Germany will need to build over 9GW of clean hydrogen production capacity in little over five years to meet its 2030 targets, the Hydrogen Technology Expo Europe in Hamburg has heard.
“These limitations prevent the full economic utilisation of an electrolyser of this size.”
Japanese private equity fund Advantage Partners (AP) is in talks with Tree Energy Solutions (TES) to explore potential investments into the European firm’s green hydrogen-based electric natural gas (e-NG) efforts.
With 85 Net Zero projects selected in total, the package is supporting six clean hydrogen production projects and eight electrolyser manufacturing firms.
Achieving a €6/kg total cost of ownership (TCO) for hydrogen fuel cell trucks by 2030 will make hydrogen transportation competitive with diesel, according to cellcentric’s Head of Sales, Marketing, and Communication.
The German hydrogen industry must navigate funding, infrastructure and offtake challenges to achieve the scale-up of hydrogen production and distribution.
Collaboration between policymakers and industry developers is essential for building a global hydrogen trade, but funding alone won’t be enough to achieve it, attendees at the Hydrogen Technology Expo in Hamburg, Germany, have heard.
Luxfer Gas Cylinders and Hypermotive have announced that they will offer an automated hydrogen, storage and filling solution, aimed at lowering the barrier to entry for hydrogen supply.
Blastr Green Steel is exploring the potential to supply 100,000 tonnes of hydrogen-based steel per year to Central Europe with metals processing firm Knauf Interfer.
Promised to be a “fundamental redesign” of its previous pressurised alkaline system, Nel says the next generation will have higher efficiency to reduce OPEX and shorter response times for pairing with renewables.
