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Released June 30, 2020 | GALWAY, IRELAND
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Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Germany has pledged to spend 9 billion euro ($10.1 billion) to become the world's leading user and producer of green hydrogen.
Adopting the National Hydrogen Strategy for Germany, the government stated that hydrogen is key for decarbonising key sectors such as the steel and chemical industries and the transport sector. It is also being seen as a key energy opportunity in the future for German exporters. The funding is split into 7 billion euro ($7.9 billion) to develop domestic hydrogen projects and technologies while 2 billion euro ($2.3 billion) has been set aside to develop international partnerships. The first of these has seen Germany and Morocco sign an agreement for the construction of the first industrial plant for green hydrogen in Morocco, dubbed "Power-to-X." A second project concerns the establishment of a research platform, knowledge transfer, and the strengthening of related skills through a partnership with the Research Institute for Solar Energy and New Energies (IRESEN).
"Climate change has long been about the survival of humankind as a whole," stated Germany's Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Dr. Gerd Müller. "The hydrogen strategy allows us to make a giant leap towards carbon-neutral fuels and a global energy transition. "Green" hydrogen and its derivatives, such as methanol, have the potential to become the clean "oil" of tomorrow. Countries in northern Africa, in particular, are suitable production sites for this as the amount of sunshine available appears to be virtually unlimited. Together with Morocco, we are now developing the first industrial plant for "green hydrogen" in Africa. In doing so, we are creating jobs for many young people, strengthening Germany's leadership on technology, and helping to reach international climate targets."
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier added: "In adopting the hydrogen strategy, we are paving the way for Germany to become the world leader in the field of hydrogen technologies. The time has come for hydrogen and the technologies enabling its use. We must therefore harness the potential for economic output, employment, and the climate, and do this now. Hydrogen will be a key commodity for a successful energy transition. This forward-looking source of energy will make an important contribution to meeting climate targets in Germany and across the world. Germany will be playing a pioneering role in this, as we did 20 years ago when we started to promote the use of renewables."
The strategy will focus on boosting the use of green hydrogen in a number of key industry sectors. It pointed out that green hydrogen can replace more CO2-intensive hydrogen currently used in various chemical and industrial processes such as in the production of ammonia. It said that for CO2-neutral production of primary steel, the use of hydrogen is a substitute for hard coal coke and is seen as the most technologically promising path. It is also being piloted in a number of cement-production plants. Industrial Info is tracking all of the leading clean hydrogen projects in Germany and Europe.
In December, German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe (Duisburg, Germany) announced that at its Duisburg steel plant hydrogen was being used in a working blast furnace. Traditionally, around 300 kilograms (kg) of coke and 200 kg of pulverised coal are needed to produce a ton of pig iron. The coal is injected as an additional reducing agent into the bottom of the blast furnace shaft through 28 nozzles, or tuyeres. For the first time, hydrogen was injected through one of the tuyeres into Blast Furnace 9. The company will now extend the use of hydrogen to all 28 tuyeres on Blast Furnace 9 and then, from 2022, to the remaining three blast furnaces at Duisburg. For additional information, see December 9, 2019, article - ThyssenKrupp Using Hydrogen in Steel Production.
Industrial Info is tracking the world's first project for creating fossil-free steel--HYBRIT--located at the Lulea Steel Works in northern Sweden. Earlier this month construction of the pilot plant for fossil-free steel got the green light and will be completed within two years by steelmaker SSAB (NASDAQ OMX:SSAB A) (Stockholm, Sweden), Sweden's state-owned mining giant LKAB (Luleå) and energy company Vattenfall, which will supply renewable energy. The commercial-scale plant is set to go live in 2025 and will have an initial capacity of just over 1 million tonnes per year of steel. This is the equivalent of 20% of LKAB's total processing capacity at Malmberget and almost half of the production capacity of SSAB's blast furnace in Luleå. For additional information, see June 10, 2020, article - Sweden's Fossil-Free Steel Production Takes Big Step.
In related news, Vattenfall announced in May it was joining efforts to build Europe's largest hydrogen fuel production plant (20 megawatts) at Preem's refinery on the island of Hisingen outside the city of Gothenburg, Sweden. For additional information, see May 20, 2019, article - Swedish Refinery Plans Europe's Largest Hydrogen Plant.
