USA provides eight million dollars in funding to reduce the cost of green hydrogen +++ Hy2gen invests 460 million euros in sustainable aviation fuel +++ Uniper Engineering restructures +++ Hydrogen production in North Rhine-Westphalia declines in 2020 +++ Teco 2030 receives AiP +++ 1.000 pre-orders for Hopium Māchina +++ Tesvolt delivers 40 MWh battery storage to Schaper +++ EBRD / IRESEN develop green hydrogen projects in Morocco +++ IRENA / Snam cooperate +++ MT.MI / Greenfield Nitrogen plan ammonia plant in Iowa +++ Federal Council votes on HydrogenNEV +++ Color theory: Only green is green
A selection of PtX topics summarized at the end of the week
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) is funding nine projects with approximately eight million dollars (6,9 million euros) as part of the " H2@Scale" initiative, which aims to reduce the cost of clean hydrogen by 80 percent within a decade. Hydrogen technologies are to be integrated into future energy systems.
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Wiesbaden-based Hy2gen AG is investing €460 million in a HYNOVERA project and plans to build a plant for the industrial-scale production of CO2-neutral fuels in partnership with the French power plant operator GazelEnergie (formerly Uniper France until July 2019) . The aim is to produce green hydrogen, green ammonia, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), and e-methanol. An SAF production facility will be built in Meyreuil, in southern France.
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The Engineering division of utility company Uniper SE will focus on operating its own facilities, as well as decarbonization and green customer solutions. The customer business will be entirely focused on hydrogen, renewable energies, industrial customer solutions, and net-zero solutions. The service business for third parties in the conventional energy sector will be discontinued and limited to engineering services for operators of nuclear power plants as a new strategic business area. According to the company, the Engineering business has "not yet been able to make an independent financial contribution to the Group's earnings." In its current structure, it is unable to meet Uniper's strategic and commercial expectations. The division comprises several companies with a total of approximately 1.100 employees, primarily in Germany and the UK. The organizational changes will result in "significant staff reductions." Uniper's main shareholder is the Finnish company Fortum Oy.
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In North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), twelve companies produced 1,6 billion cubic meters of hydrogen in 2020, with a sales value of €51,1 million. This represents a decrease of 14,4 percent in both sales and production volume (down 12,0 percent) compared to the previous year. Nationwide, 4,3 billion cubic meters of hydrogen were produced last year (down 4,0 percent compared to 2019), with a sales value of €175 million (down 16,1 percent). NRW imported a total of 1.087 tons (12,9 million cubic meters) of hydrogen from abroad in 2020 (down 14,2 percent). These figures come from the latest data released by the state's IT service provider, Information and Technology NRW (IT.NRW).
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Norwegian fuel cell manufacturer Teco 2030 ASA has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from Norwegian certification company DNV for its hydrogen fuel cell system and three versions of its FCM400 fuel cell module. This confirms that the products comply with applicable rules, regulations, and standards, and therefore Teco 2030's fuel cell systems are fundamentally suitable for marine applications. The Teco system was specifically designed for shipboard use in collaboration with the Austrian technology company AVL. Teco 2030 has now initiated the type approval process.
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French automaker Hopium has reported 1.000 pre-orders for its hydrogen-powered high-end sedan, the " Māchina, " and expects revenues of €120 million by 2025. The vehicle is priced at €120.000. Founded in 2019 by racing driver Olivier Lombard, the company aims to reach €1 billion in revenue by 2030.
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Tesvolt , a manufacturer of battery storage systems for industry and commerce, has received an order from the Schaper Group to supply batteries with a capacity of 40 MWh. The batteries, which will store electricity from solar and wind power plants, will be installed by Schaper for the Rostock-based Apex Group to supply electrolyzers. Apex provides industrial companies worldwide with heat and electricity, both of which are generated emission-free from hydrogen. The order is scheduled for completion by 2023 and has a sales volume of €40 million.
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Moroccan Research Institute for Solar Energy and New Energies ( IRESEN ) have agreed to cooperate more closely , particularly in the areas of green hydrogen, renewable energies, smart grids, energy efficiency, energy storage and e-mobility.
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The Italian gas transmission system operator Snam SpA and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) plan to jointly develop green hydrogen-based projects and business models for its production, transport, and distribution. The agreement was finalized at the conference "The H2 Road to Net Zero," organized by Bloomberg in collaboration with IRENA and Snam in Milan.
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The Italian plant engineering company Maire Tecnimont SpA (MT.MI) has entered into an agreement with the US project developer Greenfield Nitrogen LLC to develop a green ammonia plant in the Midwestern United States. Maire subsidiaries MET Development, Stamicarbon, and NextChem are also involved. Following a feasibility study for a capacity of 240 tons per day, Stamicarbon will contribute its new "STAMI Green Ammonia" technology. The production of approximately 83.000 tons of ammonia per year is expected to reduce the dependence of this corn belt in Iowa on ammonia currently imported from abroad.
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The German Federal Cabinet has adopted the Hydrogen Network Charges Ordinance (“Ordinance on the Costs and Charges for Access to Hydrogen Networks and Amending the Incentive Regulation Ordinance,” HydrogenNEV). According to the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, the ordinance creates “a reliable basis for calculating the network costs financed by hydrogen network operators through network charges. It provides guidelines for determining the so-called eligible network costs.” The HydrogenNEV applies only to those hydrogen network operators who actively and irrevocably decide to participate in the regulation of hydrogen network operation. Other hydrogen network operators remain, in principle, free to determine network operating costs and network charges as they see fit. The draft has been forwarded to the Federal Council. The current status and process can be viewed on the Federal Council's website.
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