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Green hydrogen from Air Liquide




by moinsdewatt » 26/01/21, 21:07

Why Air Liquide chose Canada for its first industrial production of green hydrogen
Two years after announcing it, Air Liquide is embarking on the industrial production of green hydrogen and inaugurates in Bécancour, Quebec, the largest PEM (proton exchange membrane) electrolyser in the world. There are three main reasons for choosing this site.

January 26, 2021 New plant

Air Liquide is embarking on the production of carbon-free hydrogen by electrolysis of water using renewable electricity. And it is in Canada, at its Bécancour site in Quebec, that the French chemist has set up its first industrial production unit. Air Liquide inaugurated there on January 26, 2021, the largest PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) electrolyser in the world, a new technology that dislodges conventional alkaline electrolysers, which are less flexible to use.

A Canadian supplier

With a capacity of 20 megawatts (MW), it must produce "8 tonnes of carbon-free hydrogen per day," said Pierre-Etienne Franc, director of the Hydrogen energy activity of Air Liquide at the Usine Nouvelle during the announcement of the project in February 2019.

This increases the hydrogen production capacity of this site by 50%, currently around 16 tonnes per day. By way of comparison, the four hydrogen refueling stations that Air Liquide has installed in Île-de-France can each produce 200 kg per day. Compared to the fossil fuel-based process, this new unit will prevent the emission of 27 tonnes of CO000 per year (ie those of around 2 sedan cars), according to Air Liquide.

The electrolyser is based on Hydrogenics technology, a Canadian company specializing in equipment for the production of hydrogen by electrolysis and fuel cells acquired by the marine engine manufacturer Cummins in July 2019, and of which Air Liquide had announced at the end of December 2018 having acquired 18,6 % of the capital through an investment of 20,5 million US dollars (18 million euros).

Competitive renewable electricity

Besides the origin of the supplier, why did Air Liquide choose Canada and not France or another country in Europe, to launch the production of carbon-free hydrogen? There are three main reasons for this choice. The first is that the majority of electricity in Canada is of hydraulic origin (64% in 2017), and therefore renewable. In addition, this energy supplied by HydroQuébec is competitive. As a result, as a certain number of equipment necessary for this production had available "in the particular case of Bécancour, we end up with a more expensive price than hydrogen made from natural gas, but which is quite expensive. competitive ", explained Pierre-Etienne Franc, director of the global hydrogen business at Air Liquide, during a press conference.

The second reason stems from the "shutdown of an external source" of hydrogen (an industrialist produced hydrogen by reforming in addition to his basic process) from which the Quebec site of Air Liquide was supplied and "which 'we had to compensate,' explains Pierre-Etienne Franc. A source supplemented by a clean production of liquid air carried out in two units producing hydrogen from gas.

Electric mobility in the United States

The third reason is economic. Admittedly, carbon-free hydrogen is still two to three times more expensive than its hydrocarbon-based version. But in North America, Air Liquide has, it seems, already some customers ready to pay this additional cost, which Pierre-Etienne Franc does not wish to reveal. "We have a customer base in Canada and we are betting on developing it," says the director of Air Liquide's hydrogen energy activity.

In any case, the industrialist is investing heavily in hydrogen across the Atlantic. At the end of November 2018, Air Liquide announced an investment of 150 million dollars (approximately 130 million euros) for the construction in California of a production unit of 30 tons of hydrogen per day, to supply 35 electric vehicles at Fuel cell. "We have also signed an agreement with Toyota for the installation of hydrogen stations in the northeast of the United States. There are already five and we are going to build others", also recalls Pierre-Etienne Franc.

A big project in Normandy

This investment in Canada is aligned with Air Liquide's climate ambitions, in particular the 30% reduction in its CO2 emissions in 10 years. Europe is not left out. In November 2018, Air Liquide also announced the installation of an industrial green hydrogen demonstrator in Denmark with a 1,2 MW PEM electrolyser already supplied by Hydrogenics. In France, Air Liquide has created a joint venture, HysetCo, with Toyota, Idex and the Parisian Electric Taxi Company (STEP) for the deployment of a fleet of 600 hydrogen taxis in Paris. The industrial gases specialist also announced at the beginning of January 2021 that it was integrating the capital of H2V Normandy, a subsidiary of the H2V Product group, up to 40%, becoming a major partner of the large green hydrogen complex project in Port-Jérôme. -on-Seine, in Seine-Maritime.

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thibr wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9rX1Uv_7CA


Excellent presentation to the general public.
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Morocco will become a world leader in hydrogen

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by moinsdewatt » 19/06/21, 17:06

Lhyfe sets up in renewable hydrogen production in Denmark

MANUEL MORAGUES Published on 25/05/2021

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The HyProvide A-Series electrolyzer from Green Hydrogen Systems has a maximum capacity of 20 MW.
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The Nantes start-up specializing in the production of green hydrogen announced on May 25 its participation in two hydrogen plant projects in Denmark. The first provides for 12 megawatts of electrolysers installed at the end of 2022.

Lhyfe did not wait for the start of its first hydrogen production plant in France to go abroad. The young Nantes company specializing in green hydrogen announced on May 25 its participation in two projects in Denmark.

