Several business have actually revealed brand-new hydrogen handle Europe, as Germany moves on hydrogen cooperation with Australia and the United Arab Emirates. pv publication likewise consulted with Thomas Hillig, handling director of THEnergy, about Europe’s electrolysis capability. January 26, 2024 Sergio Matalucci Europe is welcoming polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolysis, prioritizing it over alkaline electrolysis, stated Thomas Hillig, handling director at THEnergy. “While a number of the older setups were alkaline electrolyzers, now there is a clear predominance of PEM innovation,” he informed pv publication. THEnergy just recently released an electrolysis capability map for Europe. “My finest guess would be that the map covers 80% of electrolyzers that are utilized for producing green hydrogen,” stated Hillig. “Adding up the setups from the map leads to around 135 MW. The overall would be in the variety of 170 MW.” He kept in mind that a huge wave of brand-new electrolyzers emerged in 2023. “However, lots of tasks are still under awareness,” he stated. “That likewise suggests that the map will look totally various in one year from now.” Ecoclean has actually begun series production of modular AEL electrolyzers on a megawatt scale. “The robust, low-maintenance electrolyzers from the worldwide active business are readily available as scalable standalone services and turnkey systems with outputs varying from 1 to 20 MW,” stated the German business. It declared the systems provide “high gas quality” and a system pressure of as much as 30 bars. “As not every application needs a gas pressure of 30 bars or more, [we are] presently in the procedure of including atmospheric-pressure alkaline electrolyzers to [our] item variety,” stated Ecoclean. Lhyfe and EDP Renewables have actually signed a 15-year sustainable electrical energy supply agreement. Under their business power purchase arrangement (CPPA), Lhyfe will purchase energy from a 55 MW solar task in Germany established by EDPR, through Kronos Solar EDPR. The business anticipate to link the setup to the grid throughout 2025. The CPPA is Lhyfe’s biggest such offer to date and protects sustainable power products for its future green hydrogen production websites in Germany. It is likewise the very first PPA that EDP Renewables has actually signed with a hydrogen business. Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe has actually introduced a public tender for the procurement of approximately 151,000 lots of low-carbon hydrogen, in order to provide direct-iron decrease centers it is developing at its plant in Duisburg, Germany. The steelmaker is looking for 10-year agreements for green or blue H2 to decrease emissions at Germany’s biggest steel mill. Masdar and Daimler Truck have actually consented to check out the expediency of liquid green hydrogen exports from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to Europe by 2030. The goal is to decarbonize roadway freight transportation in the continent. Daimler Truck is pursuing a dual-track method with hydrogen- and battery-powered lorries. The business’s model Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck just recently finished a journey of 1,047 kilometers throughout Germany with one fill of liquid hydrogen under real-life conditions. Daimler Truck is constructing a customer-trial fleet of Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Trucks, which is anticipated to be released in mid-2024. Popular contentGermany’s National Academy of Science and Engineering has actually concluded that a practical German-Australian supply chain exists, as detailed in a brand-new research study it has actually commissioned. The Fraunhofer Research Institution for Energy Infrastructures and Geothermal Energy IEG performed the research study, comparing the financial advantages and technical expediency of different transportation facilities, consisting of a hydrogen network, item pipeline, inland waterway vessel, and rail. Acatech President Jan Wörner stated that an Australian-German hydrogen bridge assures a steady and equally helpful trade relationship in between 2 democratic nations. The research study is the last element of the HySupply task, started in December 2020 and moneyed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), performed in partnership with an Australian consortium led by the University of New South Wales in Sydney (UNSW). This material is secured by copyright and might not be recycled. If you wish to work together with us and wish to recycle a few of our material, please contact: editors@pv-magazine.com.