Poland: Poznan orders more hydrogen buses from Solaris + + + Denmark: European Energy receives 53 million euros in funding for methanol production + + + Heidelberg: RNV orders 75 buses from Daimler and builds public hydrogen filling station + + + South Africa: Acwa Power is examining hydrogen projects + + + Leipzig: BMW wants to use green hydrogen in its paint shop + + + Holzwickede: Natural gas pipeline converted to hydrogen put into operation + + + Hamburg: First hydrogen delivery from the Emirates arrived + + + Australia: Funding for FFI study on ammonia production + + + Neumünster: BMDV supports hydrogen filling station with 4,9 million euros + + + South Africa: Sasol and ArcelorMittal plan hydrogen potential study + + + Braunschweig: Scientists want to generate hydrogen from waste + + + Australia: Line Hydrogen to supply gold mine with hydrogen + + + 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 municipal transport company MPK Poznań has contracted with the Polish bus manufacturer 
Solaris Bus & Coach sp. z oo 25 hydrogen-powered vehicles of the type “Urbino 12 hydrogen” ordered for Poznan. 15 buses were put out to tender, but the transport company exercised its option to expand the order by ten buses. Delivery will take place in the second half of 2023, the company said. The investment is co-financed through the “Green Public Transport” program of the State Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFOŚiGW). Fuel cell modules with an output of 12 kilowatts are installed in the 70-meter buses, which obtain the hydrogen from five tanks with a total volume of 1.560 liters. A traction battery supports the fuel cell during power demand peaks. The bus has 31 seats and an area for wheelchair users and passengers with strollers. (Photo: Urbino 12 hydrogen © Solaris)
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The Danish project developer and operator of solar and wind parks European Energy A/S gets 
from the Danish state Green Investment Fund (DGIF) funding of 53 million euros for an e-methanol plant in Kassø. Jyske Bank is also among the other financiers. The future PtX system will be powered by renewable energy from the nearby 300 megawatt Kassø solar park. As reported, European Energy is supposed to work for the logistics group Moller Maersk Produce e-methanol for its first green feeder ship, which will go into operation in 2023. European Energy will also develop methanol plants for Maersk in Latin America and the United States, capable of producing 2025 to 2026 tons annually from 200.000/300.000. (Photo: PtX system from European Energy. © European Energy A/S)
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The Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH (RNV) has started the construction of a new depot in Heidelberg with a groundbreaking ceremony. There is also a hydrogen filling station 
Two spaces are also available to the public. Commissioning is planned gradually from 2023. The new yard offers space for 27 articulated buses of the “Mercedes-Benz eCitaro Range Extender” type. RNV has ordered 40 of these vehicles. Delivery is scheduled for 2023 and 2024; There is also an option for 35 more articulated buses by 2027. The three-door buses have four battery packs with lithium-ion batteries (NMC3) with a capacity of 392 kilowatt hours. There are also six hydrogen tanks with a cumulative capacity of 30 kilograms. A fuel cell stack generates electricity for the batteries. The total range is 350 kilometers. According to the information, the batteries are charged and hydrogen refueling takes place in the depots or their immediate vicinity in Heidelberg, Mannheim and Ludwigshafen. (Photo: Groundbreaking ceremony for new depot in Heidelberg with hydrogen filling station, from left: Michael Jäger, managing director of the Heidelberg tram and mountain railway; Martin in der Beek, managing director of RNV; Eckart Würzner, mayor of Heidelberg; Elke Zimmer, state secretary in the Ministry of Transport of Baden-Württemberg; Christian Specht, Chairman of the Supervisory Board RNV; Theresia Bauer, Member of the Baden-Württemberg State Parliament. © Daimler Truck AG)
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The Saudi power plant developer Acwa Power and the South African state 
Institute for Development Finance Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd. (IDC) are jointly examining plans to build a hydrogen economy in South Africa. The potential value of the projects is estimated at ten billion dollars (10,14 billion euros). ACWA Power will act as the developer of green hydrogen and its derivatives in South Africa, while IDC will act as co-developer and equity partner in the proposed projects. Acwa Power has been represented in South Africa since 2016 and operates the two solar power plants “Bokpoort” (50 megawatts) and “Redstone” (100 megawatts). Both projects use concentrated solar power (CSP) technology. (Photo: The declaration of intent was signed during the state visit of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the presence of high-ranking business and political figures. © Acwa Power)
