Air Liquide receives €10,9M funding commitment for 20 MW electrolyser in Germany.
[Energate-Messenger] The German Ministry of Economics and Technology has given the first funding commitment for a green hydrogen project as part of the national hydrogen strategy.Parliamentary state secretary Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker handed over the decision for the construction of a 20 MW electrolyser in Oberhausen to Air Liquide Deutschland, the ministry announced.
The funding volume amounts to 10.9 million euros. The market ramp-up of the hydrogen economy offers great economic opportunities, especially after the cuts caused by the Corona pandemic, said Winkelmeier-Becker. The Ministry of Economics is therefore working at full speed to create the regulatory and legal framework. “Now we need concrete and ambitious projects,” said the state secretary.
🔥 What about we co-host a webinar? Let's educate, captivate, and convert the hydrogen economy!
Hydrogen Central is the global go-to online magazine for the hydrogen economy, we can help you host impactful webinars that become a global reference on your topic and are an evergreen source of leads. Click here to request more details
Air Liquide Receives €10,9M Funding Commitment for 20 MW Electrolyser in Germany
Air Liquide already operates a 240-kilometre-long hydrogen network in the Rhine-Ruhr region, from Castrop-Rauxel via Marl to Leverkusen. The electrolyser will be connected to this network and will supply key industries with green hydrogen, for example in the refinery sector, in steel production and in the chemical industry.
According to the Ministry of Economics, the project with a “first electrolyser on a global scale” also represents the beginning of the partnership between Air Liquide and Siemens Energy.
The two companies had agreed to cooperate in February 2021 to develop hydrogen projects on an industrial scale and to lay the foundation for series production of electrolysers in Europe (energate reported). Air Liquide already commissioned a 20 MW PEM electrolyser in Bécancour, Quebec, Canada earlier this year.
READ the latest news shaping the hydrogen market at Hydrogen Central
AIR LIQUIDE RECEIVES FUNDING COMMITMENT FOR 20 MW ELECTROLYSER, July 29, 2021
