Hamburg: Import terminal for green ammonia is scheduled to go into operation in 2026 + + + Oman: ACME brings Wrench on board for gigawatt hydrogen project + + + Berlin: Hylane tank customers will be given priority at H2 Mobility in the future + + + Duisburg: 100 fuel cell buses by 2030 + + + Norway: NEL and GM want to accelerate PEM industrialization + + + Uganda: HDF to build hydrogen power plant to generate electricity + + + Egypt: Consortium agrees to develop emission-free shipping + + + Spain: Enagás certifies the origin of renewable gases + + +DISCOUNT promotion: Your ADVERTISING on the PtX portal
A selection of PtX topics summarized at the end of the week
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From left to right: Jonathan Perkins (CEO Mabanaft), Seifi Ghasemi (CEO Air Products), Economics Minister Robert Habeck, Peter Tschentscher (First Mayor of Hamburg), Christophe Witte (CEO Marquard & Bahls). © Air Products
A terminal for importing green ammonia is being built in the port of Hamburg. The location decision was announced Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck together with Hamburg's First Mayor Peter Tschentscher, the President of Air Products Seifi Ghasemi and the CEO of Mabanaft GmbH & Co. KG Jonathan Perkins. The import terminal operated by Oiltanking Deutschland GmbH is scheduled to go into operation from 2026 and will be available for the import of green ammonia from Saudi Arabia, which is produced locally by Air Products. After landing in Hamburg, the ammonia is largely converted into pure hydrogen and distributed to the end users by Air Products.
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The Indian ACME Group wants the digital platform from the Indian software specialist called “Smart Project” for the planned green hydrogen and ammonia project in Oman Wrench Solutions use. All consultants, suppliers, partners and contractors would work together digitally to control project development and processes. A future expansion to administration, construction and procurement is also planned. ACME and the Norwegian project developer Scatec ASA signed an agreement for a 50:50 joint venture in March this year Major project to develop, build and operate in the special economic zone in the port of Duqm in Oman. Initially, 100.000 tons of green ammonia will be produced annually. When fully developed, it will be up to 1,1 million tons per year.
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The fuel card is also accepted by other providers. © Hylane
Hylane GmbH and the operator of hydrogen filling stations H2 Mobility Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG conclude a cooperation agreement. Tenant of HylaneTrucks therefore receive a refueling discount and “are given priority,” according to a statement from the company. Customers would have access to the 350-bar gas stations and benefit from “exclusive conditions at the pump.” Billing is done via a card that is also accepted at gas stations operated by other operators. In principle, vehicles can fill up to eight kilograms of hydrogen at 2 bar at all H700 mobility stations - enough for small commercial vehicles. However, up to 40 kilograms at 350 bar are now possible at more and more locations. A mixture of green and gray hydrogen is currently being offered. In the future, both partners want to focus on green hydrogen. H2 Mobility Deutschland is a joint venture between Air Liquide, Daimler, Linde, OMV, Shell and Total.
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Duisburg wants to purchase 100 fuel cell buses. © DVG / Daniel Tomczak
The city of Duisburg wants to build a fleet of 2030 fuel cell buses by 100, including the necessary hydrogen tank and workshop infrastructure. The prerequisite is the approval of the city council in the upcoming meeting on November 28th, explained the Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft AG (DVG). In March, the council had already decided to purchase ten fuel cell buses. The decision was based on a study in which the advantages and disadvantages of battery and fuel cell buses were compared from various aspects. “The results showed that fuel cell technology not only has a cost advantage in operation, but also achieves lower CO2 emissions when using green hydrogen than when using green electricity in battery buses.”
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Nel Hydrogen US, a subsidiary of Norway's Nel ASA, has entered into an agreement with General Motors to accelerate the industrialization of Nel's proton exchange membrane (PEM)-based electrolysis platform. According to the information, the two companies want to jointly “develop more competitive sources of renewable hydrogen”. GM develops and markets both its own “Hydrotec” fuel cells and a battery technology called “Ultium”. Nel pays GM “for the development work and the transfer of intellectual property” and later, after successful marketing, a license fee depending on the proportion of GM technology in the end product.
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Uganda wants to promote the development of green hydrogen production projects in the country. To this end, the Ministry of Energy has now reached an agreement with Hydrogène de France SA (HDF Energy) to pave the way for the construction of a “Renewstable” power plant in Uganda. HDF combines photovoltaic systems, electrolyzers, fuel cells and storage, which enables year-round power supply around the clock. HDF Energy is currently building in French Guiana The first hydrogen power plant of its kind on a utility scale, but is presumably behind schedule.
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During the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, a number of companies signed a “Joint Declaration on Green Hydrogen and Green Shipping”. The goal is the rapid introduction of hydrogen-based fuels in the current decade and the complete decarbonization of the shipping sector by 2050. The companies want to develop commercially viable zero-emission ocean-going ships. The people of Augsburg are among the signatories MAN Energy Solutions SE, the US Aspen Institute, the Getting to Zero Coalition (a coalition of the Global Maritime Forum and the World Economic Forum with more than 200 members), the Green Hydrogen Catapult advocacy group launched by the United Nations in 2020, the developer of green projects Hydrogen Intercontinental Energy and the Danish logistics group AP Moller-Maersk. It calls on international authorities and national governments to provide political support for the commitments of the private sector. Maritime organizations and member states should commit to a 2050 percent emissions reduction in the maritime transport sector by 100.
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© Enagas
Enagás Gestor Técnico del Sistema (Enagás GTS), a subsidiary of the Spanish transmission system operator Enagás, will develop a system for Proof of origin for gases from renewable sources in Spain. The Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico, MITECO) has now reportedly given approval for this. To this end, a register of users and production facilities is to be set up by January 2023 and certificates of origin are to be issued to the producing companies from March 2023. The evidence provides information about where, when and how renewable gases such as green hydrogen and biogas were produced. This applies both to gases that are fed into the gas network and into isolated pipelines, as well as to gases from renewable sources that are produced off-grid or used for internal consumption in the production facilities themselves.
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