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Netherlands: Natural gas pipelines certified by NGT and NOGAT for hydrogen transport + + + Canada: CIB launches $500 million program for hydrogen fueling infrastructure projects + + + USA: Nel receives $5,6 million to develop PEM electrolysers + + + Friedrichshafen: Rolls-Royce and Sowitec plan to install electrolyzers with an output of 500 MW + + + Salzgitter: Locally produced hydrogen will be economical if used directly for the steel industry from 2030 + + + Bochum: BP joins H2Global + + + Chemnitz: H2GO research network receives 80 million euros in funding from the BMDV + + + France: Plastic Omnium builds hydrogen tank factory + + + Egypt: FFI speaks to the President about hydrogen production with a capacity of 9,2 gigawatts + + + 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 Dutch gas supplier Noordgastransport BV (NGT) and the Dutch natural gas pipeline operator Northern Offshore Gas Transport BV (NOGAT). 
certified for hydrogen by Bureau Veritas Inspection & Certification BV. The certification shows “that our NGT pipeline is suitable for transporting up to 100 percent pure green hydrogen,” says Ron Hagen, director of NGT. The capacity of the lines makes it possible to move more quickly to large-scale production of green hydrogen in the North Sea. In 2018, the Norwegian classification society DNV examined the robustness of the pipelines' steel and concluded that it was suitable and safe for hydrogen transport. The pipelines would be regularly inspected inside and out. There is a general inspection every five years. The pipelines are monitored by the state mining regulator. The certificate of suitability is valid until 2062. (Photo: The pipeline structure of NGT and NOGAT in the North Sea; click to enlarge. © NGT / NOGAT)
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The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) has announced the launch of its $500 million program to finance charging and hydrogen fueling infrastructure for zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs). The aim is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector by accelerating the deployment of large-scale charging stations and hydrogen refueling stations by the private sector, as well as to stimulate the market for private investment. “The lack of availability of public charging and refueling infrastructure is a barrier to ZEV adoption across Canada,” the institute said. As of August 2022, there were approximately 22.000 public charging stations and six hydrogen filling stations installed in Canada.
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Nel Hydrogen US, a subsidiary of Norway's Nel ASA, has received $5,6 million ($5,7 million) in funding from the U.S. Department of Defense. According to the information, the aim is to accelerate the development of PEM electrolyzers in order to enable cost-effective hydrogen storage in collaboration with the Engineer Research and Development Center - Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC-CERL). The project duration is 19 months. Key activities include the development of membranes optimized for electrolysis applications, the development of advanced catalysts including high-volume manufacturing and recycling techniques, surface coating techniques to reduce precious metal consumption, and the integration of cell stacks and their testing at ERDC-CERL.
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The Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG and the developer of renewable energy projects Sowitec Group GmbH want to build an electrolyzer capacity of up to 2028 megawatts by 500. The company announced that systems from the Rolls-Royce Group brand MTU will be used to produce hydrogen using electricity from renewable energies. Details on investment costs or possible locations were not given.
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MAN Energy Solutions SE and the Fraunhofer Institute for Thin Films and Surface Technology (IST) have established the framework conditions for the future supply of the 
Salzgitter AG investigated with green hydrogen. The study commissioned by the Salzgitter Hydrogen Campus determined, among other things, “what role locally produced green hydrogen plays in supporting German supplies” and how competitive it could be compared to imports. Result: Locally produced hydrogen will be economical and even cheaper than imports from 2030 if used directly without further conversion. While production costs of around 4,00 euros per kilogram are possible in northern Germany, hydrogen imported from Tunisia, for example, would cost at least 4,70 euros because of transport and conversion costs. Possible import routes from Portugal, Canada and Australia were also examined. “Green hydrogen can be produced much more cheaply in countries with high levels of solar radiation, but it must first be converted for transport to Germany and then again for domestic use,” says a statement from MAN. Pure hydrogen cannot yet be transported economically over long distances due to its low energy density and high volatility, and ports have neither tanker fleets nor the corresponding infrastructure. International transport is therefore initially carried out by switching to more transportable media such as methanol or ammonia. Transport in special liquids (Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers, LOHCs) was not included in the analysis, nor was liquid hydrogen. As part of its project called Salcos (Salzgitter Low CO2 Steelmaking), the steel group Salzgitter AG wants to switch to low-CO2 steel production through direct reduction of iron ore using hydrogen. (Photo: © Salzgitter AG)
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The petroleum company BP Europe SE has joined the H2Global Foundation. According to its own information, the company wants to contribute its know-how and experience as a hydrogen producer to the foundation in the market ramp-up of green hydrogen. To date, around 2 international companies from the areas of energy, finance, logistics and heavy industry are involved in H40Global.
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Plastic Omnium SE has signed two contracts for the development and manufacture of 700 bar high-pressure hydrogen tanks for commercial vehicles. 
The contractual partners are the Dutch automobile manufacturer Stellantis NV, an association of 14 car brands, and the French company Hyvia, a joint venture founded in summer 2021 by Renault and the US fuel cell specialist Plug Power Inc. Laurent Favre, Managing Director of Plastic Omnium, announced the construction “the largest factory for hydrogen tanks in Europe” in Compiègne, northeast of Paris. From 2025, the plant will produce around 80.000 units per year and create 200 jobs. The company has received 74 million euros in public funding “to support Plastic Omnium’s growth strategy for hydrogen mobility in France,” it said in a statement. The money comes from the EU pot for “Important Projects of Common European Interest”, IPCEI. (Photo: Plastic Omnium's R&D Center Alphatech. © Plastic Omnium)
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The research network “H2GO – National Action Plan for Fuel Cell Production” is receiving funding of 80 million euros from the Federal Ministry 
for digital and transport. H2GO brings together the activities of 19 Fraunhofer institutes with the aim of significantly reducing CO2 emissions from heavy goods traffic. The focus is on the development of technologies for the economical production of fuel cells. The institutes work in four technological subgroups. Another, higher-level sub-network “Virtual Reference Factory” provides digital images of the production solutions developed and thus enables a virtual merger for fuel cell production. The overall coordination lies with Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU. The funding period extends until the end of 2025. (Photo: H2GO, the National Action Plan for Fuel Cell Production, bundles the activities of 19 Fraunhofer institutes into five sub-groups. © Fraunhofer IWU)
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Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) taking place in Egypt in November, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with the founder and 
CEO of Fortescue Future Industries Pty Ltd (FFI), a subsidiary of the Australian mining group Fortescue Metals Group Ltd, Andrew Forrest, discussed the development of green energy projects in the region. FFI has already signed a memorandum of understanding to conduct studies with a view to developing green hydrogen production in the country. The meeting discussed green hydrogen production projects with an installed capacity of 9,2 gigawatts (GW). “Egypt’s excellent wind and solar resources can generate the renewable energy needed for large-scale production of green electricity, green hydrogen and green ammonia,” said Forrest. According to the information, local production of solar cells and wind turbines was also discussed. (Photo: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, center, and FFI boss Forrest, left of El-Sisi. © FFI)
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