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The BMW Group converts the paint shop at the Leipzig plant to a newly developed burner technology, 
in which green hydrogen can also be used in addition to natural gas. The company wants to reduce the CO2-intensive use of the fossil fuel natural gas in the paint dryer. The burner can burn hydrogen and natural gas alone or in a mixture. The fuel change can take place during ongoing operations. It will initially be used in pilot operation. It was not stated whether, and if so from when, the car manufacturer would actually use green hydrogen. It is vaguely stated that the prerequisite is “the sufficient availability of green hydrogen via lines”. The Leipzig plant has the opportunity to use a hydrogen network that is being developed in the region. The burner system was developed in cooperation with the Saacke company from Bremen, and the Fraunhofer Institute IFF in Magdeburg supports the integration of the safety concept. (Photo: BMW wants to use green hydrogen in the paint shop at the Leipzig plant, if available; Image: Final inspection in the light tunnel. © BMW Group)
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In Holzwickede, North Rhine-Westphalia, the distribution network operator Westnetz GmbH a public supply natural gas pipeline was converted to 100 percent hydrogen. 
However, the line length is only 500 meters. There are three commercial customers connected to it who use hydrogen to generate part of the room heat for their buildings. To do this, Westnetz separated an existing medium-pressure natural gas pipeline from the distribution network and connected it to a hydrogen storage facility. This is filled with climate-neutral hydrogen of quality 3.0 (purity 99,9 percent), which is stored at a maximum pressure of 42 bar, according to the company. Delivery to customers takes place without the addition of natural gas. In addition to converting the natural gas pipeline, adjustments were also required for the three customers involved. Natural gas condensing boilers currently available on the market could not burn pure hydrogen. Therefore, Remeha condensing boilers suitable for 100 percent hydrogen were installed at the three companies. These have an output of 24 kilowatts and burn pure hydrogen with almost no emissions. The research and development project “H2HoWi” is supported by the German Fuel Institute Freiberg. It runs until the end of 2023. (Photo: Three companies in Holzwickede are supplied with pure hydrogen by Westnetz. © Westenergie AG)
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In Hamburg The first hydrogen delivery from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was highly publicized in the presence of political celebrities. 
handed over in Germany. This was made during a trip by the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection Robert Habeck agreed in March in Abu Dhabi. The shipment was carried out by the state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). However, the hydrogen, bound in more easily transportable ammonia, was obtained from natural gas and is therefore not green. In Hamburg, the copper manufacturer Aurubis is using the first test deliveries to convert energy-intensive copper production to low-emission ammonia. The second delivery is expected in Hamburg at the beginning of November, according to the BMWK. (Photo from left: Hamburg's Senator for Economic Affairs Michael Westhagemann, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Climate Commissioner and Minister for Industry and High Technology, Hamburg's Mayor Peter Tschentscher, Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck at the handover of the first hydrogen / ammonia delivery from the United Arab Emirates. © Senate Chancellery Hamburg )
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The Australian energy agency ARENA (Australian Renewable Energy Agency) is supporting a FEED (Front-End Engineering and Design) study on Gibson Island in Brisbane with 13,7 million Australian dollars (8,9 million euros). The funding will go to Fortescue Future Industries Pty Ltd (FFI) in partnership with Incitec Pivot Limited (IPL). Fortescue Metals Group subsidiary FFI and IPL will explore the use of a 38-megawatt electrolyser capable of producing up to 500 tons of renewable hydrogen per year as part of the $70.000 million project. The study will also examine the requirements for retrofitting IPL's existing ammonia plant to utilize renewable hydrogen production and offtake approximately 400.000 tonnes of renewable ammonia per year. Ammonia production is a very energy-intensive process that produces about 500 million tons of carbon dioxide annually, which is about 1,8 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, roughly the size of the aviation industry. Ammonia is used in agriculture and industry, with up to 80 percent of ammonia used to make fertilizers and the remaining 20 percent for industrial purposes such as making explosives and plastics.
