H-TEC gets Austrian green hydrogen gig

• Energie Steiermark's 'renewable gasfield' project aims to feed the fuel right into the grid

As part of its "Renewable Gasfield" growth project, Energie Steiermark has announced it will utilise a PEM Electrolyser ME450/1400 from H-TEC SYSTEMS to generate green hydrogen.

The emission-free energy provider will be used straight for vehicles or fed right into the grid as green gas in Austria.

In addition, the green hydrogen will also be utilized in local sector.

A mining company from the Austrian area of Styria will certainly be provided with approximately 70 tonnes of hydrogen each year from the plant.

The company aims to make production much more sustainable in the future.

The electrolyser is scheduled to go into procedure as very early as mid-2022.

The "Renewable Gasfield" manufacturing facility is being developed under the project management of E-Steiermark in Gabersdorf in southern Styria, Austria.

As part of a holistic power-to-gas method, renewable resource is exchanged green hydrogen through electrolysis.

The system will be linked to an existing biogas system as well as coupled with a recently built solar system.

The ME450/1400 PEM Electrolyser splits water into hydrogen as well as oxygen.

With a nominal electric power of 1MW, approximately 450 kg of hydrogen are generated daily.

The green hydrogen generated by doing this is then utilized as an emission totally free power service provider in the mobility field or in industry.

The power-to-gas technique is particularly useful when it come to energy storage space.

As opposed to conventional battery storage systems, hydrogen can be easily saved for a very long time.

Another part of the project is the feeding of green hydrogen into the gas network.

Right here, the hydrogen is blended with raw biogas from a biogas plant, which suggests that high quality methane can be processed in a CO2-neutral manner and fed into the natural gas grid.

With the green gas generated in this way, 60 single-family residences can be supplied every year.

H-TEC SYSTEM president Frank Zimmermann said: "The varied areas of application in which hydrogen is made use of in Gabersdorf underline the potential that green hydrogen has for a lasting power supply.

" It shows that hydrogen is the energy resource of the future for industrial applications.

" We are very delighted that with our technology we can supply a vital element for the expansion of field combination and also hydrogen mobility in Austria."