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Hamburg gains H2 demo center

Hamburg gains H2 demo center

All across Germany, more and more sites that focus on hydrogen are popping up. In addition to real-world labs, HyLand Regions and ITZ satellites, there are so-called centers where hydrogen research and development is being driven forward. An additional contact point is now to be created in Hamburg: a demonstration center for sector-coupling and hydrogen ...
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/ CC4E, Fraunhofer, Fraunhofer IWES. HyLand, Germany, H2 demo center, Hamburg, HAW Hamburg, Professor Werner Beba
Cover A Brief History of Humankind

A short history

You don’t need to be a history buff to be drawn into this book. “Sapiens – A Brief History of Humankind” is neither a historical novel nor a tedious history book. Instead, this work by Yuval Noah Harari features a well-researched narrative that seeks to explain why we humans behave the way we do ...
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/ Germany, literature, Sappiens - A Brief history of Humankind, Yuval Noah Harari
The MVPS 40: a 40-ft station with two electrolyzer converters (EC-UP) – up to 8 MVA output, © SMA Sunbelt Energy GmbH

Photovoltaic firms discover hydrogen

For an electrolyzer to work with electricity from the grid, it needs a rectifier. The rectifiers work, in essence, like a photovoltaic inverter – but the other way around. Several companies from the solar industry are now active in this area. Positive side effect: Your technology is inherently network friendly ...
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/ AC circuit, Eva Augsten, Fabian Jochem, Germany, hydrogen, Photovoltaic, PV, SMA Sunbelt Energy GmbH, The smarter E Europe
Dr. Johannes F. Kirchhoff at Enginius – with the CityPower in the background

New brand for hydrogen-run garbage trucks

The kickstart for Enginius could hardly have turned out better. On May 16th, 2022, Faun Umwelttechnik GmbH & Co. KG introduced its new brand to the public in Bremen, and only two weeks later, the vehicle manufacturer from Niedersachsen was presented the first ever H2Eco Award during Hannover Messe. At the same time as the ...
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/ Daimler Trucks, FAUN, Georg Sandkühler, Germany, Hannover Messe, Hydrogenics, Kirchhoff, Patrick Hermanspann, South Korea, Sven Geitmann
Sara Schiffer, founder and director of hylane, advisor to the board at DEVK, © hylane

Hydrogen trucks for hire

The idea of carmakers running their own car sharing enterprises has been around for years. But an insurance company leasing hydrogen-powered trucks is something completely new. Indeed at first glance the plans put forward by hylane, a subsidiary of German insurer DEVK (historically an insurance fund for railroad employees), seem rather unconventional. During the course ...
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/ DEVK, Germany, hylane, Sara Schiffer, Shell Hydrogen, Sven Geitmann, trucks
HyStarters and HyExperts of round 2

Where we are is way ahead

On May 12th, 2022, German transport minister Dr. Volker Wissing set off the next round of the HyLand program. Representatives from each of the 15 HyStarter and HyExpert Regions came to Berlin to hear the funding decisions from the ministry for transport and digital infrastructure (Bundesministerium für Digitales und Verkehr, BMDV). In addition, Wissing announced ...
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/ BMDV, Dr. Volker Wissing, Germany, Germany, HyExpert, HyLand, HyPerformer, NIP, NOW, Sven Geitmann
PtX landscape in Germany (stations in operation or being constructed), © LBST

Reflection and perspective on PtX

The progression of PtX technologies within the last two decades, starting in Germany, seems to have developed into a success story, with currently more than 900 projects worldwide. At this time, a transition from small laboratory-scale pilot projects to large-scale commercial use can be observed. The PtX activities up to now have been followed and ...
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/ Germany, ITM Power, LBST, Luis A. Martinez B., PtX, Tetyana Raksha
Hydrogenious’ demo system for hydrogen storage and transport in Finland, © HySTOC

LOHCs as a promising alternative?

A startup from Erlangen, Germany is advancing the development of a liquid organic hydrogen carrier. With various corporations like Bilfinger und Schaeffler, the technology company is trying to make the innovative solution for green hydrogen more economical worldwide. At the end of 2023, the largest storage and release plant thus far is to appear in ...
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/ Bilfingen, Erlangen, Finland, Germany, Germany, HIERN, LOHC, Niels Hendrik Petersen, Schaeffler
Thorsten Kasten, © DWV

Significant quantities of hydrogen from abroad

Membership of the German hydrogen and fuel cell association DWV is going up and up. Not only that, the difficult energy policy situation at the moment means the association is gaining in importance too. For several years the DWV has been evolving into a central industry association alongside the German gas and water industries association ...
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/ DVGW, DWV, Germany, Germany, Hannover Messe, hydrogen, interview, Thorsten Kasten, Tilman Wilhelm, VNG AG
© H2SkaProMo

Scalable production of fuel cell stacks

Increasing demand for hydrogen technologies is prompting the need for automakers and equipment suppliers to align and adapt production capacities to meet new requirements. To enable this to happen, it is essential to establish expertise and develop processes and technologies, particularly when it comes to key technology areas like hydrogen production and consumption systems, since ...
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/ fuel cell, Germany, H2SkaProMo, Klaus Fabian, Lennard Margies, Rainer Müller, ZeMA
Definition of the fuel cell module as part of a fuel cell energy system, as generally defined in norm IEC 62282-2-100, or VDE 0130-2-100:2021-04 Brennstoffzellentechnologien [IEC 62282-2-100:2020]

How standards change the world

The importance of hydrogen and fuel cells, both at the national and international level, is strongly growing. Not only through the multitude of national roadmaps toward energy change but also by more and more companies entering the market with promising products is the maturity of the technology becoming increasingly clear. In order to offer safe ...
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/ Dr. Alexander Dyck, Germany, H2 quality, IEC, ISO, norms, RCS, standards, Thomas Jungmann
Reuther STC insolvent again

Reuther STC insolvent again

The steel construction company Reuther STC GmbH from Fürstenwalde, Brandenburg is bankrupt once more. On June 1, 2022, insolvency proceedings were opened – for the second time. As the state broadcaster, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB), reported, Reuther had already been “as good as bankrupt before the pandemic,” since, in 2019, a 7-million-euro order from Senvion for ...
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/ Christian Klingelstein, Germany, Germany, RBB, Reuther, Reuther STC, steel
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