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The Hypion Motion Neumünster GmbH & Co. KG will receive 4,9 million euros from the “Climate and Transformation Fund” of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) for its public hydrogen filling station announced in January 2020. Under the leadership of Hypion, an H2 hub (“H2-HubNMS”) is to be built in Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein. The concept includes the production of green hydrogen along with filling station infrastructure. Sales of 2.000 kilograms of hydrogen per day are possible at the station. The location is a blueprint for other locations in Germany and Europe. The consortium includes the food company Edeka AG (Hamburg) along with Edeka Handelsgesellschaft Nord (Neumünster), the building materials dealer Ernst Krebs GmbH & Co.KG (Neumünster), the freight forwarder FA Kruse jun. eK (Brunsbüttel), the logistics company Herbert Voigt (Neumünster), the Netto Marken-Discount (Henstedt-Ulzburg location) and the vehicle converter Clean Logistics SE (Hamburg). According to the information, the companies are investing a total of “a double-digit million amount”. Hypion is a joint venture between the engineering firm IPP Projects GmbH, the development agency Region Heide AöR, EDF Deutschland GmbH and Hansewerk AG.
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The South African energy multinational Sasol Ltd. and the Luxembourg steel group ArcelorMittal SA want to jointly develop carbon capture technologies for the production of sustainable fuels and chemicals and for the production of steel using green hydrogen. To this end, studies are initially being developed on two potential projects: The Saldanha study on green hydrogen and derivatives is intended to examine the region's potential as an export hub and for the production of green steel. The Vaal study looks at the use of up to 1,5 million tonnes of industrial carbon capture (CCU) annually from ArcelorMittal South Africa's Vanderbijlpark plant; Using renewable energy and green hydrogen, the carbon captured from the steelworks will be converted into sustainable fuels and chemicals. In addition, Sasol signed a memorandum of understanding with the Freeport Saldanha Industrial Development Zone to develop a globally competitive green hydrogen center in Saldanha Bay.
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A consortium of science and industry wants to produce hydrogen from organic waste. 
A two-part process is to be developed to “obtain high-purity hydrogen from biogenic substitute fuels such as sewage sludge”. In a first step, the researchers want to produce a hydrogen-rich synthesis gas from the biogenic residues using a thermo-chemical conversion process. The plan is then to separate high-purity hydrogen using metallic-coated membranes. “The advantages for the waste disposal company are higher quality material disposal and holistic internal disposal within the company,” says a statement from Fraunhofer Institute for Thin Films and Surface Technology IST. The Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT and Veolia Umweltservice Süd GmbH & Co. KG are also involved. (Graphic: Illustration of the process for obtaining high-purity hydrogen from sewage sludge. © Fraunhofer UMSICHT)
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The Australian producer of hydrogen Line Hydrogen Pty Ltd. is said to work for the mining company Blue Cap Mining Pty Ltd. Develop a solution to meet the energy needs of Blue Cap's Lord Byron gold mine in Western Australia. As part of the project, Line Hydrogen designs, develops and operates renewable energy production plants to replace electricity generation from fossil fuels. The contract also includes a green hydrogen production plant that will supply Lord Byron with green electricity during times when no renewable energy is being generated. The hydrogen will also replace the 13,2 million liters of diesel fuel required annually for generators on the site. The preliminary investigations will be completed by the end of 2022, followed by the feasibility study for investors. Construction is expected to begin within 18 months. According to the information, the mining sector accounts for around ten percent of Australia's total energy consumption, requiring around 14,3 billion liters of diesel per year.
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