversubscribed and reportedly closed with a volume of three billion euros. This makes the CI ETF I “the world’s largest special fund for clean hydrogen”. The financial instrument received commitments from the Nordic countries (25 percent), Europe (45 percent), the Asia-Pacific region (20 percent) and North America (10 percent). Half of those interested are new investors. According to the information, the investor base consisted of around 65 institutional investors, primarily pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, asset managers and family offices. The fund 
will focus primarily on projects in the OECD. The focus is on decarbonizing industries such as agriculture, aviation, shipping, chemicals and steel production through the use of green fuels and CO2-free fertilizers. An investment has already been completed, further PtX projects are in the development stage and cover production technologies and markets in Western Europe (Denmark, Norway, Spain, Portugal), South America (Chile) and Australia. Within this framework, the plan is to produce green hydrogen, green ammonia and sustainable aviation fuel based on renewable energies as well as electrolysis capacities in the gigawatt range. (Photo: CIP's wind power fleet “Monegros” in Aragon, Spain. The portfolio consists of twelve wind farms with a total of 129 turbines. © Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners)
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The Salzgitter AG has placed the first order for a central plant for almost CO2-free steel production. What the steelworks called “SalcosThe process is now entering the next round. According to the information, Flachstahl GmbH, part of the Salzgitter Group, and 
London-based Primetals Technologies Ltd. signed a contract for engineering, delivery and construction of the first electric arc furnace (EAF) and the development of technical infrastructure in Salzgitter. The furnace is an alternating current generator with three electrodes and an annual capacity of around 1,9 million tons of crude steel. “In less than 50 minutes, sponge iron and scrap steel are melted down with the addition of additives,” it says in a statement. The raw steel is then refined in the existing plants, cast into slabs, rolled and further processed. Assembly of the system will begin at the end of 2024 and production will start at the end of 2025. The goal of Salcos (“Salzgitter Low CO2 Steelmaking”) is to completely convert the integrated steelworks to low-CO2033 crude steel production in three stages by 2. Two direct reduction plants and three electric furnaces will be built, which will gradually replace the previous blast furnaces and converters. This means that the previous process based on coking coal will be replaced by a new hydrogen-based route. The aim is to save around 95 percent of the annual CO2 emissions of around eight million tons, one percent of German CO2 emissions. (Photo: Signing of the contract for the first electric arc furnace. From left: Alexander Stein, CEO of Salzgitter Flachstahl; Ulrich Grethe, CEO of Salzgitter AG; Aashish Gupta, Executive Vice President Primetals; Jan Friedemann Paul, Senior Vice President Primetals. © Salzgitter AG)
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Schleswig-Holstein's state government wants the one decided in 2020 Hydrogen strategy reframe. In addition, the development of a green hydrogen economy is being pushed forward “at full speed,” said Energy and Climate Protection Minister Tobias Goldschmidt. With its high share of wind energy, the federal state is “better positioned than almost any other federal state,” explained Goldschmidt, who has appointed himself “Hydrogen Minister”. There are many small projects in the country in the single-digit megawatt range, but large ones in the three-digit range are currently being initiated. The government wants to expand the provision of green hydrogen and promote projects. Municipalities will also be supported in creating additional areas for settlements along the entire hydrogen technology value chain. The same applies to companies that want to switch to green hydrogen. Universities should also be strengthened.
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The Norwegian developer and operator of hydrogen filling stations Hynion AS has contracted with US manufacturer of high-pressure diaphragm compression systems PDC Machines Inc. to supply compressors for their new hydrogen filling stations 
instructed. The plants will be built in Västerås and Jönköping in Sweden. Several dozen trucks will be refueled there around the clock every day. Each station will deliver hydrogen at pressures of 35 and 70 MPa and serve both light and heavy-duty vehicles, the company said. The stations are expected to be operational by the end of 2023. (Graphic: © Hynion)
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The Danish one Everfuel A/S and the energy supplier Karlstads Energi AB want to jointly build a hydrogen hub in Karlstad, Sweden. 
First, the companies initiate a feasibility study for the construction of a 20 megawatt electrolysis plant. This will produce green hydrogen, supply excess heat to the local district heating owned and operated by Karlstads Energi, use the oxygen produced for industrial purposes and provide green fuel to both mobility and industrial partners. Commissioning is scheduled for 2025. In a second phase, the site will be expanded to an electrolysis capacity of 100 megawatts, according to the plan. Everfuel will become the majority owner of the joint venture. (Photo: Everfuel and Karlstads Energi want to produce hydrogen. © Everfuel A/S)
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