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HysetCo joint venture to promote hydrogen mobility around Paris
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HysetCo joint venture to promote hydrogen mobility around Paris
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ir Liquide, Idex, Société du Taxi Électrique Parisien (STEP), and Toyota are teaming up through the HysetCo joint venture, the first company devoted to developing hydrogen mobility in the Paris region. The JV covers the distribution of hydrogen and the development of mobility-related applications, with each stakeholder bringing their own expertise to this ecosystem. This latest collaboration represents a milestone in the emerging hydrogen-based society in France and the development of Hype, the world’s first fleet of hydrogenpowered taxis. Hype was launched during the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) [FCB, January 2016, p2], and operates a mix of Toyota Mirai and Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell electric vehicles in Paris and throughout the Île-de-France region. HysetCo will make it easier to roll out hydrogen FCEVs and their refueling infrastructure within the Île-de-France region, in order to reach the objective of 600 taxis by the end of 2020. Toyota will deliver an additional 500 Mirai cars by the end of 2020, which will join the existing fleet of 100 Hype vehicles [August 2018, p2]. The project will clearly demonstrate the partners’ commitment to clean mobility and improved air quality, and illustrate that hydrogen mobility is a suitable solution for intensive applications like passenger transportation. The joint venture’s ultimate objective is ‘zero emissions for taxis/VTCs [Voiture de Transport avec Chauffeur, i.e. chauffeured cars] by the 2024 Paris Olympic Games’. The Hype taxi fleet will rely on a wider network of hydrogen refueling stations, following the recent opening of a new station in Roissy, near Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, which joins the existing stations at Paris-Orly Airport [January 2018, p7], Les-Loges-en-Josas near Versailles [April 2018, p7], and Pont de l’Alma in central Paris [January 2016, p7]. The Roissy station was designed and built by Air Liquide, with the support of the EU-supported
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Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU). Air Liquide and Toyota are also part of a cross-industry group focused on hydrogen fueling components for heavy-duty vehicles [see page 8]. Air Liquide, Hydrogen Energy: http://tinyurl.com/hydrogen-energy-airliquide Toyota, Fuel Cell Technology: http://tinyurl.com/toyota-fcevs Hype: www.hype.taxi [in French] IDEX: www.idex.fr [in French] Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking: www.fch.europa.eu
Nel to supply two hydrogen refueling stations for Korea
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el Korea Co Ltd, the South Korean subsidiary of Norwegian-based Nel ASA, has won a contract to supply two H2Station® hydrogen refueling stations for Gangwon Technopark, in the northeast of the country. One station will feature onsite hydrogen production using a natural gas reformer, with this hydrogen also distributed via trailers to the other H2Station. The value of the proposed station solution is around E2.8 million (US$3.1 million). The H2Station units are scheduled to be installed in Gangneung and Samcheok during 2019. With the proposed financing in place, Nel and the end customer will now work on finalising the necessary agreements. ‘Korea is truly one of the fast movers within hydrogen station deployment, with ambitions of increasing the number of stations from 30 to more than 300 stations installed by 2022 [FCB, May 2018, p8],’ says Simon Choi, Sales Director and VP for Nel Korea. In 2017 Nel partnered with Deokyang Co Ltd, South Korea’s largest hydrogen supplier, to establish a joint venture for the sales and marketing of H2Station refueling stations in Korea [July 2017, p8]. Last summer the JV received its first H2Station order, from Joong Do Gas [June 2018, p4]; shortly afterwards Nel took full control of the JV, renaming it Nel Korea Co Ltd [July 2018, p11]. Nel acquired the H2Station technology when it bought Danish company H2 Logic in 2015 [June 2015, p8, and see the H2 Logic feature in May 2013]. Nel is part of a crossindustry group that aims to accelerate the development of heavy-duty hydrogen fueling for trucks [see page 8]; and its Nel Hydrogen
Electrolyser division recently received a Swiss order for a 2 MW containerised PEM electrolyser [also page 8]. Nel ASA: www.nelhydrogen.com Gangwon Technopark: http://gwtp.softnara.net
LBST report says 48 new hydrogen stations opened in 2018
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he 11th annual global assessment of hydrogen refueling stations by H2stations.org, a website of LudwigBölkow-Systemtechnik (LBST) and TÜV SÜD, reports that a total of 48 stations were opened worldwide in the past year. Germany saw 17 stations start operation in 2018, for a total of 60 stations and further consolidating its position as the second-largest public hydrogen refueling infrastructure, ahead of the US with its 42 stations, and only surpassed by Japan with 96 stations in service. At the end of 2018, there were 60 publicly accessible hydrogen stations in Germany. Planning has already started for another 38 dedicated locations, 34 of which will be built by the H2 Mobility Deutschland industry initiative [FCB, November 2015, p6, and see page 12 in this issue]. Four new sites in eastern Germany have increased the comprehensive national coverage [December 2018, p8], and the refueling station density along the increasingly seamless east–west and north–south hydrogen corridors in Europe. Japan added nine stations [April 2018, p9] and California opened six more [February 2019, p9], while four stations are ready for commissioning in the northeastern US [November 2018, p9]. New international plans towards near-term deployment of additional stations are particularly noteworthy in the Netherlands (17 planned stations), France (12), Canada (7), South Korea (27), and China (18). In the case of China, current preliminary planning by individual provinces is expected to lead to significantly higher numbers. The initial hydrogen infrastructure in China will mainly target buses [e.g. February 2019, p2] and small delivery trucks [August 2018, p12]. H2stations.org: www.H2stations.org H2mobility, Hydrogen Vehicles: www.H2mobility.org Ludwig-Bölkow-Systemtechnik: www.lbst.de/index_e TÜV SÜD: www.tuvsud.com
