USA: ABS and KHIA want to develop small H2 ship + + + Munich: Bavaria promotes large-scale electrolysis + + + Elsfleth/Wilhelmshaven: Uniper is planning two PV systems for potential H2 production + + + Würzburg: SKZ and Entex are researching inexpensive bipolar plates + + + Denkendorf: Pepper orders fuel cells from Toyota + + + Shortened – energy transition compact + + + Events + + +DISCOUNT promotion: Your ADVERTISING on the PtX portal
A selection of PtX topics summarized at the end of the week
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The US classification society ABS is also concerned with the introduction and transport of hydrogen as a marine fuel. © ABS
An American-Korean research consortium wants to develop a small fuel cell ship. The goal is a 40-seat boat for tourist trips that is powered by a 350-kilowatt fuel cell. The US classification society is involved American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), the Korea Hydrogen Industry Association (KHIA) and the Korean University of Ulsan. The zero-emission ship is one of the research, development and demonstration projects under Korea's national hydrogen strategy. In addition to certifications, ABS also offers guidelines for the implementation and transport of hydrogen as a marine fuel as part of the global energy transition.
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Bavaria promotes electrolysers. Photo: Light effects at the Bavarian Ministry of Economics on the occasion of the IAA Mobility in September 2021. © StMWi
Bavaria has launched a call for funding to build an electrolysis infrastructure (BayFELI). Accordingly, the Ministry of Economic Affairs supports the construction of up to 50 electrolysers for green hydrogen, specifically: the “acquisition costs of electrolyzers and their directly connected system components”. The subsidy is 45 percent. The prerequisite is a minimum electrical output of one megawatt. Project outlines can be submitted to the project sponsor VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH by October 16, 2023. On the website "www.BayFELI.deThe details of the program have been published.
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Wilhelmshaven, Etzel and Huntorf are part of Uniper’s planned “Energy Transformation Hub Northwest”. © Uniper SE
The Düsseldorf energy company Uniper SE is planning to develop two solar parks in Lower Saxony. Once completed, the systems with an installed capacity of 300 megawatts (Elsfleth) and 17 megawatts (Wilhelmshaven) will be located in the immediate vicinity of the former Huntorf and Wilhelmshaven power plant locations. The areas are also in “strategic proximity” to Uniper’s “Energy Transformation Hub” in Huntorf with its compressed air storage power plant and cavern storage facility. This opens up the possibility of using the green electricity generated to produce and store green hydrogen, according to the company. However, the statutory resolution for the development plan is not expected before the end of 2024. It is also vaguely stated that in Wilhelmshaven, where there is already a statutory resolution, there is the possibility of using solar power at a later date to produce green hydrogen. Uniper’s “Energy Transformation Hub Northwest” also includes the “Green Wilhelmshaven” project, which is intended to contribute to the development of the hydrogen economy. In the future, ammonia will be landed in the port, which will then be used to produce green hydrogen. Additional green hydrogen is to be produced in an electrolysis plant using electricity from systems with an output of one gigawatt.
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The Plastics Center SKZ in Würzburg wants to reduce the manufacturing costs of fuel cells. A research project has now been started in cooperation with Entex Rust & Mitschke GmbH for the continuous production of thermoset bipolar plates. If successful, the production costs for this component, which is particularly important in fuel cells, could be drastically reduced. “Together with Entex, we see great potential to produce bipolar plates more economically with the help of the planetary roller extruder and thus make fuel cells more competitive,” explains Andreas Köppel, group leader for networked materials. The basic idea is to research novel, highly conductive recipes that can be continuously processed into bipolar plates in a direct extrusion process. The cooperation project is funded by the Central Innovation Program for SMEs (ZIM) of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK).
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The contract for the purchase of fuel cells is signed by Pepper managing director Andreas Hager (left at the table) and Takeo Suzuki (NEE). © Pepper Motion GmbH
The Pepper Motion GmbH orders fuel cells from Toyota Tsusho Nexty Electronics Europe GmbH (NEE). The German converter of commercial vehicles explained that these are suitable for 350 bar tank systems, have long maintenance cycles and only low maintenance costs. The Toyota fuel cell, which is installed in the hydrogen version of the “Pepper Kit”, is characterized by its compact design and robustness; Secondary components of the fuel cell stack have already been integrated. It will now be used for the first time in 25 hydrogen trucks based on Mercedes Benz Atego, which are being put into operation by the Paul Nutzfahrzeuge company.
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Shortened – energy transition compact
Wind power: Amprion Offshore GmbH enters into the planning of the energy corridor “West wind vein" a. The electricity connection is intended to bring up to eight gigawatts of power from offshore wind energy to North Rhine-Westphalia and could cover the energy needs of eight million people. *****E-mobile funding: Owners of owner-occupied residential buildings can contact the KfW apply for an investment grant of up to 10.200 euros for a charging station for e-mobiles in conjunction with a photovoltaic system and battery storage, provided you have your own electric car or have bindingly ordered it. The federal funding program starts on September 26, 2023. The “Solar power for electric vehicles” funding guideline was introduced in Federal Gazette published. *****PV: Australian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes, through his investment company Grok Ventures, now officially has this “Sun Cable”-Project taken over. The takeover came after a dispute with the former co-owner and mining magnate Andrew Forrest over the further direction of the project. Sun Cable is to become the world's largest PV power plant with an installed capacity of 20 GW and batteries with a capacity of 40 GWh and will supply green electricity from Darwin (Northern Territory state) to Singapore via a 4.300 kilometer long submarine cable. Investment for the project is forecast at $40 billion.
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