Hy2B Hydrogen GmbH commissions plant construction and technology procurement for the electrolyser of the HyPerformerregion HyBayern in Pfeffenhausen.
Hy2B Wasserstoff GmbH – with its shareholders Hynergy Invest GmbH, BayWa AG, Tyczka Hydrogen GmbH, the districts of Landshut and Munich as well as the energy cooperatives Niederbayern eG, Isar eG and Unterhaching eG – has commissioned the construction of a five megawatt electrolysis plant with compressor and filling stations in Pfeffenhausen.
The start of production for green hydrogen from Bavaria in the HyPerformer model region HyBayern of the districts of Landshut, Ebersberg and Munich is expected in the second half of 2023.
Hy2B has commissioned Kraftanlagen Energies & Services GmbH as general contractor with the construction of a five megawatt electrolysis plant, compressor and filling station.
The electrolysis plant will be based on an alkaline electrolyser from the Norwegian company NEL ASA (NEL). The general planning has been awarded to MR PLAN GmbH.
From the second half of 2023, the electrolysis plant will generate an average of 1,200 kilograms of green hydrogen per day, compress it to up to 450 bar and fill it in a filling station in compressed gas trailers with a capacity of 1,250 kg.
Trucks will deliver the green hydrogen to two bus and truck filling stations in the districts of Munich and Ebersberg, where the first ten hydrogen fuel cell buses of the HyPerformer Region HyBayern will be able to refuel from 2023 and will start operating in regional transport of münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund GmbH (MVV).
The remaining green hydrogen will be used to supply additional customers from the mobility and energy sectors. From 2024/25, the Hydrogen Technology User Center (WTAZ) planned in the immediate vicinity of the Hy2B electrolyser will also be supplied with green hydrogen.
The WTAZ in Pfeffenhausen is to be one of four hydrogen centers in Germany to co-found the National Innovation and Technology Center Hydrogen (ITZ).
The green electricity for green hydrogen production is to be generated primarily in the region around the electrolysis plant.
The start will be made by a ten megawatt ground-mounted photovoltaic system from BürgerEnergie Niederbayern eG, which is to be connected directly to the electrolyser and connected to the grid via it.
This enables the electrolyser to operate in a grid-friendly and economical manner and offers regional producers a short-term connection and purchase option for their renewable solar and wind power.
Thus, the electrolyser helps additional renewable energy generation plants to a timely commissioning and green electricity is refined to green hydrogen, especially if the grid can not absorb it.
This green hydrogen is then used in mobile and stationary applications and thus leads to an annual saving of more than 4,500 tons of CO2 per year in the model region HyBayern.
The development of the HyBayern region as a hydrogen region is being funded with up to 20 million euros by the Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport as part of the National Innovation Programme Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology (NIP2).
The funding guideline is coordinated by NOW GmbH and implemented by Projektträger Jülich (PtJ).
HY2B Hydrogen GmbH
Hy2B Wasserstoff GmbH was founded in October 2020 as the operating company for the electrolyser and the distribution of green hydrogen of the HyPerformer model region HyBayern of the districts of Landshut, Ebersberg and Munich.
From 2023, Hy2B will produce and distribute green hydrogen from renewable energies at the Pfeffenhausen site and make it available for local public transport in the districts and other customers in the region.
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Hy2B Wasserstoff GmbH commissions plant construction and technology procurement for the electrolyser of the HyPerformer region HyBayern in Pfeffenhausen, Pfeffenhausen, source
