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Logan Energy to supply hydrogen tech for SEAFUEL project
NEWS operation in Mönchengladbach in North Rhine-Westphalia. The H2 Mobility Deutschland joint venture [FCB, October 2013, p6, and see also page 13 in this issue] and its shareholders OMV and Air Liquide have jointly opened a hydrogen station in the Ansbach district of Schnelldorf, in the Middle Franconia region in western Bavaria [June 2019, p8]. The station is funded through the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking (FCH2 JU) [see also page 12], as part of its Hydrogen Mobility Europe (H2ME) project [see the News Feature in October 2015, June 2016, p1, and also page 1 in this issue]. The OMV filling station, at RudolfDiesel-Strasse 1 in Schnelldorf, is close to the Feuchtwangen-Crailsheim motorway junction, not far from the A6 and A7 motorways. The station thus represents an important link for journeys from Kassel or Hannover to southern Germany, and also forms a new hydrogen supply point between Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. Nearby hydrogen stations are located in Nuremberg, Augsburg, and Ingolstadt [April 2018, p7]. Meanwhile, the hydrogen station in Mönchengladbach, NRW commenced trial operation on 23 July. Trial operation is a standard procedure at all stations, lasting four to six weeks. The station is available for regular use, while the facility is stress-tested by its first customers.
SEAFUEL project: www.seafuel.eu
H2 Mobility Deutschland GmbH: https://h2.live/en
Logan Energy: www.loganenergy.com
OMV, Hydrogen Economy: www.omv.com/en/hydrogen-economy
Interreg Atlantic Area: www.atlanticarea.eu
Air Liquide, Hydrogen Energy: http://tinyurl.com/hydrogen-energy-airliquide
As well as securing the relevant certifications, Logan Energy will ensure that there are local operatives in Tenerife with specialist knowledge of hydrogen installations to support the deployment and expand the local economy. On completion of the project, Logan Energy will work with SEAFUEL’s other project partners to review the feasibility of transferring the technology to similar island regions where 30% of fuel consumption comes from transport. SEAFUEL aims to pave the way for common renewable energy policies to promote clean and sustainable transport systems, as well as providing a solution for remote islands like Tenerife, which face the specific challenge of expensive fuel imports, and dependency on mainland infrastructures. The E3.6 million (US$4 million) project is co-financed by the Interreg Atlantic Area Programme [see also page 5] through the European Regional Development Fund. Logan Energy has designed, built and commissioned four hydrogen refueling units in the UK, and is currently constructing a hydrogen station for a German installation. Two years ago the company designed, supplied and installed a hydrogen-based energy storage system and two mobile hydrogen vehicle refueling units at the Levenmouth Community Energy Project in Scotland [July 2017, p11].
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availability of renewable electricity, abundant freshwater, and the proximity of production sites close to deep water harbours for the export of hydrogen to markets in the US and Asia. The study was based on using ITM Power’s PEM electrolyser technology and Chiyoda’s newly developed liquid organic hydrogen carrier, SPERA Hydrogen. The study, Centralised Renewable Hydrogen Production in BC, analysed more than 10 potential BC Hydro grid and private wire connected locations for the practical installation and operational business cases for up to 300 MW of electrolysis paired with the liquid organic hydrogen carrier technology. Demand for hydrogen was analysed for the domestic market, to help BC meet the goals of a new zero-emission vehicle policy, and international markets including large-scale exports to California and Japan. The study highlighted a number of attractive opportunities which provide the basis for BC to leverage its vast renewable electricity generation capacity to become a world leader in the production and export of renewable electrolytic hydrogen, while providing socio-economic benefits including business development and job growth for local communities, including First Nations. The results of the study will be used by ITM Power [see also page 11], Mitsui and Chiyoda to consider the installation of a facility in BC which has the potential to be the world’s largest hydrogen production facility. Full report: https://tinyurl.com/bc-renew-h2 BC Ministry of Energy, Mines & Petroleum Resources: https://tinyurl.com/bc-energy-mines ITM Power: www.itm-power.com
ITM-led team complete SPERA Hydrogen: Logan Energy to supply 300 MW P2G study for Chiyoda, www.chiyodacorp.com/en/service/spera-hydrogen hydrogen tech for British Columbia Swiss energy research SEAFUEL project techno-economic feasibility study for group release white the large-scale centralised production A K-based Logan Energy has Ubeen selected as the hydrogen of renewable hydrogen in British paper on Power-to-X technology partner for the EU-funded SEAFUEL project, to demonstrate the sustainable integration of renewable fuels in transportation. Logan Energy will design and build a hydrogen generation and refueling station for the project, which is based in Tenerife [FCB, March 2018, p10]. This station will use solar generated electricity to convert seawater into hydrogen for use by local transport on the island. Other renewable resources such as wind and marine can also be used. The station is currently under construction at Logan Energy’s Technology Centre in Wallyford, near Edinburgh, and is expected to be deployed in Tenerife at the end of 2019. 8
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Columbia, Canada has been completed. The project was led by UK-based ITM Power with support from G&S Budd Consulting Ltd and BC Hydro in Canada, and Japanese partners Mitsui & Co and Chiyoda Corporation, with funding from the BC provincial government. The study commenced in April 2018 with the aim of examining the potential for large-scale production of renewable hydrogen in British Columbia, which could be used domestically and for export to California and Japan [FCB, April 2018, p11]. The province offers several competitive advantages for the establishment of a first-of-its-kind large renewable hydrogen industry, including the
