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THEORETICALLY, JUST THE 500 MEGA- WATTS DERIVED FROM LAND-BASED WIND FARMS COULD SUPPLY AROUND 151,000 CARS WITH ‘GREEN’ HYDROGEN
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Northern states launch joint hydrogen strategy
The five Northern German coastal states have joined forces to build up a ‘green’ hydrogen industry as a pillar of the energy and transport revolution: At their autumn meeting in Lübeck, the ministers and senators responsible for economics and transport agreed on a joint ‘Northern German hydrogen strategy’.
 At the same time, they called on the German govern- ment to support their initiative and to incorporate it in the national hydrogen strategy to be announced for the end of the year. With the joint strategy, the Nordic countries are pointing the way to the future. This strat- egy envisages achievement of electrolysis output in North Germany of at least 500 megawatts by 2025, and five gigawatts in 2030.
Theoretically, just the 500 megawatts derived from land-based wind farms could supply around 151,000 cars with ‘green’ hydrogen. With an increase to five gigawatts, that would be 1.5 million cars, or the number currently registered in Schleswig-Holstein. A network of hydrogen filling stations needs to be built parallel to the current expansion of charging stations. The departmen- tal heads see something in the order of around 250 sta- tions as necessary in Northern Germany.
MANY ADVANTAGES AS LOCATION
The ministers and senators see the following advantag- es for Northern Germany as a base for the build-up of the hydrogen business:
• High production capacities, and potential for further
expansion, for on-shore and offshore wind power; • Underground geological formations for hydrogen
storage;
• Seaports that will in future play a leading role in
the import and distribution of ‘green’ hydrogen and synthetic fuels, as well as in the use of hydrogen and export of hydrogen technologies and compo- nents;
• Maritime companies plus scientific expertise;
• Branches of industry with considerable experience
in dealing with hydrogen; and
• Additional knowhow being gained in the six North
German ‘Real laboratories of the energy revolution’.
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