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Fuel Cells at Home: Looking for Options

Fuel Cells at Home: Looking for Options

by | Mar 11, 2019 | Germany

What do you do when your heating system stops working? Of course, you call the company that installed it. And what if they tell you that repairing your 22-year-old gas boiler isn’t worth it anymore? Which system is affordable yet state of the art? Do you want a condensing boiler or rather a home fuel cell? Where can you get the information you need? Who can you talk to? H2-international’s Editor-in-Chief Sven Geitmann went looking for answers and this is his story of what happened.

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Power-to-Gas for Non-Electrified Areas

Power-to-Gas for Non-Electrified Areas

by | Mar 11, 2019 | Germany

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Professor Michael Sterner

A nightmare scenario is making the rounds in the gas sector: All of Germany comes to rely on electric power alone, abandoning the pipeline system. It is a future that can easily be dismissed as an unlikely horror story but one that gas companies are trying to prevent at all costs. It is why an industry that has so far focused on traditional means of heat production is slowly warming to power-to-gas and energy systems integration and why the DVGW gave an update on the market by presenting a new study, including policy recommendations, last September.

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Wind Power Boosts Hydrogen Transportation

Wind Power Boosts Hydrogen Transportation

by | Mar 11, 2019 | Germany

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Hydrogenics electrolyzer in the Covestro industrial area, © Niels H. Petersen

Thanks to NEW 4.0, the German state of Schleswig-Holstein is rapidly turning into a showcase for the energy market transformation in the country. The abbreviation stands for a growing innovation alliance, formed on the threshold of the fourth industrial revolution, which intends to create a smart and interconnected energy system. One of the many NEW 4.0 projects is Wind to Gas Energy’s hydrogen venture in Brunsbüttel.

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German Politicians Show Their Support

German Politicians Show Their Support

by | Mar 11, 2019 | Germany

On the German North Sea coast, interest in hydrogen is reaching new heights. More and more organizations are discovering the technology, while an increasing number of communities are mapping out concrete plans, and the number of politicians pledging their support is becoming greater each day.

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Fronius Starts Up Green Hydrogen Fueling Station

Fronius Starts Up Green Hydrogen Fueling Station

by | Mar 11, 2019 | Germany

The SOLH2UB container, © Joachim Berner

At the beginning of October 2018, Fronius, a power electronics manufacturer based in Pettenbach, Austria, commissioned a demonstration system of a solar-hydrogen fueling station at its research and development facility in Thalheim, near Wels. The business expects the system named SOLH2UB to become not only a part of its 24-hour solar strategy but also a decentralized component of a future hydrogen economy.

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