Hydrogen in NRW

Projects, innovations, ideas, filling stations

KML: Wasserstoffnetz der Air Liquide

Das bereits im Jahr 1938 gegründete private Wasserstoffnetz der Air Liquide im Rhein-Ruhr-Gebiet verläuft von Castrop-Rauxel über Marl, Oberhausen, Duisburg, Krefeld, Leverkusen, Dormagen,…

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TransHyDE_UP4

Hydrogen production

The CAMPFIRE alliance was founded as part of the funding programme "WIR! - Change through Innovation in the Region" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research…

FlyGo

Mobility

In the FlyGO project, the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT and its project partners are developing new concepts for a production chain of fuel cell components…

Heat Island Linnich

Infrastructure project

In autumn 2022, the hydrogen heat island in Linnich successfully started trial operation. Here, Gelsenwasser Energienetze operates a 130-metre-long distribution…

Düren

Im Großen Tal 1, 52353 Düren

PtG-MSE

Hydrogen production

In this joint project, a Power to Gas test field is to be set up at the ZBT site as a pilot and demonstration platform on a pilot plant scale and a detailed analysis of…

H2Giga_QT5.1_HyPLANT100

Hydrogen production

In order to meet Germany's demand for green hydrogen, large capacities of efficient, cost-effective electrolysers are needed. Although efficient electrolysers are…

H2Giga_QT3.1_ ReNaRe

Hydrogen production

In addition to the development and optimisation of electrolysers, the BMBF also supports the recycling of disused electrolysers as part of a holistic approach. These…

H2UB

Other

The five-year project is intended to create an innovation cluster with Europe-wide impact. The H2UB connects start-ups with established companies and research institutions from North…

H2UB

The H2UB connects start-ups with companies, universities, research institutes and investors. We create synergies that accelerate the development of the hydrogen market in Europe. Startups often…

PIN II - GeBe-H2

Mobility

Procurement of a hydrogen vehicle

Portal Green

Other

The aim of this project is to develop a guideline for power-to-gas plants on the applicable regulations and the different legal bases for approval. The guide is to be developed in…

TransHyDE_FP5

Infrastructure project

The TransHyDE lead project initiated by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) aims at the practical introduction of transport, distribution and…

H2Giga_NG2_StacIE

Hydrogen production

The StacIE (Stack Scale-up - Industrialisation PEM Electrolysis) research project aims to increase the efficiency of PEM electrolysis (Proton Exchange Membrane) for the…

P2X-2

Hydrogen production

The aim of the project is to develop new technologies with which material energy sources and chemical products for the transport and chemical sectors can be produced…

HyCleanUp

Mobility

Quantitative removal of impurities from hydrogen gas for fuel cell applications

HyHeatStore

Infrastructure project

The aim is to develop and demonstrate a novel, magnesium hydride-based heat storage system for high-temperature applications that has a significantly higher storage…

Max Planck Institute for Coal Research

Research activities focus on the development of new light metal hydrides for hydrogen storage, materials for high-temperature heat storage and applications of "ball milling" processes for the…

H2Steel

Industrial application

The H2Stahl real laboratory aims at a far-reaching conversion of the steel industry to hydrogen technologies. This can reduce CO2 emissions in Duisburg, Europe's…

H2BF

Industrial application

The first step on the way to steel takes place in the blast furnace. There, oxygen is removed from the iron ore, traditionally with the help of carbon. Among other…

LOReley

Infrastructure project

With its research and demonstration tasks, the LOReley project aims to solve some of the existing problems and issues in the field of material-based energy storage.…

NRW.Energy4Climate

NRW.Energy4Climate is the state agency for energy and climate protection of North Rhine-Westphalia. It pools forces and resources in the four highest-emitting sectors of the energy industry,…

WESTKUESTE100

Infrastructure project

The overarching goal of WEST COAST100 is to decarbonise the energy system using innovative approaches. The core of this is the construction and operation of a 30 MW…

Procurement of a refuse collection vehicle

Mobility

NIP II market activation: Procurement of a refuse collection vehicle with alternative drive system

DLR Institute for Future Fuels

The Institute for Future Fuels is based on DLR's work on solar thermal fuel generation. Important components for the production of solar fuels, such as reactive materials and solar chemical…

Leverkusen

Karl-Krekeler-Str. 2, 51373 Leverkusen

NIP II - DOLPHIN

Mobility

The technical goal of the project is to research a hydrogen storage technology that, compared to the current state of the art or the technologies currently available on the…

Food

Katernberger Str. 99, 45327 Essen, Germany

NIP II - H2-PKWs-KST

Mobility

The district of Steinfurt wants to be a hydrogen region that uses its locally generated renewable energies to produce green hydrogen and power fuel cells in the future. So what…

H2HS

Mobility

With 1.8 million euros, the state of NRW is supporting the Rhenish mining area in the development and application of hydrogen technologies. The H2Hs project was launched on the…

NIP II - H2-PKWs-KST

Mobility

The district of Steinfurt wants to be a hydrogen region that uses its locally generated renewable energies to produce green hydrogen and power fuel cells in the future. The city…

IN4climate.RR

With the IN4climate.RR project, the Rhenish Mining District (RR) is to become a model region for climate-neutral industry. Together with other stakeholders such as companies, research…

Frechen - Kölner Straße

Kölner Straße 209, 50226 Frechen

H2Giga_NG1

Hydrogen production

In order to meet Germany's demand for green hydrogen, large capacities of efficient, cost-effective electrolysers are needed. Although efficient electrolysers are…

Münster

Kopenhagener Straße 19, 48163 Münster

COSIMa

Industrial application

The feasibility studies provide the technical basis for the future conversion of the glass manufacturing processes to hydrogen with electric auxiliary heating and…

Procurement of 2 waste collection vehicles

Mobility

NIP II market activation: Procurement of 2 waste collection vehicles with alternative drives

Production of green hydrogen by means of electrolysis

Mobility

NIP II Market Activation: Use of renewable, climate-friendly energy to produce green hydrogen by means of electrolysis to supply energy to 10 fuel cell buses (partner project…

Hydrogen Metropolis Ruhr

As an initiative of the Ruhr Regional Association (RVR) and the Business Metropole Ruhr (BMR), the Hydrogen Metropole Ruhr (HyMR) flanks the market ramp-up of the hydrogen economy in the Ruhr…

R2R-CCM

Mobility

The aim of the R2R-CCM project is to reduce the cost of PEM fuel cells by developing a new, more cost-effective production process suitable for mass production. At the core of…

SUNIES

Buildings/Quarters

The energy supply (electricity, heating and cooling) and the water supply of islands - both geographically and in terms of decentrally organised island regions - are…

FlyGo

Mobility

In the FlyGO project, the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT and its project partners are developing new concepts for a production chain of fuel cell components…

H2Loop

Hydrogen production

The project aims to realise a fully automated control of the process temperature in a solar-chemical multi-chamber reactor by means of the heliostat field. For this…

ASTOR_ST

Hydrogen production

Follow-up project of the ASTOR project: Automation of solar thermochemical cycles to reduce hydrogen production costs on a solar tower

German Aerospace Center (DLR) - Institute of Solar Research

The focus of hydrogen research at DLR's Institute of Solar Research is solar thermal hydrogen production. A new multifunctional solar tower was opened for this purpose in 2020.