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HysetCo joint venture to promote hydrogen mobility around Paris
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ir Liquide, Idex, Société du Taxi Électrique Parisien (STEP), and Toyota are teaming up through the HysetCo joint venture, the first company devoted to developing hydrogen mobility in the Paris region. The JV covers the distribution of hydrogen and the development of mobility-related applications, with each stakeholder bringing their own expertise to this ecosystem. This latest collaboration represents a milestone in the emerging hydrogen-based society in France and the development of Hype, the world’s first fleet of hydrogenpowered taxis. Hype was launched during the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) [FCB, January 2016, p2], and operates a mix of Toyota Mirai and Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell electric vehicles in Paris and throughout the Île-de-France region. HysetCo will make it easier to roll out hydrogen FCEVs and their refueling infrastructure within the Île-de-France region, in order to reach the objective of 600 taxis by the end of 2020. Toyota will deliver an additional 500 Mirai cars by the end of 2020, which will join the existing fleet of 100 Hype vehicles [August 2018, p2]. The project will clearly demonstrate the partners’ commitment to clean mobility and improved air quality, and illustrate that hydrogen mobility is a suitable solution for intensive applications like passenger transportation. The joint venture’s ultimate objective is ‘zero emissions for taxis/VTCs [Voiture de Transport avec Chauffeur, i.e. chauffeured cars] by the 2024 Paris Olympic Games’. The Hype taxi fleet will rely on a wider network of hydrogen refueling stations, following the recent opening of a new station in Roissy, near Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, which joins the existing stations at Paris-Orly Airport [January 2018, p7], Les-Loges-en-Josas near Versailles [April 2018, p7], and Pont de l’Alma in central Paris [January 2016, p7]. The Roissy station was designed and built by Air Liquide, with the support of the EU-supported
March 2019
Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU). Air Liquide and Toyota are also part of a cross-industry group focused on hydrogen fueling components for heavy-duty vehicles [see page 8]. Air Liquide, Hydrogen Energy: http://tinyurl.com/hydrogen-energy-airliquide Toyota, Fuel Cell Technology: http://tinyurl.com/toyota-fcevs Hype: www.hype.taxi [in French] IDEX: www.idex.fr [in French] Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking: www.fch.europa.eu
Nel to supply two hydrogen refueling stations for Korea
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el Korea Co Ltd, the South Korean subsidiary of Norwegian-based Nel ASA, has won a contract to supply two H2Station® hydrogen refueling stations for Gangwon Technopark, in the northeast of the country. One station will feature onsite hydrogen production using a natural gas reformer, with this hydrogen also distributed via trailers to the other H2Station. The value of the proposed station solution is around E2.8 million (US$3.1 million). The H2Station units are scheduled to be installed in Gangneung and Samcheok during 2019. With the proposed financing in place, Nel and the end customer will now work on finalising the necessary agreements. ‘Korea is truly one of the fast movers within hydrogen station deployment, with ambitions of increasing the number of stations from 30 to more than 300 stations installed by 2022 [FCB, May 2018, p8],’ says Simon Choi, Sales Director and VP for Nel Korea. In 2017 Nel partnered with Deokyang Co Ltd, South Korea’s largest hydrogen supplier, to establish a joint venture for the sales and marketing of H2Station refueling stations in Korea [July 2017, p8]. Last summer the JV received its first H2Station order, from Joong Do Gas [June 2018, p4]; shortly afterwards Nel took full control of the JV, renaming it Nel Korea Co Ltd [July 2018, p11]. Nel acquired the H2Station technology when it bought Danish company H2 Logic in 2015 [June 2015, p8, and see the H2 Logic feature in May 2013]. Nel is part of a crossindustry group that aims to accelerate the development of heavy-duty hydrogen fueling for trucks [see page 8]; and its Nel Hydrogen
Electrolyser division recently received a Swiss order for a 2 MW containerised PEM electrolyser [also page 8]. Nel ASA: www.nelhydrogen.com Gangwon Technopark: http://gwtp.softnara.net
LBST report says 48 new hydrogen stations opened in 2018
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he 11th annual global assessment of hydrogen refueling stations by H2stations.org, a website of LudwigBölkow-Systemtechnik (LBST) and TÜV SÜD, reports that a total of 48 stations were opened worldwide in the past year. Germany saw 17 stations start operation in 2018, for a total of 60 stations and further consolidating its position as the second-largest public hydrogen refueling infrastructure, ahead of the US with its 42 stations, and only surpassed by Japan with 96 stations in service. At the end of 2018, there were 60 publicly accessible hydrogen stations in Germany. Planning has already started for another 38 dedicated locations, 34 of which will be built by the H2 Mobility Deutschland industry initiative [FCB, November 2015, p6, and see page 12 in this issue]. Four new sites in eastern Germany have increased the comprehensive national coverage [December 2018, p8], and the refueling station density along the increasingly seamless east–west and north–south hydrogen corridors in Europe. Japan added nine stations [April 2018, p9] and California opened six more [February 2019, p9], while four stations are ready for commissioning in the northeastern US [November 2018, p9]. New international plans towards near-term deployment of additional stations are particularly noteworthy in the Netherlands (17 planned stations), France (12), Canada (7), South Korea (27), and China (18). In the case of China, current preliminary planning by individual provinces is expected to lead to significantly higher numbers. The initial hydrogen infrastructure in China will mainly target buses [e.g. February 2019, p2] and small delivery trucks [August 2018, p12]. H2stations.org: www.H2stations.org H2mobility, Hydrogen Vehicles: www.H2mobility.org Ludwig-Bölkow-Systemtechnik: www.lbst.de/index_e TÜV SÜD: www.tuvsud.com
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