Jan Michael Hess

💡 NEW PUBLICATION OUT NOW | "Accelerating a Technology-Neutral Flexibility Strategy for the German Market"    #Germany is on a mission to meet its ambitious climate goals, but to do so, it needs to #transform its electricity system. With rising #electricity demand and the unpredictable nature of #renewable energy sources, a flexible and integrated power system is crucial.   Despite recent announcements from the federal government on the new #PowerPlantStrategy and Growth Initiative, more action is needed to increase market flexibility.   EPICO KlimaInnovation and Aurora Energy Research have collaborated to outline an integrated approach to enhancing #flexibility in Germany's electricity market.   The paper highlights the need for a comprehensive flexibility strategy to ensure that Germany meets its climate goals efficiently and #sustainably. 👉 Curious? Read the paper - link in the first comment!   First sneak peek below 👇

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We are delighted to have received an order from the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) to integrate our DAC unit into an offshore Power-to-X platform for the H2Mare project. The project H2Mare is funded by Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung Offshore wind turbines generate significantly more regular electricity than their onshore counterparts. The H2Mare hydrogen flagship project aims to utilise this potential by using renewable electricity directly at sea to produce hydrogen and hydrogen derivatives like e-Kerosene, LNG, methanol or ammonia.   In the scope of the H2Mare PtX-Wind project, a transportable floating experimental platform (picture) will be built on which a multistep Power-to-liquid (PtL) process will be placed for experimental testing at sea. The process, which makes use of two existing transportable process equipment containers, consists of several steps, i.e.   ·       capturing CO2 from ambient air by DACMA GmbH ·       producing ultrapure water for electrolysis from sea water ·       producing synthesis gas from CO2 and ultrapure water either via the so-called high-temperature co-electrolysis ·       or steam electrolysis followed by CO2 conversion with hydrogen according to the reverse water gas shift reaction (RWGS)  ·       Fischer Tropsch Synthesis (FTS) ·       FT syncrude upgrading to synthetic paraffinic kerosene (SPK)   The initial tests will be carried out in the PtX Lab being part of the Energy Lab at KIT North campus, and later similar tests will be carried out on Germany’s territorial water in the North Sea near Helgoland in the summer of 2025. The FTS requires CO2 as the input stream for which extraction of CO2 directly from air (DAC) is the only viable option at the intended scale of round about 100kg per day. Therefore, a DAC plant from DACMA GmbH will deliver CO2 for the following Co-electrolysis or RWGS units.   This is the first time that a DAC unit has been operated offshore. #OffShore #H2Mare #PowerToX #directaircapture #DACMa #RenewableEnergy

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⚡ Ammonia cracking: New catalyst produces double the hydrogen yield and also fertiliser 💧 A team of researchers from the University Alliance Ruhr has developed a ground-breaking catalyst that could take ammonia cracking to a new level. This catalyst converts ammonia into hydrogen and nitrite, which can be easily converted into fertiliser. This technology has never been used for this purpose before. ⚙️ The researchers combined the reverse Haber-Bosch reaction with a second electrolysis of water. Instead of nitrogen, nitrite is produced, which facilitates fertiliser production and doubles the hydrogen yield. 💡 Gas diffusion electrodes that can utilise gaseous ammonia were also used for the reaction. This is also a new process, as ammonia was previously always utilised in dissolved form. 👏 We at Hy2gen welcome these efforts, as we see renewable ammonia above all as a promising substance for more sustainable fertiliser production. We are excited to see how the technology presented here can facilitate the use of renewable ammonia in this industry in the future. 🔗 Link: https://lnkd.in/eqSc72qD #renewableenergy #hy2gen #green #greenhydrogen #ammonia #innovation #sustainability

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