Portuguese and Italian researchers have shown that the levelized cost of hydrogen (LCOH) is lower on land and that PV-wind configurations reduce LCOH by up to 70%, while Lhyfe says it has started working together on a hydrogen storage project.
Portuguese and Italian researchers said the LCOH onshore is lower than offshore due to the cost structure and capacity factor. “The averages for Italy and Portugal are €7.25 ($7.78)/kg and €6.85/kg (onshore), €15.81/kg and €10.48/kg (offshore) respectively,” said researchers from Portugal and Italy. They added that individual configurations delivered LCOH reductions of up to 7% and 11% (offshore) and 29% and 27% (onshore). “Hybrid onshore configurations, where both solar and wind power plants are connected to the electrolyzer, generated the largest reductions in hydrogen production costs – LCOH fell by as much as 52% in Italy and 70% in Portugal,” it wrote team in “Optimal sizing of renewable energy systems towards hydrogen in a geospatial framework for appropriate site selection: the case study of Italy and Portugal”, which was published in Renewable and sustainable energy assessments.
Lhyfe has supplied 350 kg of green hydrogen to Géométhane for hydrogen injection tests in salt caverns in Manosque, France. The injection, which used to be completed wants to show how hydrogen behaves within the day. The hydrogen remains in the storage pit for observation for several weeks, said Lhyfe.
Nordex electrolyzers has inaugurated a test bench at its factory in Lumbier, Spain, presenting its first internally developed prototype of a 500 kW pressurized alkaline electrolyzer. The prototype had been designed, manufactured and assembled in Navarre. “The presented 500 kW prototype can produce more than 10 kg/hour of hydrogen with an energy consumption of less than 50 kWh/kg,” said the joint venture between the authorities in Navarra and the German-based Nordex. The company aims to have the final design of its megawatt-scale serializable product available by 2026.
Volkswagen And Vulcan green steel have agreed to cooperate on low-carbon steel. “The fully vertically integrated flat steel production in Oman will extend from extracted iron ore to indigenous green energy generation and green hydrogen production absolutely to secondary metallurgy of the finished steel,” said Volkswagen. Vulcan Green Steel is a subsidiary of Jindal Steel.
Wärtsila has been launched what it claims is the world’s first large-scale, 100% hydrogen-ready, engine power station. “The new engine plant is an important step further than existing technology, which can run on natural gas full% hydrogen mixtures,” said the Finnish technology company. The 100% hydrogen-ready engine power plant concept, based on the Wärtsilä 31 engine platform, has been certified by TÜV SÜD. It reportedly syncs with the power grid within 30 seconds of the start command.
Germanj‘S The Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK) is conducting a public market consultation on the design of a second tender. “A second tender is currently being planned. This is a further development of the first round of the ‘H2Global’ instrument launched in 2022, for which up to EUR 900 million was earmarked,” said the BMWKIn addition, it will generate up to 3.53 billion euros for the hydrogen promotion program ‘H2Global’ in the coming years.
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