4FH2Max (laboratory tests sub-project)

Industrial application

In the case of stationary gas turbines, the transition to CO2-free energy generation can take place in steps. In this process, the fuel composition is gradually…

AMAZING

Hydrogen production

The use of renewable energy in combination with a membrane opens up not only the advantageous use of renewable electrical energy for reactor heating, but also the…

UG: H2_ReacT

Infrastructure project

H2_ReacT was funded as a collaborative project between RWTH Aachen University, BGR and GFZ as part of the GEO:N specialist programme "Utilisation of Underground…

UG2: H2_ReacT

Infrastructure project

H2_ReacT was funded as a collaborative project between RWTH Aachen University, BGR and GFZ as part of the GEO:N specialist programme "Utilisation of Underground…

Green hydrogen production for public transport in Aachen

Hydrogen production

NIP II Market Activation: Green Hydrogen Generation for Public Transport in Aachen (H2-AC_STAWAG_1ELY)

South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences - H2Energy Centre

The work of the H2Energy Centre is primarily in the field of hydrogen mobility. Questions from the areas of material analysis, storage systems, vehicle concepts and refuelling concepts are dealt…

REFHYNE

Hydrogen production

The world's largest PEM hydrogen electrolysis plant is located on the premises of the Shell Rheinland refinery in Wesseling. Since July 2021, it has been covering part…

REFHYNE 2

Hydrogen production

This project is the continuation of the REFHYNE project (see project "REFHYNE"), in which the Shell Rheinland refinery in Wesseling is installing a 10 MW PEM…

NIP II-HyLand

Hydrogen production

The central high-pressure hydrogen filling centre "H2ub" with a capacity of 3 tonnes of H2 per day is being built on Friesenheim Island in Mannheim. It will thus be the…

H2Steel

Industrial application

The H2Stahl real laboratory aims at a far-reaching conversion of the steel industry to hydrogen technologies. This can reduce CO2 emissions in Duisburg, Europe's…

Energy-efficient logistics property

Buildings/Quarters

Innovative fire protection and energy-efficient operation of a logistics centre

Herten

Marie-Curie-Str/Albert-Einstein-Allee , 45699 Herten

Reallabor:SmartQuart

Buildings/Quarters

The central project objective is the development of a modular blueprint for a decentralised energy and heat transition at neighbourhood level.

The scientific…

First planning for a hydrogen network in Siegen

Siegener Versorgungsbetriebe GmbH (SVB), the drinking water and natural gas distribution network operator in the tri-border region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse, is…

Innovationscluster Clean Intralogistics Net (CIN)

Mobility

Fuel cells for logistics: an open platform for technology and knowledge transfer between hydrogen suppliers, manufacturers and users of fuel cell systems in the field of…

Innovationscluster Clean Intralogistics Net

Mobility

NIP II: Clean Intralogistics Net Innovation Cluster ' Fuel Cells for Logistics ' Phase 2 (CIN II): an open platform for technology and knowledge transfer between hydrogen…

Innovationscluster Clean Intralogistics Net (CIN)

Fuel cell systems and hydrogen infrastructure for green logistics - Clean Intralogistics Net is an association of 14 companies that have set themselves the goal of making materials handling…

Climate Port Gelsenkirchen

The aim of the "Klimahafen Gelsenkirchen" initiative is to achieve climate neutrality as quickly as possible. Behind it are companies from the city port of Gelsenkirchen and the…

IN4climate.NRW und NRW.Energy4Climate

For a competitive and at the same time climate-neutral industrial location, fundamentally new production processes and procedures as well as improved infrastructures and framework conditions are…

Hydra15

Hydrogen production

In order to be able to investigate the performance of such innovative systems with regard to their use in an industrial environment, the aim of this project is to…

VOMBS

Hydrogen production

In this project, a contribution is to be made to the development of industrially applicable high-pressure electrolysers. The stack concept based on hydraulic…

HyHeatStore

Infrastructure project

The aim is to develop and demonstrate a novel, magnesium hydride-based heat storage system for high-temperature applications that has a significantly higher storage…

Hydra15

Hydrogen production

In order to be able to investigate the performance of such innovative systems with regard to their use in an industrial environment, the aim of this project is to…

Westphalian University

Electrolysis research at the Westphalian University of Applied Sciences takes place at the Westphalian Energy Institute. The focus is on the investigation and research of PEM electrolysis. Among…

H2 Solution Lab

The "H2 Solution Lab" is to be established at the Westphalian University of Applied Sciences at the Gelsenkirchen campus and pave the way for the hydrogen economy, especially for medium-sized…

H2!Raum - Mittelstand Ruhr 2030

In March 2023, the BMBF-funded project "T!Raum - TransferRäume für die Zukunft von Regionen" (T!Space - Transfer Spaces for the Future of Regions) launched the initiative "H2!Raum Mittelstand Ruhr…

Convert fleet to alternative drives

Mobility

NIP II market activation: Convert vehicle fleet to alternative drives of sustainable future-oriented mobility

Hydrogen HUB RKN/Rhineland

The Hub supports the hydrogen infrastructure as well as the market introduction and application of hydrogen technologies. Through the initiation and co-design of pilot projects, real laboratories…

Cologne/Bonn Airport

Nordallee 1, 51147 Cologne

NRW.Energy4Climate

NRW.Energy4Climate is the state agency for energy and climate protection of North Rhine-Westphalia. It pools forces and resources in the four highest-emitting sectors of the energy industry,…

Siegen

Obere Leimbach 5, 57074 Siegen

Mönchengladbach

Odenkirchenerstr. 160, 41236 Mönchengladbach

Düsseldorf - Oerschbachstraße

Oerschbachstraße 142 (71), 40589 Düsseldorf

Reallabor:SmartQuart

Buildings/Quarters

The central project goal is the development of a modular blueprint for a decentralised energy and heat transition at neighbourhood level.

As a project partner,…

HydrOB - Campus for Hydrogen Technologies Oberhausen

Although the feasibility of hydrogen technologies has already been proven in many areas, both widespread and decentralised application is still lacking. Changing this is the objective of the…

Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology (UMSICHT)

The aim of the research is to build a sustainable energy and raw materials economy. This includes the industrialisation of electrolysis in order to reduce the costs of electrolysis plants and…

TransHyDE_UP4

Hydrogen production

The CAMPFIRE alliance was founded as part of the funding programme "WIR! - Change through Innovation in the Region" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research…

smartVessel

Infrastructure project

In order to contribute to this goal, this research project aims to reduce the maintenance costs of hydrogen tanks by at least 50 % and to safely utilise the entire…

Trailblazer

Hydrogen production

Air Liquide is planning the "Trailblazer", a 30 MW electrolyser for the production of renewable hydrogen, at the Oberhausen site. The Trailblazer will be connected to…

ALELY - Alkaline electrolysis

Hydrogen production

In the ALELY project, materials such as membranes, ionomers and electrocatalysts already developed by the partners are used and qualified and characterised for use in…

NexPlas

Industrial application

The NexPlas project aims to produce higher-value chemicals from green hydrogen and CO2. The goal of NexPlas is to produce methanol - an important raw material for…

TransHyDE_UP2

Infrastructure project

In the future, a large part of the hydrogen transport will take place via gas pipelines. For example, hydrogen can be transported in former natural gas pipelines. At…

Procurement of a waste collection vehicle

Mobility

NIP II market activation: Procurement of a waste collection vehicle with alternative drive system

HyDrive OWL

The city of Bielefeld and the districts of Lippe and Minden-Lübbecke won the federal competition "HyLand - Hydrogen Regions in Germany" with their project outline for a greener mobility sector. In…

Aachen

Prager Ring 106, 52070 Aachen

Production with hydrogen-rich coke oven gas

Industrial application

Three companies from the zinc, aluminium and glass industries (ZINQ and Trimet from Gelsenkirchen and Verallia from Essen) will be supplied with hydrogen-rich energy…

Reallabor:SmartQuart

Buildings/Quarters

The central aim of the project is to develop a modular blueprint for a decentralised energy and heat transition at neighbourhood level.

