APEX Group in Germany implements 10 MV electrolysis for the first large-scale decarbonization project within the steel industry in Europe (Hybit).
The German energy company EWE and its subsidiary swb AG award the contract for the construction of an electrolysis plant for decarbonization of the ArcelorMittal steelworks in Bremen to the APEX Group in Rostock/Laage.
The project name HyBit stands for “Hydrogen for Bremen’s industrial transformation” and marks the start of the decarbonization of steel production in Bremen, Germany.
It is considered the largest industrial hydrogen project of its kind in Germany and Europe and is a joint project of EWE, swb AG and ArcelorMittal Bremen. The project costs will amount to approx. 20 million euro.
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The APEX Group will be the heart of the project – a ten megawatt electrolysis plant for hydrogen production.
The aim is to produce green hydrogen at the swb AG power plant site in Bremen Mittelsbüren that will be used for pig iron production and processing at Arcelor Mittal’s steel mill, as well as for future mobility applications. The plant is scheduled to be fully functional in 2024.
Peter Rößner, APEX CEO, said:
It is part of APEX’s vision to make green hydrogen competitive and widely available to everyone.
“Therefore, we are particularly pleased to be trusted with this hydrogen showcase project.”
Dr. Timo di Nardo, one of the two managing directors of Bremer Wasserstoff GmbH, in which EWE and swb AG have a 50 percent stake each, along with Dr. Thomas Kalkau, said:
The signing of these contracts now lays the foundation for making a German hydrogen showcase project a reality.
“The project is particularly important at this time, when efforts to achieve greater energy independence are in full swing against the backdrop of global political energy supplies,” adds Thomas Kalkau.
Reiner Blaschek, Chairman of the Management Board of ArcelorMittal Bremen, said:
The construction of the electrolysis plant marks the starting point for the use of green hydrogen in steel production in Bremen and will become an important building block in the decarbonization of steel production at ArcelorMittal Bremen.
“We will use the first hydrogen in the existing facilities. Following in the next stages with the use of new production technologies, it will enable us to be producing climate-neutral steel in Bremen by the mid-30s.”
The HyBit project shows the great benefits that hydrogen has in terms of climate protection, particularly in industrial applications, said EWE CEO Stefan Dohler.
Stefan Dohler, EWE CEO, said:
With our Clean Hydrogen Coastline initiative and the associated construction of large-scale electrolysis and the conversion of cavern storage facilities as well as pipelines to hydrogen, we are in the process of preparing the next major step towards a large-scale infrastructural hydrogen economy.
Dr. Torsten Köhne, swb AG CEO, said:
This important step on the way to realizing a groundbreaking project.
“Together, with this project, we are now working in a very real way on an innovative building block to significantly reduce CO2 emissions in Bremen in the future.”
“Helping to shape our region in a sustainable and at the same time economically successful way is what drives us. The use of hydrogen as an energy carrier will play a central role in this.”
APEX Group in Germany implements 10 MV electrolysis for the first large-scale decarbonization project within the steel industry in Europe (Hybit), Rostock/ Bremen – Germany, July 6, 2022