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cientists from a consortium of Swiss energy research centres and universities have prepared a white paper on ‘Power-to-X’ for the Swiss Federal Energy Research Commission, to collect the key insights into Powerto-X technologies. The study sheds light on contributions that could be made to Switzerland’s energy strategy by different technologies based on conversion and storage of various forms of energy. The joint research project brings together scientists at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Swiss Federal Institute
August 2019
SEAFUEL project: www.seafuel.eu
H2 Mobility Deutschland GmbH: https://h2.live/en
Logan Energy: www.loganenergy.com
OMV, Hydrogen Economy: www.omv.com/en/hydrogen-economy
Interreg Atlantic Area: www.atlanticarea.eu
Air Liquide, Hydrogen Energy: http://tinyurl.com/hydrogen-energy-airliquide
As well as securing the relevant certifications, Logan Energy will ensure that there are local operatives in Tenerife with specialist knowledge of hydrogen installations to support the deployment and expand the local economy. On completion of the project, Logan Energy will work with SEAFUEL’s other project partners to review the feasibility of transferring the technology to similar island regions where 30% of fuel consumption comes from transport. SEAFUEL aims to pave the way for common renewable energy policies to promote clean and sustainable transport systems, as well as providing a solution for remote islands like Tenerife, which face the specific challenge of expensive fuel imports, and dependency on mainland infrastructures. The E3.6 million (US$4 million) project is co-financed by the Interreg Atlantic Area Programme [see also page 5] through the European Regional Development Fund. Logan Energy has designed, built and commissioned four hydrogen refueling units in the UK, and is currently constructing a hydrogen station for a German installation. Two years ago the company designed, supplied and installed a hydrogen-based energy storage system and two mobile hydrogen vehicle refueling units at the Levenmouth Community Energy Project in Scotland [July 2017, p11].
ENERGY STORAGE & P2G
availability of renewable electricity, abundant freshwater, and the proximity of production sites close to deep water harbours for the export of hydrogen to markets in the US and Asia. The study was based on using ITM Power’s PEM electrolyser technology and Chiyoda’s newly developed liquid organic hydrogen carrier, SPERA Hydrogen. The study, Centralised Renewable Hydrogen Production in BC, analysed more than 10 potential BC Hydro grid and private wire connected locations for the practical installation and operational business cases for up to 300 MW of electrolysis paired with the liquid organic hydrogen carrier technology. Demand for hydrogen was analysed for the domestic market, to help BC meet the goals of a new zero-emission vehicle policy, and international markets including large-scale exports to California and Japan. The study highlighted a number of attractive opportunities which provide the basis for BC to leverage its vast renewable electricity generation capacity to become a world leader in the production and export of renewable electrolytic hydrogen, while providing socio-economic benefits including business development and job growth for local communities, including First Nations. The results of the study will be used by ITM Power [see also page 11], Mitsui and Chiyoda to consider the installation of a facility in BC which has the potential to be the world’s largest hydrogen production facility. Full report: https://tinyurl.com/bc-renew-h2 BC Ministry of Energy, Mines & Petroleum Resources: https://tinyurl.com/bc-energy-mines ITM Power: www.itm-power.com
ITM-led team complete SPERA Hydrogen: Logan Energy to supply 300 MW P2G study for Chiyoda, www.chiyodacorp.com/en/service/spera-hydrogen hydrogen tech for British Columbia Swiss energy research SEAFUEL project techno-economic feasibility study for group release white the large-scale centralised production A K-based Logan Energy has Ubeen selected as the hydrogen of renewable hydrogen in British paper on Power-to-X technology partner for the EU-funded SEAFUEL project, to demonstrate the sustainable integration of renewable fuels in transportation. Logan Energy will design and build a hydrogen generation and refueling station for the project, which is based in Tenerife [FCB, March 2018, p10]. This station will use solar generated electricity to convert seawater into hydrogen for use by local transport on the island. Other renewable resources such as wind and marine can also be used. The station is currently under construction at Logan Energy’s Technology Centre in Wallyford, near Edinburgh, and is expected to be deployed in Tenerife at the end of 2019. 8
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Columbia, Canada has been completed. The project was led by UK-based ITM Power with support from G&S Budd Consulting Ltd and BC Hydro in Canada, and Japanese partners Mitsui & Co and Chiyoda Corporation, with funding from the BC provincial government. The study commenced in April 2018 with the aim of examining the potential for large-scale production of renewable hydrogen in British Columbia, which could be used domestically and for export to California and Japan [FCB, April 2018, p11]. The province offers several competitive advantages for the establishment of a first-of-its-kind large renewable hydrogen industry, including the
S
cientists from a consortium of Swiss energy research centres and universities have prepared a white paper on ‘Power-to-X’ for the Swiss Federal Energy Research Commission, to collect the key insights into Powerto-X technologies. The study sheds light on contributions that could be made to Switzerland’s energy strategy by different technologies based on conversion and storage of various forms of energy. The joint research project brings together scientists at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Swiss Federal Institute
August 2019