The holistic approach of…

EgoH2 Ecosystem

The aim of the project is to reduce CO2, particulate and nitrogen oxide emissions by preparing a feasibility study for an H2 ecosystem for zero-emission and sustainable mobility in metropolitan…

Procurement of 2 waste collection vehicles

Mobility

NIP II market activation: Procurement of 2 waste collection vehicles with alternative drive systems

NIP II - DOLPHIN

Mobility

The technical goal of the project is to research a hydrogen storage technology that, compared to the current state of the art or the technologies currently available on the…

NIP II - DOLPHIN

Mobility

The technical goal of the project is to research a hydrogen storage technology that, compared to the current state of the art or the technologies currently available on the…

HyExpert - City of Hagen

"HyLand - Hydrogen Regions in Germany" is a competition launched in 2019 by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), which is already in its second round. HyLand…

ASTOR_ST

Hydrogen production

Follow-up project of the ASTOR project: Automation of solar thermochemical cycles to reduce hydrogen production costs on a solar tower

Joint project: BIC H2

Mobility

Since 2011, the Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK) has been using hydrogen-powered fuel cell hybrid buses in regular service. As part of the company's "Zero Emission" project, in the…

Joint project: BIC H2

Mobility

Since 2011, the Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK) has been using hydrogen-powered fuel cell hybrid buses in regular service. As part of the company's "Zero Emission" project, in the…

Procurement of 2 waste collection vehicles

Mobility

NIP II market activation: Procurement of 2 waste collection vehicles with alternative drives

ACT ELEGANCY

Hydrogen production

The aim of the multinational ACT project ELEGANCY is to accelerate the decarbonisation of the European energy system by exploiting synergies between CCS and H2.

Renting FC vehicles

Mobility

NIP II Market Activation: Leasing of FC vehicles to customers from the research and development sectors of the automotive industry.

TransHyDE_UP2

Infrastructure project

In the future, a large part of the hydrogen transport will take place via gas pipelines. For example, hydrogen can be transported in former natural gas pipelines. At…

TransHyDE_UP2

Infrastructure project

In the future, a large part of the hydrogen transport will take place via gas pipelines. For example, hydrogen can be transported in former natural gas pipelines. At…

TransHyDE_UP1

Infrastructure project

Mukran Port, Germany's north-easternmost seaport, is located on the island of Rügen. Here, the TransHyDE project Mukran is developing an innovative high-pressure…

ASTOR_ST

Hydrogen production

Follow-up project of the ASTOR project: Automation of solar thermochemical cycles to reduce hydrogen production costs on a solar tower

Kamen

Schattweg 6, 59174 Kamen

NIP II - ELECTRICITY

Mobility

For the first time, an all-electric and hybrid propulsion concept consisting of fuel cells and accumulators is being designed on an inland waterway vessel and the dynamic…

NIP II - ELECTRICITY

Mobility

For the first time, an all-electric and hybrid propulsion concept consisting of fuel cells and accumulators is being designed on an inland waterway vessel and the dynamic…

Hydrogen generator MVA

Hydrogen production

NIP II market activation: Hydrogen generator_MVA Bielefeld-Herford GmbH_1ELY

Use of hydrogen vehicles

Mobility

NIP II: Reduce dependence on fossil fuels through the use of hydrogen vehicles.

Local emission-free waste collection in Duisburg

Mobility

NIP II Market Activation: Local Emission-Free Waste Collection in Duisburg

Sludge2P

Hydrogen production

The aim of the research project is to develop a novel process concept in which a product gas and a usable fertiliser are generated by combining a two-stage sewage…

ChemEFlex

Hydrogen production

This project aims to determine the flexibility potential of chlor-alkali electrolysis (CAE) and to evaluate it economically. The sub-project deals with the…

Wesseling

Ahrstraße 99, 50389 Wesseling

SUNIES

Buildings/Quarters

The energy supply (electricity, heating and cooling) and the water supply of islands - both geographically and in terms of decentrally organised island regions - are…

Series production of hydrogen fuel cell-based train propulsion systems

Mobility

At the Herten Hydrogen Centre, Cummins Hydrogenics GmbH has been producing fuel cell systems for Alstom trains for the world's first passenger trains powered by hydrogen fuel…

COSIMa

Industrial application

The feasibility studies provide the technical basis for the future conversion of the glass manufacturing processes to hydrogen with electric auxiliary heating and…

tKH2steel

IPCEI

The tkH2Steel project of thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG is establishing climate-neutral steel production in North Rhine-Westphalia. Through the widespread use of hydrogen, the…

TransHyDe_FP1

Infrastructure project

The lead project TransHyDE aims to advance hydrogen transport technologies in five accompanying research and four demonstration projects. Transport technologies are…

HyHeatStore

Infrastructure project

The aim is to develop and demonstrate a novel, magnesium hydride-based heat storage system for high-temperature applications that has a significantly higher storage…

HYPAT

Other

In the long term, Germany is dependent on energy imports from wind- and sun-rich regions of the world to meet a large part of its demand for green hydrogen and its synthesis…

Hydrogen shunting locomotive

Mobility

The aim of this study is to create the basis for further activities for the development, construction and commissioning of a hydrogen-powered SGV locomotive and to examine the…

Trans4ReaL

Other

The joint project Trans4ReaL represents the transfer research of the real laboratories of the energy transition with reference to hydrogen technologies and sector coupling. The aim…

RH2INE

The RH2INE programme is an initiative of the Province of Zuid-Holland and the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. RH2INE is the first comprehensive corridor approach and aims to realise market-ready…

Wuppertal

Schmiedestr. 91, 42279 Wuppertal

ChemCh2ange

IPCEI

The aim of the project, called ChemCH2ange, is to use the hydrogen produced using renewable energy directly in the ammonia and methanol production operated by INEOS in Cologne. In…

Dortmund

Schützenstr. 2-4, 44147 Dortmund

ChemCH2ange (feasibility study)

Other

The plan is to build a 100-megawatt water electrolysis plant for the production of green hydrogen at the INEOS site in Cologne/Dormagen (see IPCEI project "ChemCH2ange"). Initially,…

Portal Green

Other

The aim of this project is to develop a guideline for power-to-gas plants on the applicable regulations and the different legal bases for approval. The guide is to be developed in…

Helmholtz Cluster for sustainable and infrastructure-compatible hydrogen economy (HC-H2)

The research, development and large-scale demonstration of innovative hydrogen technologies in the areas of production, storage, transport and utilisation form the core of the project. One example…

