Egypt: Globeleq signs framework agreement for hydrogen production + + + France: Air Liquide and Total Energies plan hydrogen production for aviation fuel + + + Salzgitter: Salzgitter AG will purchase offshore wind power from EnBW from 2025 + + + Austria: Vienna networks build electrolysis plant + + + Italy: Fusion Fuel and Duferco plan market development for green hydrogen + + + Berlin: Federal Institute for Materials Testing and BMWK agree on hydrogen targets + + + Norway: Sun Hydrogen and Teco 2030 are considering merger + + +DISCOUNT promotion: Your ADVERTISING on the PtX portal
A selection of PtX topics summarized at the end of the week
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Globeleq signs an agreement to develop hydrogen projects in Egypt. © Globeleq
Egypt supports the hydrogen project of the British power plant operator and project developer globeleq Generation Ltd. on the Suez Canal. The company now has a framework agreement with the General Authority for Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE), the Sovereign Fund of Egypt for Investment and Development (TSFE), the New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) and the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) signed. As reported, Globeleq wants the green one Hydrogen project finance, build, own and operate. It will be developed in three phases over the next twelve years and will eventually include electrolysers with an output of 3,6 gigawatts. The electricity for hydrogen production is produced in solar and wind power plants with an output of nine gigawatts. In the first phase, 100.000 tons of green ammonia will be produced annually from hydrogen and used primarily for export to Europe and Asia for use as fertilizer. Commissioning is expected for 2026/2027. Globeleq has been investing in Egypt since 2003 and last year acquired the special purpose vehicle ARC for Renewable Energy SAE as the operator of a 66 megawatt photovoltaic system in the Benban solar complex near Aswan.
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Design for the “Grandpuits Zero Crude” low-carbon hydrogen production platform from Air Liquide and Total Energies. © Air Liquide
Air Liquide and Total Energies have signed a contract to convert Total's Grandpuits site, southeast of Paris, into a biorefinery. According to the information, low-carbon hydrogen will be produced there in the future. Liquid air is investing more than 130 million euros in the construction and operation of a hydrogen production plant with an annual capacity of more than 20.000 tons. A carbon capture system helps reduce the CO2 footprint. By partially recycling residual biogases from the Grandpuits biorefinery to replace the traditionally used natural gas, the hydrogen will be “partially renewable,” the companies explained. The refinery will use most of the energy source to produce sustainable aviation fuel and promote sustainable mobility in the Ile-de-France region.
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In the future, EnBW will supply offshore wind power for the Salzgitter Group from a planned wind farm in the North Sea. © Salzgitter AG
Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH has agreed a power supply agreement (PPA) with Energie Baden-Württemberg AG (EnBW) for 50 megawatts of installed capacity from the “He Dreiht” offshore wind farm west of Heligoland. In this way, the parent company secures itself Salzgitter AG for 15 years the supply of green electricity from the new 900 megawatt wind farm, which is scheduled to go into operation at the end of 2025. The electricity is needed to produce hydrogen for the production of almost CO2-free steel as part of the “Salcos” (Salzgitter Low CO2 Steelmaking) project. After EnBW, Salzgitter is the third contractual partner for electricity from this offshore wind farm in the North Sea. Further PPAs were concluded with Fraport and Evonik. The company will make the final investment decision to build the offshore wind farm next year.
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Laying the foundation stone for the new electrolyzer in Vienna (from left to right): Peter Weinelt (Wiener Stadtwerke), Gudrun Senk (Wiener Linien), Gerhard Fida (Wiener Netze), Peter Hanke (city councilor), Michael Strebl (Wien Energie), Thomas Steinhart (district councilor). in Simmering), Karl Gruber (Wien Energie), Helmut Meixner (Wiener Netze) © Wiener Netze / Martin Steiger
Wien Energie GmbH, part of Wiener Stadtwerke, and the network operator Wiener Netze GmbH will build an electrolysis plant by 2023. According to the information, the output is three megawatts, and from summer 2023 up to 1.300 kilograms of green hydrogen will be produced from green electricity every day. The investment volume is around ten million euros, the proceeds will go to a local hydrogen filling station on the Wiener Netze campus in the Simmering district, which will be equipped with 350 and 700 bar fuel pumps. This is enough to fuel 60 buses and trucks. Industry can also purchase hydrogen. For this purpose, an area will be set up for pickup with trailers. The H2 filling station on the bus garage site in the Leopoldau district will also be supplied from Simmering in the future. Wiener Linien already operates hydrogen buses.
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Ireland-based technology company Fusion Fuel Green Plc. has an agreement with Duferco Energia SpA to jointly develop the green hydrogen market in Italy and the MENA region. Duferco Energia is a subsidiary of the Duferco Group, a multinational steel and raw materials trading company focused on power generation facilities and the marketing of energy services. The first project is being built at the Duferco site in Giammoro, Sicily. Fusion Fuel will supply 1,25 of its off-grid electrolysers called “Hevo Solar” for the 50 megawatt system. The plant is expected to produce around 46 tons of green hydrogen per year, which will be used to power a Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell (MCFC) system, a high-temperature fuel cell with an operating temperature between 600 and 700 degrees Celsius.
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Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck and the President of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) Ulrich Panne have defined the work priorities and goals for the coming years. One signed during a BAM visit Vereinbarung According to a statement, the focus is on the topics of hydrogen technologies, wind energy and electrical energy storage, among other things. No specific details were given.
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The US-based Sun Hydrogen Inc. is investing 100 million Norwegian crowns (9,53 million euros) in the Norwegian fuel cell manufacturer Teco 2030 ASA. According to the agreement, Sun Hydrogen will receive a seat on the board of Teco 2030. The companies are also examining a possible business combination and a stock exchange listing in the USA.
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