Hydrogeit 
With an expansion of the electrolysis capacity to 10 GW, water demand in German would barely rise. In consideration of climate change, however, the German association for gas and water standards (Deutscher Verein des Gas- und Wasserfaches, DVGW) advises implementation of an integrated system of water management. This declaration by DVGW expert Dr. Florencia Saravia is … Read more
Bit by bit, Germany is beginning to expand its refueling network for hydrogen-powered commercial vehicles. The country’s existing 93 hydrogen stations, managed by H2 Mobility, are primarily designed for fuel cell automobiles and lack the capacity needed to fill up multiple trucks and buses. However Jan. 11, 2023, saw the opening of one of Europe’s highest … Read more
For months now, local media outlets have been trying to outdo each other with ever-bolder claims about hydrogen’s potential role in saving the PCK refinery in Schwedt, Germany. Regional public broadcaster rbb24 has gone so far as to show an evening TV documentary on the subject. The program repeatedly emphasized that the production and processing … Read more
Researchers from Ulm, Germany, have managed to develop a system that enables hydrogen to be produced from light energy, no matter the season or time of day. This photochemical entity could in future be used to provide hydrogen on demand to multiple applications – from sustainable heat generation to the refueling of hydrogen trucks and … Read more
In efforts to meet climate targets, the green energy carrier hydrogen is increasingly coming to the fore in the context of sector coupling. The basis for green hydrogen production is electricity from renewable energy plants. An electrolyzer is employed to produce hydrogen using green power and water. The process results in byproducts such as waste … Read more
A strong transport network is a prerequisite for a future H2 economy. “Only so can the hydrogen quantities be transported that our industry requires,” also knows Prof. Jörg Steinbach, the economy minister for the German state of Brandenburg. He presented a feasibility study in February 2023 containing concrete routing networks to be established for various … Read more
At the moment a fierce debate is raging over whether the current operators of natural gas networks should also be the ones to manage the hydrogen grids of the future. European Union-wide regulations on unbundling require the separation of network operator activities. According to Germany’s Federal Network Agency, “transparency and the non-discriminatory configuration of grid … Read more
Poland is taking an unusual tack when it comes to its developing hydrogen economy. Unlike in Germany, it’s decided not to focus on the production and storage of green hydrogen. This is because Poland is already producing large quantities of conventional hydrogen, most of which arises as an industrial waste product. The Eastern European nation … Read more
Lars-Peter Thiesen, Opel’s head of deployment strategy for hydrogen and fuel cells, has been part of fuel cell powertrain development in Germany since the start and has played a decisive role in shaping its direction. Here, in conversation with H2-international, he calls for a technology-neutral attitude to e-mobility that takes account of both battery- and … Read more
Uncertainty still remains about what will become of the proposed mobility center in Munich. The German transportation ministry (BMDV) only had the following to say to H2-international: “The BMDV has, as agreed in the coalition treaty, put the concept of the German Center for Future Mobility (DZM) from the previous legislative period through a comprehensive … Read more