NIP II - DOLPHIN

Mobility

The technical goal of the project is to research a hydrogen storage technology that, compared to the current state of the art or the technologies currently available on the…

Multi-SOFC at Herrmann-Josef Hospital Erkelenz (Subproject A: Research Centre Jülich GmbH)

Hydrogen production

The Hermann-Josef Hospital (HJK) Erkelenz is becoming a showcase project for the climate-friendly energy supply of the future. Robert Bosch GmbH and Hydrogenious LOHC…

NIP II - DOLPHIN

Mobility

The technical goal of the project is to research a hydrogen storage technology that, compared to the current state of the art or the technologies currently available on the…

H2Giga_QT5.1_HyPLANT100

Hydrogen production

In order to meet Germany's demand for green hydrogen, large capacities of efficient, cost-effective electrolysers are needed. Although efficient electrolysers are…

NRW.Energy4Climate

NRW.Energy4Climate is the state agency for energy and climate protection of North Rhine-Westphalia. It pools forces and resources in the four highest-emitting sectors of the energy industry,…

H2Loop

Hydrogen production

The project aims to realise a fully automated control of the process temperature in a solar-chemical multi-chamber reactor by means of the heliostat field. For this…

Me²H2

Hydrogen production

The joint project Methane Pyrolysis (Me²H2) is researching the production of climate-friendly hydrogen from natural gas. Although processes already exist to convert…

H2Giga_NG2_StacIE

Hydrogen production

The StacIE (Stack Scale-up - Industrialisation PEM Electrolysis) research project aims to increase the efficiency of PEM electrolysis (Proton Exchange Membrane) for the…

TransHyDe_FP1

Infrastructure project

The lead project TransHyDE aims to advance hydrogen transport technologies in five accompanying research and four demonstration projects. Transport technologies are…

BipolarPilot

Other

The aim of the project is to set up a demonstration plant for coating ready-formed and welded bipolar plates (BPP) made of stainless steel for use in PEM fuel cells. These offer…

H2Steel

Industrial application

The H2Stahl real laboratory aims at a far-reaching conversion of the steel industry to hydrogen technologies. This can reduce CO2 emissions in Duisburg, Europe's…

FlyGo

Mobility

In the FlyGO project, the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT and its project partners are developing new concepts for a production chain of fuel cell components…

H2BF

Industrial application

The first step on the way to steel takes place in the blast furnace. There, oxygen is removed from the iron ore, traditionally with the help of carbon. Among other…

H2!Raum - Mittelstand Ruhr 2030

In March 2023, the BMBF-funded project "T!Raum - TransferRäume für die Zukunft von Regionen" (T!Space - Transfer Spaces for the Future of Regions) launched the initiative "H2!Raum Mittelstand Ruhr…

H2 in the brick industry

Industrial application

The use of hydrogen or its admixture, if possible without costly new installation of complete kiln plants, has not yet been introduced in the brick industry.…

Fraunhofer Research Institution for Energy Infrastructures and Geothermal Energy IEG

The Fraunhofer Research Institution for Energy Infrastructures and Geothermal Energy IEG conducts research at seven locations in the fields of integrated energy infrastructures, geothermal energy…

H2Giga_NG3_HY-Core

Hydrogen production

Enapter AG is building a factory in Saerbeck for AEM hydrogen electrolysers, which produce hydrogen from green electricity and water. The electrolysers are still…

Reallabor:SmartQuart

Buildings/Quarters

The central project objective is the development of a modular blueprint for a decentralised energy and heat turnaround at neighbourhood level.

Together with RWE…

ELEFACT

Hydrogen production

In their ELEFACT project, Enapter GmbH and Münster University of Applied Sciences (FH Münster) are working on key levers that can significantly accelerate the market…

Duisburg

Am Schlütershof 27, Duisburg

Münster University of Applied Sciences - Department of Energy - Buildings - Environment

The Department of Energy - Buildings - Environment at Münster University of Applied Sciences deals with the current challenges of everyday life with the topics of affordable and renewable energy,…

EnCity

Infrastructure project

As part of the overall project, a climate-neutral neighbourhood is to be designed and implemented using the area of the decommissioned air base in Oldenburg, in…

FlyGo

Mobility

In the FlyGO project, the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT and its project partners are developing new concepts for a production chain of fuel cell components…

NIP II - ELEKTRA II

Mobility

In this project, water and fuel cell technology will be implemented in combination with accumulators on push boats. The hybrid propulsion for regional transport in Berlin and…

smartVessel

Infrastructure project

In the joint project, the Fraunhofer IPT is responsible for the sensor development and application as well as for the process development of laser-assisted taping of…

PIN II - FC-Truck

Mobility

Development and testing of a fuel cell system as well as a mobile and self-sufficient refuelling device in the field of application of heavy-duty commercial vehicles

Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology

The Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT develops system solutions for the networked, adaptive production of sustainable and resource-saving products and the associated services. In…

MobFuelH2 2.0

Mobility

Further development and expansion of the mobile filling unit

Transsonic_CO2

Infrastructure project

The aim of the project is to develop an axial compressor for the properties of CO2, a molecularly heavy gas. The technology developed here for the compression of…

HyTech

Hydrogen production

The aim of the HyTech project is to produce hydrogen regeneratively using innovative biohydrogen technology (dark fermentation). For this purpose, the process (2-stage)…

Joint project: BIC H2

Mobility

Since 2011, the Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK) has been using hydrogen-powered fuel cell hybrid buses in regular service. As part of the company's "Zero Emission" project, in the…

H2 in the brick industry

Industrial application

The use of hydrogen or its admixture, if possible without costly new installation of complete kiln plants, has not yet been introduced in the brick industry.…

Joint project: BIC H2

Mobility

Since 2011, the Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK) has been using hydrogen-powered fuel cell hybrid buses in regular service. As part of the company's "Zero Emission" project, in the…

H2 industrial truck fleet for factory traffic

Mobility

National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Innovation Programme (NIP) - Phase II: H2 industrial truck fleet for internal plant transport at Mercedes-Benz in Düsseldorf - Phase…

H2Giga_QT1.1

Hydrogen production

In order to meet Germany's demand for green hydrogen, large capacities of efficient, cost-effective electrolysers are needed. Although efficient electrolysers are…

H2 Workshop Rheinberg

With its application in the state competition "Model Region Hydrogen Mobility NRW", the Rheinisch-Bergisch district positioned itself together with a total of seven cities and districts with the…

TransHyDE_FP3

Infrastructure project

The aim of TransHyDE is to answer all the questions that Germany still has to ask itself in order to build a national hydrogen infrastructure, whereby these…

GET H2 Nucleus

IPCEI

The GET H2 partners bp, Evonik, Nowega, OGE and RWE Generation want to jointly build the first publicly accessible hydrogen infrastructure. The GET H2 Nukleus project connects the…

TransHyDE_KK

Infrastructure project

The lead project TransHyDE aims to advance hydrogen transport technologies in five accompanying research and four demonstration projects. Transport technologies are…

Climate protection model region Sauerland

The energy system of the future is being created in the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Arnsberg. Westenergie is launching the climate protection model region Sauerland with partners from…

CatVIC

Hydrogen production

The CatVIC (Catalytic Valorization of Industrial Carbon) project is a Franco-German initiative supported by the French and German research ministries MESRI and BMBF…

