Oldenburg: EWE determines storage requirements for hydrogen + + + Denmark: Ursula von der Leyen christens Maersk's first methanol ship + + + Berlin: Small inquiry about the H2 tank infrastructure + + + Portugal: Caetano and Temsa develop H2 coach + + + Cologne: Toyota and VDL present FC trucks + + + Sweden: Ikea orders green steel from H2 Green Steel + + + USA: Chevron joins ACES storage project + + + USA: EH2 supplies 100 MW electrolyser to NFE + + + South Korea: Vinssen's 100 kW marine fuel cell verified + + + Norway: Transport of hydrogen to Germany + + + 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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A test cavern for hydrogen storage is being built near Rüdersdorf at a depth of 1.000 meters. © EWE AG
The EWE Gasspeicher GmbH, a subsidiary of the utility EWE AG, is conducting a market survey on the storage needs for hydrogen from September 18th to October 20th. This is aimed at companies from industry, but also, for example, at operators of (future) hydrogen power plants or importers. One is required to participate Registration necessary. Based on the reported hydrogen storage needs, EWE plans to build up corresponding capacities in caverns. As part of the IPCEI “Clean Hydrogen Coastline” project, EWE is pursuing various hydrogen projects along the entire value chain. In addition to the production, transport and use of hydrogen, this also includes its storage. EWE has in Brandenburg Rudersdorf built the first underground hydrogen storage and has already proven that the supply line to the cavity is tight down to a depth of 1.000 meters. Extensive operational tests are scheduled to begin there in the fall.
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Ship naming ceremony in Copenhagen with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. © AP Moller – Maersk
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has the Danish shipping company's first methanol-powered ship AP Moller – Maersk christened “Laura Mærsk”. The feeder ship is “proof that a path to a sustainable future emerges when we come together as an industry,” said Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc: “This new environmentally friendly ship is the breakthrough we needed.” The name is a homage to the company founder. When Captain Peter Maersk Moller bought his first steamship in 1886, he named it Laura. Maersk aims to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from 2040 and transport at least 2030 percent of ocean freight using environmentally friendly fuels by 25. The group has ordered 24 additional methanol ships, which are to be delivered between 2024 and 2027.
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The CDU/CSU parliamentary group is asking about hydrogen infrastructure for transport. © German Bundestag
The CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag is asking about the refueling infrastructure for hydrogen buses and trucks (Bundestag printed matter 20/8285). As part of a small inquiry from the federal government, the MPs want to know, among other things, how many hydrogen filling stations for heavy commercial vehicles and hydrogen buses are in operation or in planning and construction in Germany. At the same time, they inquire about relevant funding programs. Also asked is how high the proportion of hydrogen coaches is in the total number of coaches, as well as a timetable for the creation of the master plan for hydrogen and fuel cell technology in transport. It may take several weeks to respond to such requests.
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Caetano Bus and Temsa are working together on an H2 coach. © Caetano Bus
The Portuguese vehicle manufacturer Fabricação de Carroçarias, SA (Caetano Bus) wants to develop a hydrogen-powered coach together with the Turkish bus manufacturer Temsa. The vehicle is scheduled to come onto the market in 2024. A 2-axle vehicle based on the electric version of the “Temsa HD12” type is initially planned in order to accelerate the market launch of the pre-series in 2024 and series production from 2025. A 3-axle truck is planned immediately afterwards. The HD12, developed for the British market, has 53 seats, a wheelchair space and a toilet. The drive power of the E version is 300 kilowatts (408 hp). The H2 bus should be able to be refueled with hydrogen at 350 or 700 bar (H2 Dual System), so that there is greater flexibility when choosing a filling station. A range of 1.000 kilometers is promised with one tank of fuel.
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The hydrogen-powered truck prototype from Toyota and VDL Groep is entering the testing phase under real conditions. ©Toyota
The automobile company Toyota and the Dutch VDL Groep have presented a truck with Toyota fuel cell technology. The prototype will be used and tested as part of Toyota logistics. According to the information, VDL Groep is already preparing four more fuel cell trucks, which will be used by the Toyota logistics service providers VOS Transport Group, CEVA, Groupe CAT and Yusen and will be used daily on the routes between Cologne, Antwerp (Belgium), Lille (France). as well as Amsterdam and Rotterdam (both Netherlands). There is at least one hydrogen filling station along the routes. The field trial is scheduled to last five years. The companies did not provide any technical details. Toyota announced the development cooperation in May.