“Lhyfe has just concluded with its partners, Green Hydrogen Systems and Eurowind Energy, a framework agreement for the supply of an electrolyser with a maximum capacity of 24 MW [megawatts, note], for a production of around 8 tonnes of hydrogen renewable daily, ”the company said in a statement. A first tranche of 12 MW is scheduled for the end of 2022. Green Hydrogen Systems, which manufactures electrolysers, specifies on its website that it will be in charge of operating the plant for the first 24 months, after which Lhyfe and Eurowind Energy, developer and operator of wind and solar power plants, will take over.

The installation will take place within GreenLab, "a 600 m000 green industrial energy park located near Skive [in the north-west of the country, in central Jutland, note], one of the first energy test areas official and regulatory in Europe. According to the press release, the hydrogen produced will fuel the production of methanol used by industrialists on the site and for mobility.


Green Hydrogen Systems Multi-MW Alkaline Electrolyzer Platform

Lhyfe also announced its participation in the GreenHyScale project which aims to install a 100 MW electrolysis plant for the production of around 30 tonnes of renewable hydrogen per day expected in 2024. The GreenHyScale consortium responds to a call for European project under Green Deal 2.2 and has entered the preparation phase of the € 30 million grant agreement with the European Executive Agency for Climate, Infrastructure and Environment (CINEA). The project will use the new generation of “multi-MW alkaline electrolyzer platform” from Green Hydrogen Systems.

In France, Lhyfe plans to start up its green hydrogen production plant near Bouin, in Vendée, this summer, which must be powered by turbines from a wind farm to supply 300 kg of hydrogen per day. Lhyfe has developed know-how in the direct coupling of renewable, and therefore intermittent, electricity production facilities with electrolysers producing hydrogen. The latter do not like, like most machines, multiple stops and restarts, the start-up claims to have developed pieces of equipment adapted to intermittence and a software for controlling the installation managing intermittence.

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by GuyGadeboisTheBack » 19/06/21, 17:09

Is the production of hydrogen from electricity called "renewable"? Green hydrogen? Hairy.
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by ENERC » 19/06/21, 19:19

thibr wrote:
Morocco will become a world leader in hydrogen

Morocco's wind potential is enormous near very sparsely inhabited coasts (south of Agadir). The sun is blazing every day of the year (except everything in the north of the kingdom).
The idea of ​​making hydrogen and sending it by pipeline to Europe is a good idea. If the kWh of H2 produced in Morocco is lower than the kWh of gas, we can already inject 20% of it into the European gas network, which is already enormous.

On the economic side, at least 120 kJ / Kg (the PCI of H000) is required, ie around 2 kWh with an efficiency of 40% on the electrolyser side. To be competitive at € 80 per kg (price of H1 made with gas), a maximum of € 2 per MWh is required. With current solar power plants, it is quite playable in Morocco.
So it's just a problem of industrial deployment (and funding ....)

It can also compete with gas because with solar at 25 € per MWh, that makes the kWh of gas at 3ct, less than the current price in France (probably with taxes).
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by Exnihiloest » 19/06/21, 19:26

GuyGadeboisLeRetour wrote:Is the production of hydrogen from electricity called "renewable"? Green hydrogen? Hairy.


Your thinking is completely stupid. It is "renewable" because hydrogen is produced from solar and wind electricity, therefore from renewable energy.

If your stupidity prevents you from understanding the topics, at least try to be aware of it. And rather than polluting every topic and talking nonsense in knee-jerk responses, take more time than others to try and figure out what people smarter than you are posting.
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by Exnihiloest » 19/06/21, 19:33

ENERC wrote:
thibr wrote:
Morocco will become a world leader in hydrogen

Morocco's wind potential is enormous near very sparsely inhabited coasts (south of Agadir). The sun is blazing every day of the year (except everything in the north of the kingdom).
The idea of ​​making hydrogen and sending it by pipeline to Europe is a good idea. If the kWh of H2 produced in Morocco is lower than the kWh of gas, we can already inject 20% of it into the European gas network, which is already enormous.

On the economic side, at least 120 kJ / Kg (the PCI of H000) is required, ie around 2 kWh with an efficiency of 40% on the electrolyser side. To be competitive at € 80 per kg (price of H1 made with gas), a maximum of € 2 per MWh is required. With current solar power plants, it is quite playable in Morocco.
So it's just a problem of industrial deployment (and funding ....)

It can also compete with gas because with solar at 25 € per MWh, that makes the kWh of gas at 3ct, less than the current price in France (probably with taxes).


Indeed it is not stupid. This solves two problems: the intermittence of renewable energies, mitigated by the transformation of this energy into hydrogen, and the transport of this energy where there is demand.
I am surprised that the pipelines are compatible with hydrogen, this gas is much more volatile than our usual carbon gases, it can leak at the slightest porosity of the pipes.
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by GuyGadeboisTheBack » 19/06/21, 19:35

Exnihiloest wrote:
GuyGadeboisLeRetour wrote:Is the production of hydrogen from electricity called "renewable"? Green hydrogen? Hairy.


Your thinking is completely stupid. It is "renewable" because hydrogen is produced from solar and wind electricity, therefore from renewable energy.

If your stupidity prevents you from understanding the topics, at least try to be aware of it. And rather than polluting every topic and talking nonsense in knee-jerk responses, take more time than others to try and figure out what people smarter than you are posting.

Your reflection is in your image: weak and peremptory. It highlights your crass deficiency since it goes totally against your discourse on wind power, which according to you is anything but clean. That you are smarter than an amoeba, at a pinch, but that I ... dream, Blédina. Do you want more, I love it? : Mrgreen:
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