Prometheus

Hydrogen production

The consortium of the joint project 'Prometheus' is developing a new type of cell stack for PEM electrolysis to produce hydrogen from renewable energy. The aim of the…

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion

Research foci at MPI CEC are, for example, hydrogen production by electrolysis (water splitting), chemical CO2 reduction, the conversion of hydrogen into other chemical products and transportable…

PIN II - GeBe-H2

Mobility

Procurement of two hydrogen vehicles

BioJetFuel

Hydrogen production

Together with the partners BP Europa SE, RWE Power and RWE Renewables, the basic feasibility of a demonstration plant in the Rhenish mining area for the production of…

Cologne University of Technology

Themes from the field of hydrogen research are largely dealt with at the Cologne Institute for Renewable Energy (CIRE) and the Institute for Automation Technology (IA). CIRE combines teaching and…

NIP II - DOLPHIN

Mobility

The technical goal of the project is to research a hydrogen storage technology that, compared to the current state of the art or the technologies currently available on the…

Rheda-Wiedenbrück

Bielefelder Str. 145, 33378 Rheda-Wiedenbrück

NIP II - H2-PKWs-KST

Mobility

The district of Steinfurt wants to be a hydrogen region that uses locally generated renewable energies to produce green hydrogen and power fuel cells in the future. So it makes…

HyExpert - Düren district

"HyLand - Hydrogen Regions in Germany" is a competition launched in 2019 by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), which is already in its second round. HyLand…

NIP II - H2-PKWs-KST

Mobility

The district of Steinfurt is becoming a hydrogen region that will in future use its locally generated renewable energies to produce green hydrogen and power fuel cells. What could…

HyHeatStore

Infrastructure project

The aim is to develop and demonstrate a novel, magnesium hydride-based heat storage system for high-temperature applications that has a significantly higher storage…

Hymat

The core idea is to produce 100 % green hydrogen by means of electrolysis with electricity - mainly from citizens' wind farms, for which the EEG compensation will end after 20 years (post-EEG…

Sludge2P

Hydrogen production

The aim of the research project is to develop a novel process concept in which a product gas and a usable fertiliser are generated by combining a two-stage sewage…

Hydrogen cluster of the future

The goal of the finalist Hydrogen Future Cluster is to network regional and supraregional actors from business, science and society in the joint project and to use the combined competences to…

Feasibility study: Power-to-gas plant Coesfeld

Hydrogen production

The project plans to expand an existing biogas plant at the Coesfeld-Höven site with a power-to-gas plant including hydrogen storage and methanation plant. The aim of…

PtG-MSE

Hydrogen production

In this joint project, a Power to Gas test field is to be set up at the ZBT site as a pilot and demonstration platform on a pilot plant scale and a detailed analysis of…

SOC-Degradation_2

Hydrogen production

Electrolysers and fuel cells based on solid oxide electrolytes achieve the highest efficiency compared to alkaline or PEM systems. The problem: The so-called SOC…

Multi-SOFC at Herrmann-Josef Hospital Erkelenz (Subproject B: Hermann-Josef Foundation Erkelenz)

Hydrogen production

The Hermann-Josef Hospital (HJK) Erkelenz is becoming a showcase project for the climate-friendly energy supply of the future. Robert Bosch GmbH and Hydrogenious LOHC…

Ratingen

Brachter Str. 36, 40882 Ratingen

Hydrogen region Aachen area

The city of Aachen, the Aachen city region and the districts of Düren, Euskirchen and Heinsberg want to jointly become a nationwide hydrogen model region. The Aachen Chamber of Industry and…

Competence Region Hydrogen Düssel.Rhein.Wupper

The region between Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Wuppertal and the Rhine district of Neuss already combines numerous competences for future hydrogen mobility. The idea of the hydrogen competence region is…

NRW.Energy4Climate

NRW.Energy4Climate is the state agency for energy and climate protection of North Rhine-Westphalia. It pools forces and resources in the four highest-emitting sectors of the energy industry,…

Procurement of 10 fuel cell articulated buses

Mobility

NIP II Market Activation: Procurement of 10 hydrogen-powered fuel cell articulated buses and expansion of the existing hydrogen infrastructure

BIC H2 Phase 2

Mobility

Since 2011, the Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK) has been using hydrogen-powered fuel cell hybrid buses in regular service. As part of the company's "Zero Emission" project, in the…

Introduction of fuel cell buses

Mobility

NIP II Market Activation: Introduction of Hydrogen Technologies in the Context of 'Power-to-Mobility'-Integration of 10 Fuel Cell Buses into the Fleet (Partner Project…

Joint project: BIC H2

Mobility

Since 2011, the Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK) has been using hydrogen-powered fuel cell hybrid buses in regular service. As part of the company's "Zero Emission" project, in the…

NRW.Energy4Climate

NRW.Energy4Climate is the state agency for energy and climate protection of North Rhine-Westphalia. It pools forces and resources in the four highest-emitting sectors of the energy industry,…

Joint project: BIC H2

Mobility

Since 2011, the Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK) has been using hydrogen-powered fuel cell hybrid buses in regular service. As part of the company's "Zero Emission" project, in the…

Reallabor:SmartQuart

Buildings/Quarters

The central project objective is the development of a modular blueprint for a decentralised energy and heat transition at neighbourhood level.

Innogy SE will set…

Procurement and deployment of a large fleet of fuel cell hybrid buses

Mobility

NIP II Market Activation: Procurement and deployment of a large fleet of fuel cell hybrid buses for public transport and corresponding H2 infrastructure in the Cologne region

H2.Ruhr

E.ON, Enel, Iberdrola, ABB and SAP are working together to build an industrial value chain for green hydrogen to serve the European market. In doing so, the partners are using their competitive…

Fuel cell cars in commercial fleets

Mobility

NIP II - Market Activation: Application-based Market Activation of Fuel Cell Cars in Commercial Fleets in Germany

Procurement of a waste collection vehicle

Mobility

NIP II - Market activation: Procurement of a waste collection vehicle with alternative drives

Hydrogen Centre Hamm

Hydrogen production

The first municipal joint project "Hydrogen Centre Hamm" is part of a comprehensive strategy of local and regional actors to strengthen Hamm as an industrial location…

H2 in the brick industry

Industrial application

The use of hydrogen or its admixture, if possible without costly new installation of complete kiln plants, has not yet been introduced in the brick industry.…

Hydra15

Hydrogen production

In order to be able to investigate the performance of such innovative systems with regard to their use in an industrial environment, the aim of this project is to…

Hy.Region.Rhine-Ruhr

The hydrogen initiative "Hy.Region.Rhein.Ruhr e.V." creates a central interface for the activities of the various partners in the hydrogen economy in Duisburg and the surrounding area. For all…

HYPAT

Other

In the long term, Germany is dependent on energy imports from wind- and sun-rich regions of the world to meet a large part of its demand for green hydrogen and its synthesis…

TrHy

TrHy covers the entire spectrum of innovation development, knowledge transfer, standardisation, certification and testing of fuel cell-based drive systems for the heavy-duty sector. Road, rail,…

H2 in the brick industry

Industrial application

The use of hydrogen or its admixture, if possible without costly new installation of complete kiln plants, has not yet been introduced in the brick industry.…

