Berlin: BAM and South Korea intensify cooperation on H2 technologies + + + Denmark: Greater range for Fendt tractors thanks to hydrogen + + + Stade: Building permit for LNG terminal with green gases + + + France: Lhyfe supplies HYmpulsion filling stations with green hydrogen + + + China: 26 new H2 filling stations installed by September + + + Australia: Liquid hydrogen transporter Suiso Frontier back + + + Denmark: Green hydrogen from offshore wind power + + + Berlin: Enapter delivers AEM Flex 120 electrolyser to brick producer + + +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 Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) and South Korea are deepening their cooperation in the field of modern hydrogen technologies. There have been collaborations between BAM and three institutes for several years. The focus of the collaboration is “ensuring the safety of hydrogen infrastructure and building a quality infrastructure as well as regulations with corresponding norms and standards for Germany and South Korea, which are intended to accelerate the market ramp-up of hydrogen,” the authority said. On the South Korean side, the Korea Gas Safety Corporation (KGS), Hoseo University in Cheonan and H2Korea, an organization that advises the South Korean government on questions relating to hydrogen, are involved. The collaboration extends across the entire value chain from safe production, storage and reliable transport to use.
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With methanol and fuel cells, the operating time of an electric Fendt tractor can be extended. © AGCO
Blue World Technologies and AGCO Power have developed a prototype to extend the range of the “Fendt e100 Vario” electric tractor. The concept is based on Blue World Technologies' fuel cell platform and enables longer operating times using methanol as a liquid fuel. According to the company, the energy source is converted into hydrogen-rich gas, which drives a fuel cell, which in turn charges the tractor's batteries. Each fuel cell stack typically contains 90 to 160 cells with a total output of five to 20 kilowatts. Multiple fuel cell stacks could be connected together to meet required energy needs. The fuel cell technology doubles the operating time of the electric tractor and enables quick refueling. Green methanol is a suitable candidate for new drive solutions and can be stored in a tank as a liquid fuel similar to diesel. Using standard components such as methanol reformers and fuel cell stacks, the platform can be tailored to the desired application and the required energy requirements.
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The company Hanseatic Energy Hub GmbH is allowed to build and operate a permanent LNG terminal in Stade. The approval has now been granted by the Lüneburg Trade Inspectorate. The terminal can also process climate-neutral gases from renewable energies. Commissioning is planned for 2027. Along with Wilhelmshaven, Stade will become a hub for renewable energies in combination with green hydrogen, says Lower Saxony's Environment and Energy Minister Christian Meyer.
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Graphical representation of HYmpulsion's hydrogen filling station in Clermont-Ferrand. © HYmpulsion
The French company Lhyfe will supply up to 2025 tons of green hydrogen to the company HYmpulsion every day for a period of ten years starting in 1,6. According to the company, production takes place in Le Cheylas (Isère). The planned production capacity is two tons per day (five megawatts). A distribution agreement has now been signed. Launched in 2017, the Zero Emission Valley (ZEV) project aims to develop a profitable and sustainable carbon-free mobility chain in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, on the one hand by building an environmentally friendly infrastructure for the production, storage and distribution of hydrogen and, on the other hand, hydrogen vehicles would be made available. The leader is HYmpulsion, whose shareholders are the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Engie, Michelin, Crédit Agricole and Banque des Territoires.
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Hydrogen filling station in Wuhan. © China Hydrogen Bulletin
China has built 26 new hydrogen filling stations by September this year. According to the state-run China Hydrogen Alliance, more than 70 stations are under construction, some of which could be operational this year. Of the total of 387 active hydrogen filling stations, there are 66 stations in Guangdong Province, followed by Shandong (37), Jiangsu (31), Zhejiang (29) and Henan (26). However, the country is “far behind schedule”. All hydrogen strategies at the provincial level and the targets for hydrogen filling stations set by local governments were compiled for an industry survey. The overall goal for setting up hydrogen filling stations is 1.096 by 2025. China will therefore have to build and set up over 600 hydrogen filling stations next year. The Alliance cites reasons for the delay as including a lack of low-cost hydrogen and the fact that most stations are in developed coastal provinces that are "quite far away from particularly low-carbon resources" generally located in northern or northwestern China . Gas station owners have to raise prices to maintain profitability, or some gas stations are heavily dependent on government subsidies, “which can make their revenues volatile and unpredictable.” However, China is currently building over 2.000 kilometers of hydrogen transport pipelines to connect production sites with consumption centers.
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The liquid hydrogen transporter Suiso Frontier in Melbourne, Australia. ©HESC
The liquid hydrogen tanker Suiso Frontier has returned to Australia for the 60th joint Australia-Japan economic conference held in Melbourne. The transporter was an important part of a pilot project called “Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain” (HESC), which was completed in February 2022. That was true at the time Ship into Kobe, Japan, with a cargo of liquefied hydrogen produced in the Latrobe Valley (Gippsland, Victoria). The costs of $500 million were borne by, among others, the Commonwealth, the state of Victoria and the Japanese government. According to Yuko Fukuma, Acting General Manager, Hydrogen Engineering Australia, they now want to continue working with the Australian and Victorian governments “to create an international commercial-scale clean hydrogen supply chain” that supports both countries’ decarbonization efforts. Hydrogen Engineering Australia is a subsidiary of Kawasaki Heavy Industries. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd, Iwatani Corporation and Inpex Corp. also agreed to further acquire shares in Japan Suiso Energy, Ltd. (JSE), a joint venture between Kawasaki and Iwatani founded in 2021. Kawasaki holds 36,6 percent, Iwatani 33,4 percent and Inpex 30,0 percent in the JSE.
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“Sealhyfe”: A wind turbine floating 20 kilometers off the coast of France with an output of one megawatt is intended to supply the electricity for hydrogen production. Pictured: Offshore platform still docked in the port of Saint Nazaire. © Lhyfe
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), Flexens and Lhyfe are jointly launching the “Åland Energy Island” project. Large-scale hydrogen production is to be developed on Åland, fed by offshore wind turbines in the gigawatt range in Åland waters. The exact configuration of the Åland Energy Island project will be “developed in close consultation with the local government and other local stakeholders,” the companies said. A timetable was not given. CIP is a fund manager for investments in renewable energy and green hydrogen. Lhyfe operates the world's first offshore hydrogen production facility (“Sealhyfe”),
which is powered by a floating wind turbine. Flexens is a regional developer of hydrogen projects on the Åland Islands.
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Electrolyser AEM Flex 120 from Enapter. © Enapter AG
Enapter AG has delivered the first model of its new AEM Flex 120 electrolyser to the ABC-Klinkergruppe company in Hörstel, Germany. The green hydrogen production system should be put into operation this year and will advance the decarbonization of the German brick manufacturer's manufacturing processes, the company said. The green hydrogen produced with the AEM Flex 120 will be fed into the company's gas mix and replace part of the natural gas previously used to generate process heat. With the AEM Flex 120, Enapter says it is closing the market gap between the AEM electrolyzer EL 4 (one kilogram per day) and its multi-core megawatt system (450 kilograms) introduced in May. The new electrolyser can produce almost 54 kilograms of hydrogen per day, which corresponds to a nominal output of 120 kilowatts. The product was launched on the market at the end of September. There are already 26 additional orders from Europe, Asia and Africa. The planned areas of application are industrial projects, hydrogen tank solutions for forklifts, cars and bus charging stations as well as electricity storage for peak load reduction and energy self-sufficiency. The order volume is around seven million euros. The Enapter Group's total order backlog amounted to around 2023 million euros at the end of the third quarter of 27.
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