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PROJECTS UPDATE
EUROPE
BP to build UK's largest
blue H2 plant

The company is targeting 1 GW of blue
H2 production by 2030 at its proposed
H2Teesside development. The project
would capture and send for storage
up to 2 MMtpy of CO2. The proposed
development would contribute to the UK
government's target of developing 5 GW
of H2 production by 2030.
With close proximity to North Sea
storage sites, pipe corridors and existing
H2 storage and distribution capabilities,
the area is well placed for H2Teesside
to lead a low-carbon transformation.
Industries in Teesside account for more

A. BLUME, Editor-in-Chief

than 5% of the UK's industrial emissions,
and the region is home to five of the
country's top 25 emitters.

HEAVEN project eyes
emissions-free aircraft
with cryogenic H2

The High powEr density FC System for
Aerial Passenger VEhicle fueled by liquid
Hydrogen (HEAVEN) project consortium
in Europe is participating in the rise of
cryogenic H2 and fuel cells as a mobility
alternative. This technology could deliver
a commercially viable airplane solution by
around 2030.
Air Liquide has fine-tuned the
specifications and requirements
applicable to the cryogenic tank and will
manufacture and test the storage in its
facilities throughout 2021. H2Fly will soon
finish the definitions, safety assessment

and technical requirements for the safe
integration of liquid H2, the cryogenic
tank and the PEM fuel cell systems
(manufactured by ElringKlinger) within
the aircraft.
In charge of the conceptual design of
the overall architecture of the powertrain,
DLR will focus on the fuel cell system
development. Pipistrel is developing
modifications to the demonstration
aircraft to facilitate the integration of
the liquid H2 fuel tank designed by Air
Liquide, ensuring that ARP and SAE
AIR6464 guidelines are encompassed.

INOVYN H2 project to support
decarbonization in Norway
INOVYN plans to build a 20-MW
electrolyzer to produce clean H2 through
water electrolysis, powered by zerocarbon electricity. The project will reduce
at least 22,000 tpy of CO2 by minimizing
the carbon footprint of INEOS' operations
in Norway and serving as a hub to provide
H2 to the Norwegian transport sector.
The proposed development will be
integrated into existing assets and ties
into ongoing discussions with companies
to establish a network of refueling
stations in Norway to provide buses,
trucks and taxis with clean H2. INOVYN
aims to produce enough additional H2 per
day to fuel up to 400 buses or 1,600 taxis.

Siemens Energy,
Air Liquide in large-scale
electrolyzer partnership

EUROPE
Electrolyzer at German power plant furthers ALIGN-CCUS
Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz (CAC) successfully completed a water
electrolysis plant at the RWE power station site in Niederaussem, Bergheim,
Germany, as part of the international research project ALIGN-CCUS. Under the
project, 34 companies, research institutes and universities from throughout
Europe are pursuing the goal of transforming six European industrial regions into
economically robust centers with significantly reduced CO2 emissions by 2025.
The plant consists of a skid-mounted electrolyzer, as well as H2 compression
and treatment units. The electrolyzer was developed by Asahi Kasei and
integrated into a fully automated plant. The CO2, obtained from an existing RWE
facility, and the produced H2 will be used to make dimethyl ether (DME), which
can be converted into synthetic fuels.

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Siemens Energy and Air Liquide intend
to combine their expertise in proton
exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysis
technology for sustainable H2 production.
They will focus their activities on the
co-creation of industrial-scale H2 projects
in collaboration with customers; mass
manufacturing of electrolyzers in Europe,
especially in Germany and France; and
R&D activities to co-develop nextgeneration electrolyzer technologies.
Under the framework of their
cooperation, Siemens Energy and Air
Liquide will jointly apply for largeprojects funding under the EU's Green
Deal and the Important Project of
Common European Interest (IPCEI)
scheme for H2. One such opportunity
identified by the companies is the Air
Liquide-H2V Normandy project in France,
with a capacity of 200 MW.
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