H2Giga_QT2.1: TP2 (PEMEL)

Hydrogen production

In order to meet Germany's demand for green hydrogen, large capacities of efficient, cost-effective electrolysers are needed. Although efficient electrolysers are…

NIP II: H2Fuel

Infrastructure project

ISO 14687-2 is the authoritative basis for the mandatory hydrogen dispensing quality at hydrogen filling stations to be specified throughout Europe at the end of…

NIP II - Hy-Lab

Mobility

Hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles enable emission-free electromobility with long ranges and short refuelling times. However, hydrogen can contain impurities that damage the fuel…

Me²H2

Hydrogen production

The joint project Methane Pyrolysis (Me²H2) is researching the production of climate-friendly hydrogen from natural gas. Although processes already exist to convert…

NIP II: H2Fuel

Infrastructure project

ISO 14687-2 is the authoritative basis for the mandatory hydrogen dispensing quality at hydrogen filling stations to be specified throughout Europe at the end of…

Ruhr University Bochum

The RUB's research covers many different areas of electrolysis research. Among other things, the RUB is involved in the nationwide lead project H2Giga, which aims to mass-produce hydrogen…

PowerPaste

Infrastructure project

The content of this joint project is the further development and testing of a compact energy supply for electric drives that is independent of the classic hydrogen…

HyQ²Ra

Mobility

The HyQ²Ra project consortium has set itself the goal of ensuring the gas quality and quantity at hydrogen filling stations for the end user. High demands are placed on the…

Trans4ReaL

Other

The joint project Trans4ReaL represents the transfer research of the real laboratories of the energy transition with reference to hydrogen technologies and sector coupling. The aim…

H2-Ready

Infrastructure project

The project addresses the following questions: Supply, demand and infrastructure: Which transformation paths can the currently natural gas-based infrastructure in…

TransHyDE_UP4

Hydrogen production

The CAMPFIRE alliance was founded as part of the funding programme "WIR! - Change through Innovation in the Region" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research…

ElementOne

Hydrogen production

thyssenkrupp intends to build an innovative 20 MW electrolysis plant for the production of green hydrogen in an innovation centre of NEOM, a Saudi Arabian megaproject…

TransHyDE_UP4

Hydrogen production

The CAMPFIRE alliance was founded as part of the funding programme "WIR! - Change through Innovation in the Region" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research…

NRW.Energy4Climate

NRW.Energy4Climate is the state agency for energy and climate protection of North Rhine-Westphalia. It pools forces and resources in the four highest-emitting sectors of the energy industry,…

H2TestOpt

Hydrogen production

The overall objective of the project is the conceptual design, development, construction and commissioning of a test stand for various high-pressure hydrogen…

Hydrogen network Emmerich region

The transmission system operator Thyssengas from Dortmund and the Emmerich municipal utility are working together on the hydrogen supply for the Lower Rhine region. BEW (Bocholter Energie- und…

H2-LeakDect

Infrastructure project

The aim of the H2LeakDect project, which is funded by the BMVI and coordinated by NOW, is to develop a new type of testing procedure for the detection and location…

MefCO2

Hydrogen production

Methanol is one of the most widely used and important platform chemicals and is already being added to petrol today. Methanol is traditionally produced from natural gas…

HyCleanUp

Mobility

Quantitative removal of impurities from hydrogen gas for fuel cell applications

MAPEVA

IPCEI

With the MAPEVA project, Neumann & Esser, a company based in the Rhenish mining area, is planning to set up a PEM electrolysis production facility with up to 400 jobs. The project…

MobFuelH2 2.0

Mobility

Further development and expansion of the mobile filling unit

AMAZING

Hydrogen production

The use of renewable energy in combination with a membrane opens up not only the advantageous use of renewable electrical energy for reactor heating, but also the…

H2 Campus Hüttenheim

Other

Development of a hydrogen research campus in Duisburg Hüttenheim and further development of research capacities for hydrogen applications in NRW

ETSAP-Germany

Other

The 'Energy Technology Systems Analysis Programme (ETSAP)' of the International Energy Agency (IEA) was initiated as a Technology Collaboration Programme (TCP) in order to advance…

BipolarPilot

Other

The aim of the project is to set up a demonstration plant for coating ready-formed and welded bipolar plates (BPP) made of stainless steel for use in PEM fuel cells. These offer…

H2-Atlas

Other

The H2ATLAS-AFRICA project is the start of a cooperation between the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and African partners in the sub-Saharan region (SADC and ECOWAS…

FlyGo

Mobility

In the FlyGO project, the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT and its project partners are developing new concepts for a production chain of fuel cell components…

LLEC:P2G++

Infrastructure project

In the sub-project "P2G++" ("Seasonal storage in coupled, regenerative energy systems using power-to-gas (P2G)"), the researchers are investigating how large…

NH3toH2

Hydrogen production

The Chair of Energy Technology at the University of Duisburg-Essen and the Duisburg Centre for Fuel Cell Technology GmbH (ZBT) are working on hydrogen production from…

MINFRA

Other

The aim of the project is to answer the following questions: How do different CO2 reduction strategies for the German energy system affect existing and future energy supply…

PtG-MSE

Hydrogen production

In this joint project, a Power to Gas test field is to be set up at the ZBT site as a pilot and demonstration platform on a pilot plant scale and a detailed analysis of…

NeStPEL II

Hydrogen production

A central cost driver for the costs of PEM electrolysis and thus the ultimate hydrogen production costs is the component of the current collector, which is currently…

R2R-CCM

Mobility

The aim of the R2R-CCM project is to reduce the cost of PEM fuel cells by developing a new, more cost-effective production process suitable for mass production. At the core of…

NextH2

Hydrogen production

The project partners Forschungszentrum Jülich, De Nora Deutschland and ThyssenKrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers are focusing on optimising the core element of an…

Centre for Fuel Cell Technology (ZBT)

As a non-profit organisation of the University of Duisburg-Essen, the Centre for Fuel Cell Technology (ZBT) conducts both basic and application-oriented research in the fields of hydrogen…

Joint project: BIC H2

Mobility

Since 2011, the Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK) has been using hydrogen-powered fuel cell hybrid buses in regular service. As part of the company's "Zero Emission" project, in the…

H2 in the brick industry

Industrial application

The use of hydrogen or its admixture, if possible without costly new installation of complete kiln plants, has not yet been introduced in the brick industry.…

Joint project: BIC H2

Mobility

Since 2011, the Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK) has been using hydrogen-powered fuel cell hybrid buses in regular service. As part of the company's "Zero Emission" project, in the…

H2-Substitution II

Infrastructure project

The cooperation project investigates the effects of firing H2-rich gas mixtures on the products of metallurgical processes. In addition, possible effects of the H2…

P2X-2

Hydrogen production

The aim of the project is to develop new technologies with which material energy sources and chemical products for the transport and chemical sectors can be produced…

Procurement of fuel cell vehicles

Mobility

NIP II market activation: Procurement of 7 fuel cell vehicles by iGas energy GmbH

SOC-Degradation_2

Hydrogen production

Electrolysers and fuel cells based on solid oxide electrolytes achieve the highest efficiency compared to alkaline or PEM systems. The problem: The so-called SOC…

