H-TEC strategies automation of PEM electrolysers

• Parent company Man Energy Solutions to spend EUR500m to transform the hydrogen professional

MAN Energy Solutions will spend approximately EUR500m in its subsidiary H-TEC SYSTEMS to transform the hydrogen professional right into a mass-producer of PEM electrolysers as swiftly as possible.

MAN chief executive Uwe Lauber stated: "Our plan is clear.

" We are transforming H-TEC SYSTEMS right into one of the world's leading players in the field of PEM electrolysis.

" Over the next 5 to 10 years, environment-friendly hydrogen will become one of the most vital primary energy resources for the worldwide economic situation as it continues to decarbonize.

" With PEM electrolysis, H-TEC SYSTEMS has actually understood among the most essential processes for industrially scaled hydrogen production from renewable resource resources.

" The modern technology is fully grown as well as has currently been placed on the marketplace efficiently.

" The next action is for that reason to range and also established extremely automated serial manufacturing-- and we would love to make quick progression with this."

H-TEC will gain from an international sales network and the experience that MAN Energy Solutions has in significant projects.

It will likewise have straight accessibility to the know-how and experience of the Volkswagen Group, particularly in issues relating to manufacturing scaling and also the supplier-based series production company.

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of MAN Energy Solutions and Volkswagen board member Gunnar Kilian said: "On the course toward achieving climate nonpartisanship, hydrogen plays a key role for sectors such as international delivery or commercial procedures in which direct electrification is not feasible.

" It is as a result vital for our subsidiary MAN Energy Solutions to continue to strengthen its strategic placement in the future market for power-to-X innovation and also synthetic fuels with investment in hydrogen production.

" Just by coordinating our initiatives will certainly we accomplish our common goal of climate neutrality.

" MAN Energy Solutions is playing a crucial duty in this regard."

H-TEC SYSTEMS is already supplies options for the electrolysis of hydrogen as well as offers its customers incorporated container remedies in the megawatt range.

The expert is restructuring its monitoring team to execute the growth approach, which has actually now been approved.

Robin von Plettenberg, previously head of the turbomachinery solution organization at MAN Energy Solutions, is coming on board as president along with chief sales police officer.

Frank Zimmermann will certainly tackle the duty of chief financial officer.

Marius Zasche, previously head of the components business at MAN, finishes the exec board team as primary technology & procedures policeman.

Robin von Plettenberg claimed: "The marketplace for hydrogen production from renewable energy resources is currently focused on decentralized manufacturing and also neighborhood usage.

" Over the following few years, we will certainly see progressively bigger projects, such as those for integrating entire wind farms.

" We are increasingly anticipating projects on a range of over 100MW and, in the tool term, are additionally forecasting structural changes in the marketplace for multi-gigawatt large-scale plants, which are used in particular to export hydrogen and also supply industrial fields worldwide."

There are also prepares to substantially enhance the personnel of the firm based in Augsburg and the Braak municipality in Schleswig-Holstein in future.

Zimmermann claimed: "Over the past few years, we have actually currently significantly increased our workforce as well as doubled the number of staff members in 2021 alone.

" This growth will certainly proceed, as well as we are planning to hire numerous hundred highly certified members of team over the next few years, especially in development and manufacturing."