Osnabrück: Six companies are planning hydrogen infrastructure and filling stations + + + Munich: Bavaria is funding hydrogen filling stations with 20 million euros + + + Munich: Hyundai presents hydrogen excavators + + + USA: CB&I and Daewoo make plans to build liquid hydrogen tanker + + + Norway: NEL supplies electrolyzers to Woodside Energy + + + Canada: ArcelorMittal converts steel production to hydrogen-compatible DRI process + + + USA: Construction begins on Plug Power electrolyzers in Georgia and Kingsland + + + Berlin: BMBF supports research into sustainable kerosene + + + Great Britain: First Hydrogen vans receive road approval + + +DISCOUNT promotion: Your ADVERTISING on the PtX portal
A selection of PtX topics summarized at the end of the week
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Six companies want to jointly implement hydrogen projects in the Osnabrück economic region of Lower Saxony. Plans include, among other things, the construction of a hydrogen production plant with a hydrogen pipeline network and hydrogen filling stations. The steel producer is involved 
Georgsmarienhütte, the copper manufacturer KME Germany, the gas station operator Q1 Energie AG, the distributor EWE and the logistics network KNI. (Photo: Agreeing on hydrogen projects, from left: Rolf Meyer, KNI; Tobias Moldenhauer, EWE; Wolfgang zur Stadt, KME; Martin Hoffschroer, Q1; Jean-Frédréic Castagnet, Georgsmarienhütte. © Georgsmarienhütte Holding GmbH / Leonard Nortmann)
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The Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs is providing another ten million euros for hydrogen filling stations. This means that the funding will be increased to 20 million euros due to the “strong demand in the previous call in March of this year”. According to the information, eight funding applications for hydrogen filling stations have been approved so far. The first projects are already under construction. There are currently around 20 hydrogen filling stations throughout Bavaria. Applications can be submitted until November 14, 2022 Project sponsor Bavaria Innovative The funding conditions can also be found there.
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The Hyundai Heavy Industries Group wants to introduce a hydrogen-powered excavator in Europe. 
The 14-ton vehicle with the type designation “HCE 14T” was already developed for the Korean market in 2020. The machine will be presented at the BAUMA trade fair, which will take place in Munich from October 24th to 30th. The company is represented by its subsidiaries Hyundai Construction Equipment and Hyundai Doosan Infracore. (Photo: Hyundai presents its hydrogen-powered excavator HCE 14T at BAUMA. © Hyundai)
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US storage specialist CB&I Storage Solutions and Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. want to jointly investigate the possibilities of building a tanker for liquid hydrogen (LH2). Both companies have now signed a corresponding declaration of intent. CB&I's spherical tanks can store LH2 at temperatures of minus 423 degrees Celsius. The company, part of the US engineering services provider McDermotts International, is said to be close to completing the world's largest LH2 sphere in Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA.
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The Norwegian one Nel Hydrogen Electrolyzer AS, a subsidiary of Nel ASA, has entered into an agreement with Australian oil and gas group Woodside Energy Ltd. concluded a contract for alkaline electrolyzers. The systems are intended for the Woodside H2OK hydrogen project in the USA. According to the information, the order has a total value of around 600 million Norwegian crowns (57 million euros). H2OK is Woodside's first hydrogen project in the United States. In the first phase, 60 tons per day will be produced. The location is Ardmore, Oklahoma, an area reported to have abundant water and energy. Woodside Energy is working on expanding its US presence as well as two planned hydrogen projects in Australia, "H2Perth" and "H2Tas".
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ArcelorMittal Dofasco, Canadian subsidiary of the Luxembourg steel and mining group ArcelorMittal SA., has begun converting its Hamilton, Ontario plant to direct reduced arc furnace (DRI-EAF) steelmaking. The decarbonization project 
was announced last July as a “partnership between ArcelorMittal and the governments of Canada and Ontario.” Investments are valued at 1,8 billion Canadian dollars (1,3 billion euros), of which 400 million dollars come from the Government of Canada and 500 million dollars from the Province of Ontario. The move is expected to reduce carbon emissions at ArcelorMittal Dofasco by three million tons and end the use of coal in the company's North American flat steel business. The new DRI furnace, with a capacity of 2,5 million tons, will initially run on natural gas, but will be equipped so that it can be converted to green hydrogen as a clean energy source as soon as sufficient supply is possible. (Photo: The conversion of ArcelorMittal Dofasco's steel production facility in Ontario started in the presence of high-ranking political representatives, including Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, center. © ArcelorMittal)
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The US fuel cell manufacturer Plug Power Inc. has announced the start of construction on several hydrogen production plants. This is how the US engineering service provider starts 
S&B Engineers and Constructors Ltd. with the installation of the system “Peachtreein Kingsland, Georgia. The hydrogen produced there will be liquefied, stored and loaded on site for transport. The capacity is 15 tons of liquid hydrogen per day. S&B is responsible for engineering services, procurement and construction (EPC). Around 200 jobs would be created during construction. In addition, an electrolyzer with a capacity of 15 tons per day will also be built in St.Gabriel, Louisiana. The new joint venture is responsible for this “Hydrogenii“ from Plug Power and the chemical company Olin Corp. During the construction phase in 2022 and 2023 there will be work for up to 215 people, and 25 permanent jobs will be created later. The dates of commissioning were not mentioned. (Photo: Plug Power's “Peachtree” electrolyzer in Kingsland, Georgia. © S&B)
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The international research project CARE-O-SENE (Catalyst Research for Sustainable Kerosene) wants to “develop novel Fischer-Tropsch catalysts and thus optimize the production of sustainable kerosene on an industrial scale”. 
The project now received this Funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in the amount of 30 million euros. According to the information, the consortium partners from industry are contributing another ten million euros. Sustainable kerosene (Sustainable Aviation Fuel, SAF) is based on green hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Seven South African and German project partners are conducting research in the CARE-O-SENE project: the chemical companies Sasol Germany GmbH and Sasol Ltd., the Helmholtz Center Berlin for Materials and Energy, the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS), and the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT), the University of Cape Town (UCT) and Ineratec GmbH. (Photo: project logo. © HZB)
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Two British-Canadian commercial vehicles First Hydrogen Corp. have received road approval for Great Britain (excluding Northern Ireland) from the Vehicle Certification Agency. The light vans can be tested by customers on public roads for 2023 months from January 24. The company expects to collect important data during this period. A total of 13 British fleet operators from the telecommunications, utilities, infrastructure, delivery services, grocery and healthcare sectors have expressed interest in testing. According to the company, the fuel cell vehicles achieve a range of between 400 and 600 kilometers on one tank of fuel. First Hydrogen wants to expand its testing program to the European Union, the USA and Canada. In addition, First Hydrogen is also working on the production and distribution of green hydrogen as part of its HaaS (Hydrogen as a Service) program. (Photo: © First Hydrogen)
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