Procurement of fuel cell vehicles

Mobility

NIP II market activation: Procurement of 3 fuel cell vehicles by iGas energy GmbH

TransHyDE_FP2

Infrastructure project

The lead project TransHyDE aims to advance hydrogen transport technologies in five accompanying research and four demonstration projects. Transport technologies are…

Hydra15

Hydrogen production

In order to be able to investigate the performance of such innovative systems with regard to their use in an industrial environment, the aim of this project is to…

iNEW 2.0

Hydrogen production

The Innovation Space iNEW focuses on the research, further development and implementation of advanced electrolysis technologies for Power-to-X (P2X) applications. In…

HyTech

Hydrogen production

The aim of the HyTech project is to produce hydrogen regeneratively using innovative biohydrogen technology (dark fermentation). For this purpose, the process (2-stage)…

BioJetFuel

Hydrogen production

Together with the partners BP Europa SE, RWE Power and RWE Renewables, the basic feasibility of a demonstration plant in the Rhenish mining area for the production of…

Hydrogen production at the Hansa Business Park Münster

The Fraunhofer Research Fabrication Battery Cell FFB is planned as the main customer for the electrolysis plant to be commissioned in the Hansa Business Park from 2025. In addition,…

Research Centre Jülich: -Techno-economic System Analysis (IEK-3) -Electrochemical Process Engineering (IEK-14)

In the energy system analyses of IEK-3, sector coupling is an essential component. This also includes the investigation of hydrogen production by means of electrolysis. In the field of PEM…

Hydrogen user centre h2herten

Over the past few years, numerous companies and institutions have settled on the former Ewald colliery site that are committed to renewable energies, in particular to the technology field of…

Institute for Sustainable Hydrogen Economy

The Institute for Sustainable Hydrogen Economy (INW) of Forschungszentrum Jülich forms the continuity-building core of the Helmholtz Cluster for Sustainable and Infrastructure-Compatible Hydrogen…

HyHeatStore

Infrastructure project

The aim is to develop and demonstrate a novel, magnesium hydride-based heat storage system for high-temperature applications that has a significantly higher storage…

NRW.Energy4Climate

NRW.Energy4Climate is the state agency for energy and climate protection of North Rhine-Westphalia. It pools forces and resources in the four highest-emitting sectors of the energy industry,…

h2-network-ruhr

The h2-netzwerk-ruhr is a registered association that has set itself the task of promoting hydrogen and fuel cell technology in the region: on the one hand through concrete business promotion, and…

P2X-2

Hydrogen production

The aim of the project is to develop new technologies with which material energy sources and chemical products for the transport and chemical sectors can be produced…

H2Herten

Over the past few years, numerous companies and institutions have settled on the former Ewald colliery site that are committed to renewable energies, in particular to the technology field of…

smartVessel

Infrastructure project

In order to contribute to this goal, this research project aims to reduce the maintenance costs of hydrogen tanks by at least 50 % and to safely utilise the entire…

Wuppertal Institut

The Wuppertal Institute sees itself as a think tank for impact and application-oriented sustainability research. The focus of its work is on shaping transformation processes towards a…

OffsH2ore

Hydrogen production

Sustainably produced hydrogen is a supporting pillar of the future energy system if the energy transition is to succeed. Due to limited expansion capacities of…

NIP II - ELEKTRA II

Mobility

In this project, water and fuel cell technology will be implemented in combination with accumulators on push boats. The hybrid propulsion for regional transport in Berlin and…

Tecklenburg Region Hydrogen Network

SWTE Netz, the network company of Stadtwerke Tecklenburger Land, and Westnetz are planning to set up an efficient hydrogen distribution network in the communities of Hörstel, Hopsten, Ibbenbüren,…

HydrOxy

Hydrogen production

As part of the "HydrOxy" project, a PEM electrolyser with a capacity of approx. 150 MW will be developed, built and operated in Duisburg-Walsum by 2027. The plant will…

Green Motion Steel

IPCEI

The aim of GreenMotionSteel is to develop an integrated green hydrogen value chain. The project, developed by Air Liquide, aims to commission a water electrolysis plant with a…

H2Mare_VB1

Hydrogen production

The conditions at sea are ideal for generating renewable electricity. The direct production of green hydrogen in offshore plants from wind energy without grid…

PIN II - HySteelStore

Mobility

Development of high-pressure hydrogen storage systems made of high-strength precision steel tubes for fuel cell vehicles.

smartVessel

Infrastructure project

The aim of the smartVessel research project is to reduce the maintenance costs of hydrogen tanks by at least 50 % and to safely utilise the entire service life of…

Me²H2

Hydrogen production

The joint project Methane Pyrolysis (Me²H2) is researching the production of climate-friendly hydrogen from natural gas. Although processes already exist to convert…

HyCleanUp

Mobility

Quantitative removal of impurities from hydrogen gas for fuel cell applications

ELEFACT

Hydrogen production

In their ELEFACT project, Enapter GmbH and Münster University of Applied Sciences (FH Münster) are working on key levers that can significantly accelerate the market…

Bonn

Erich-Hoffmann-Strasse 9, 53121 Bonn

P2X-2

Hydrogen production

The aim of the project is to develop new technologies with which material energy sources and chemical products for the transport and chemical sectors can be produced…

H2Loop

Hydrogen production

The project aims to realise a fully automated control of the process temperature in a solar-chemical multi-chamber reactor by means of the heliostat field. For this…

Reallabor:SmartQuart

Buildings/Quarters

The central project objective is the development of a modular blueprint for a decentralised energy transition at neighbourhood level.

E.ON Energy Solutions GmbH…

P2X-2

Hydrogen production

The aim of the project is to develop new technologies with which material energy sources and chemical products for the transport and chemical sectors can be produced…

H2Giga_QT1.1:

Hydrogen production

In order to meet Germany's demand for green hydrogen, large capacities of efficient, cost-effective electrolysers are needed. Although efficient electrolysers are…

H2Giga_TP_DERIEL

Hydrogen production

The DERIEL project deals with the risk minimisation (de-risking) of a newly developed pressurised (series PEM) electrolyser. The main objective is the construction and…

Aachen Process Engineering (AVT)

The AVT is an amalgamation of formerly 5 chairs with different focal points in process engineering. There, for example, catalyst materials for electrochemical CO2 reduction are investigated with…

H2Giga_QT1.1:

Hydrogen production

In order to meet Germany's demand for green hydrogen, large capacities of efficient, cost-effective electrolysers are needed. Although efficient electrolysers are…

NH3toH2

Hydrogen production

The Chair of Energy Technology at the University of Duisburg-Essen and the Duisburg Centre for Fuel Cell Technology GmbH (ZBT) are working on hydrogen production from…

R2R-CCM

Mobility

The aim of the R2R-CCM project is to reduce the cost of PEM fuel cells by developing a new, more cost-effective production process suitable for mass production. At the core of…

University of Duisburg-Essen

Many questions in the field of hydrogen research are dealt with at the Centre for Fuel Cell Technology, which is a non-profit organisation of the University of Duisburg-Essen.