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The Ingka Group wants to replace half of the storage shelves at Ikea with shelves made with green steel from H2 Green Steel. © Ingka Group
The Swedish future steel manufacturer H2 Green Steel is to be part of the Ingka Group, the largest Ikea-Retailers supply green steel for storage racks. The agreement is part of the Ingka Group's plan to reduce its carbon footprint and will reportedly account for 50 percent of the warehouse shelves purchased worldwide. Ikea wants to become “climate neutral” by 2030, which, according to its own definition, means reducing more greenhouse gas emissions than the company emits in its value chain. The agreement between Ingka Procurement AB and H2 Green Steel comes into force from 2026. The green steel is produced in the new factory H2 Green Steel in Boden, northern Sweden, where it will be produced from the end of 2025 and used in Ikea homes from 2026.
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A consortium is developing two salt caverns in Utah, USA, each capable of storing 150 gigawatt hours of energy. © Mitsubishi Power
The petroleum company Chevron USA Inc. acquires Magnum Development, LLC and thus a majority stake in ACES Delta, LLC, a joint venture between Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc. and Magnum Development. ACES Delta is currently developing the “Advanced Clean Energy Storage” (ACES) hydrogen project in Delta, US state of Utah. The electricity from renewable energies will be used to produce hydrogen in large-scale Mitsubishi electrolyzers. The first phase (ACES 1) to convert and store up to 100 tons of hydrogen per day is under construction and is scheduled to go into operation in mid-2025. Two salt caverns serve as storage, each of which can hold 150 gigawatt hours of energy. Long-term energy storage helps to use electricity from renewable energies when it is in abundance and to feed it back into the grid when needed. By 2025, 840 percent of hydrogen will also be burned in the Intermountain Power Agency's 30 megawatt natural gas power plant in central Utah; by 2045 it should be 100 percent.
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The Electric Hydrogen Co. (EH2) supplies electrolyzers with an output of 100 megawatts to New Fortress Energy Inc. (NEF). The plants are expected to produce around 50 tons of green hydrogen per day in Texas. Commissioning is planned for the fourth quarter of 2024 and commercial operation for 2025. According to the information, the site and the system are scalable to 200 megawatts. The electrolyzer stacks are manufactured in Devens, Massachusetts. The production facility there, announced in May 2023, is expected to produce stacks with an output of up to 1,2 gigawatts annually.
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Vinssen is developing fuel cell modules for the maritime sector. © Vinssen
The South Korean technology company Vinssen has received “Approval In Principle” certification for its self-developed 100 kW fuel cell module. This is the first step in a four-stage evaluation process and certifies basic technical feasibility based on plans in the early design phase. The Korean authorities had previously granted the company type approval for its lithium-ion battery system for shipping. According to the information, the fuel cell module based on PEMFC technology (Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell) is an integrated system that supplies both the propulsion system and various auxiliary devices on board. Vinssen is planning a “project to build, verify and develop a mobile charging device based on fuel cells” for 2024, in which two of these modules will be installed in a recreational vessel. Vinssen also wants to install and operate a mobile hydrogen filling station at a shipyard near the Daebool industrial complex.
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Gassco’s “Norsea Gas Terminal” in Emden. Before the gas is delivered from the terminal to downstream transport companies, gas measurements and quality controls are carried out. © Gassco AS
Norway and Germany want to set up a task force to examine the next steps in an ongoing joint feasibility study on the transport of hydrogen and CO2. The study examines the technical and economic possibilities of large-scale hydrogen supply solutions, particularly through a pipeline. In a second part, the study also includes solutions for CO2 transport from Norway to Germany. The feasibility study is being carried out by the Norwegian state gas network operator Gassco AS and the German Energy Agency on behalf of the industry. The pipeline infrastructure for hydrogen between the countries is to be built by 2030.
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