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Adopting the National Hydrogen Strategy for Germany, the government stated that hydrogen is key for decarbonising key sectors such as the steel and chemical industries and the transport sector. It is also being seen as a key energy opportunity in the future for German exporters. The funding is split into 7 billion euro ($7.9 billion) to develop domestic hydrogen projects and technologies while 2 billion euro ($2.3 billion) has been set aside to develop international partnerships. The first of these has seen Germany and Morocco sign an agreement for the construction of the first industrial plant for green hydrogen in Morocco, dubbed "Power-to-X." A second project concerns the establishment of a research platform, knowledge transfer, and the strengthening of related skills through a partnership with the Research Institute for Solar Energy and New Energies (IRESEN).
"Climate change has long been about the survival of humankind as a whole," stated Germany's Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Dr. Gerd Müller. "The hydrogen strategy allows us to make a giant leap towards carbon-neutral fuels and a global energy transition. "Green" hydrogen and its derivatives, such as methanol, have the potential to become the clean "oil" of tomorrow. Countries in northern Africa, in particular, are suitable production sites for this as the amount of sunshine available appears to be virtually unlimited. Together with Morocco, we are now developing the first industrial plant for "green hydrogen" in Africa. In doing so, we are creating jobs for many young people, strengthening Germany's leadership on technology, and helping to reach international climate targets."
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier added: "In adopting the hydrogen strategy, we are paving the way for Germany to become the world leader in the field of hydrogen technologies. The time has come for hydrogen and the technologies enabling its use. We must therefore harness the potential for economic output, employment, and the climate, and do this now. Hydrogen will be a key commodity for a successful energy transition. This forward-looking source of energy will make an important contribution to meeting climate targets in Germany and across the world. Germany will be playing a pioneering role in this, as we did 20 years ago when we started to promote the use of renewables."
The strategy will focus on boosting the use of green hydrogen in a number of key industry sectors. It pointed out that green hydrogen can replace more CO2-intensive hydrogen currently used in various chemical and industrial processes such as in the production of ammonia. It said that for CO2-neutral production of primary steel, the use of hydrogen is a substitute for hard coal coke and is seen as the most technologically promising path. It is also being piloted in a number of cement-production plants. Industrial Info is tracking all of the leading clean hydrogen projects in Germany and Europe.
In December, German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe (Duisburg, Germany) announced that at its Duisburg steel plant hydrogen was being used in a working blast furnace. Traditionally, around 300 kilograms (kg) of coke and 200 kg of pulverised coal are needed to produce a ton of pig iron. The coal is injected as an additional reducing agent into the bottom of the blast furnace shaft through 28 nozzles, or tuyeres. For the first time, hydrogen was injected through one of the tuyeres into Blast Furnace 9. The company will now extend the use of hydrogen to all 28 tuyeres on Blast Furnace 9 and then, from 2022, to the remaining three blast furnaces at Duisburg. For additional information, see December 9, 2019, article - ThyssenKrupp Using Hydrogen in Steel Production.
Industrial Info is tracking the world's first project for creating fossil-free steel--HYBRIT--located at the Lulea Steel Works in northern Sweden. Earlier this month construction of the pilot plant for fossil-free steel got the green light and will be completed within two years by steelmaker SSAB (NASDAQ OMX:SSAB A) (Stockholm, Sweden), Sweden's state-owned mining giant LKAB (Luleå) and energy company Vattenfall, which will supply renewable energy. The commercial-scale plant is set to go live in 2025 and will have an initial capacity of just over 1 million tonnes per year of steel. This is the equivalent of 20% of LKAB's total processing capacity at Malmberget and almost half of the production capacity of SSAB's blast furnace in Luleå. For additional information, see June 10, 2020, article - Sweden's Fossil-Free Steel Production Takes Big Step.
In related news, Vattenfall announced in May it was joining efforts to build Europe's largest hydrogen fuel production plant (20 megawatts) at Preem's refinery on the island of Hisingen outside the city of Gothenburg, Sweden. For additional information, see May 20, 2019, article - Swedish Refinery Plans Europe's Largest Hydrogen Plant.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, six offices in North America and 12 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Our European headquarters are located in Galway, Ireland. Follow IIR Europe on: Facebook - Twitter - LinkedIn For more information on our European coverage send inquiries to info@industrialinfo.eu or visit us online at Industrial Info Europe.