Carbon2Chem

Industrial application

The aim of the Carbon2Chem initiative is to use metallurgical gases from steel production as a feedstock for chemical products - including the CO2 they contain. In…

H2R - Hydrogen Rhineland

The initiative H2R - Hydrogen Rhineland stands for a liveable, sustainable and economically strong region. We want to bundle the hydrogen competences of the region and set new impulses for an…

H2Mare_VB2

Hydrogen production

The conditions at sea are ideal for generating renewable electricity. The direct production of green hydrogen in offshore plants from wind energy without grid…

Me²H2

Hydrogen production

The joint project Methane Pyrolysis (Me²H2) is researching the production of climate-friendly hydrogen from natural gas. Although processes already exist to convert…

PtM - Power-to-Methanol

Hydrogen production

In the project, a profitability analysis of the production of methanol from electrolysis hydrogen and carbon dioxide from a bioethanol plant is carried out.

WESTKUESTE100

Infrastructure project

The overarching goal of WEST COAST100 is to decarbonise the energy system using innovative approaches. The core of this is the construction and operation of a 30 MW…

Portal Green

Other

The aim of this project is to develop a guideline for power-to-gas plants on the applicable regulations and the different legal bases for approval. The guide is to be developed in…

COSIMa

Industrial application

The feasibility studies provide the technical basis for the future conversion of the glass manufacturing processes to hydrogen with electric auxiliary heating and…

COSIMa

Industrial application

The feasibility studies provide the technical basis for the future conversion of the glass manufacturing processes to hydrogen with electric auxiliary heating and…

Sludge2P

Hydrogen production

The aim of the research project is to develop a novel process concept in which a product gas and a usable fertiliser are generated by combining a two-stage sewage…

HyCologne

As a cluster of competent companies, the network acts as an advisor and project manager for hydrogen technology - with a growing membership and radius of action. The representatives of HyCologne…

H2HoWi

Buildings/Quarters

Holzwickede is becoming a pioneer: in the municipality near Dortmund, 100 per cent green hydrogen (H2) is now flowing through a pipeline of the public natural gas supply…

H2Giga_QT6.1_HyLeiT

Hydrogen production

The goal of the H2Giga project HyLeiT is a new generation of electrolysis converters and electrical system technology for hydrogen electrolysis. Compared to the current…

TransHyDe_FP1

Infrastructure project

The lead project TransHyDE aims to advance hydrogen transport technologies in five accompanying research and four demonstration projects. Transport technologies are…

Bonn-Rhine-Sieg University of Applied Sciences

Technologically advanced solutions for its storage are being developed in the hydrogen laboratory at HBS. To this end, an H2 research infrastructure for physical as well as simulation-based…

H2 WIM

The Hydrogen Initiative Münster (WIM) has been in existence since 2020. Its goals are to establish hydrogen in Münster and the Münsterland region in order to reduce emissions, to promote…

NIP II - H2-PKWs-KST

Mobility

The district of Steinfurt wants to be a hydrogen region that uses its locally generated renewable energies to produce green hydrogen and power fuel cells in the future. So what…

Long-term scenarios for the transformation of the energy system

Other

In the project "Long-term scenarios for the transformation of the energy system in Germany", scenarios for the future development of the energy system are being modelled on behalf of…

Scenario-based analysis in the context of the energy transition

Infrastructure project

The Stiftung Umweltenergierecht (Foundation for Environmental Energy Law) is investigating the legal framework for the planning and financing of energy…

Hydrogen Network Münster

Stadtnetze Münster and Thyssengas signed a letter of intent in summer 2023 to supply a regional hydrogen distribution network. The hydrogen in Münster is to be used for companies in industry and…

RoadmapGaswende

Infrastructure project

The aim of the joint project is to evaluate the role of synthetic gases in the future energy system, especially with regard to their impact on the transformation of…

SUNIES

Buildings/Quarters

The energy supply (electricity, heating and cooling) and the water supply of islands - both geographically and in terms of decentrally organised island regions - are…

TransHyDE_UP1

Infrastructure project

Mukran Port, Germany's north-easternmost seaport, is located on the island of Rügen. Here, the TransHyDE project Mukran is developing an innovative high-pressure…

COSIMa

Industrial application

The feasibility studies provide the technical basis for the future conversion of the glass manufacturing processes to hydrogen with electric auxiliary heating and…

HyGlass

Industrial application

Together with the Gas- und Wärme-Institut Essen e.V., BV Glas is investigating the possibility of using hydrogen in the glass industry.

Gas and Heat Institute Essen e.V.

Thanks to the close links between the research and development, education and testing laboratory departments, the GWI is the place to go for everything to do with hydrogen. The entire H2 value…

Multi-SOFC at Herrmann-Josef Hospital Erkelenz (Subproject C: HYDROGENIOUS LOHC NRW GmbH)

Hydrogen production

The Hermann-Josef Hospital (HJK) Erkelenz is becoming a showcase project for the climate-friendly energy supply of the future. Robert Bosch GmbH and Hydrogenious LOHC…

Hydrogen pipeline network

The existing hydrogen network in the Rhine-Ruhr region, operated by Air Liquide, is the largest hydrogen network in Germany and runs from Castrop-Rauxel via Marl to Leverkusen. The network has a…

HyGlass

Industrial application

Together with the Gas- und Wärme-Institut Essen e.V., BV Glas is investigating the possibility of using hydrogen in the glass industry.

NRW.Energy4Climate

NRW.Energy4Climate is the state agency for energy and climate protection of North Rhine-Westphalia. It pools forces and resources in the four highest-emitting sectors of the energy industry,…

H2Loop

Hydrogen production

The project aims to realise a fully automated control of the process temperature in a solar-chemical multi-chamber reactor by means of the heliostat field. For this…

Emscher Lippe Region

Within the framework of HyExperts, the region is developing an integrated overall concept for the use of hydrogen in mobility and logistics. The region is a pioneer in hydrogen production and…

HyStarter - Soest district

"HyLand - Hydrogen Regions in Germany" is a competition launched in 2019 by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), which is already in its second round. HyLand…

Hydrogen transport pipeline for the Westmünsterland region

Wasserstoff Entwicklungs GmbH & Co. KG brings the energy carrier hydrogen to Westmünsterland. It pursues the goal of establishing a hydrogen-based economy in the region. As an essential milestone,…

SWDhydrogenium

Hydrogen production

Stadtwerke Düsseldorf and Rheinbahn are investing in hydrogen technology to decarbonise the transport sector. In the SWDhydrogenium project, the companies are…

Düsseldorf - Höherweg

Höherweg 202, 40233 Düsseldorf

Real laboratory: EnergieparkBL

Hydrogen production

As part of the 'Bad Lauchstädt Energy Park' project, the production, transport, storage and economic use of green hydrogen on an industrial scale will be investigated…

Mülheim on the Ruhr

Humboldtring 3, 45472 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany

RWE demonstration plant "Ibbenbüren

Hydrogen production

The special feature of RWE's solution is that the waste heat generated during electrolysis is not released into the environment but used for process purposes in a…

Construction of an electrolyser

Hydrogen production

NIP II - Market Activation: Construction of an electrolyser to supply a hydrogen filling station with 'green' hydrogen.

KML: Wasserstoffnetz der Air Liquide

Das bereits im Jahr 1938 gegründete private Wasserstoffnetz der Air Liquide im Rhein-Ruhr-Gebiet verläuft von Castrop-Rauxel über Marl, Oberhausen, Duisburg, Krefeld, Leverkusen, Dormagen,…