Since the announcement of the national hydrogen strategy in 2020, the production and use of green hydrogen has played an important role in the German and European energy transition. The necessary components of the technology, from the production of green hydrogen to transportation and reconversion into other forms of energy, have been tested on the market and are currently being scaled up. This means that the quantities of hydrogen required for the coming years can also be produced at least in part in Germany itself.
This project focuses on the scalable design and production of small to medium-sized plants. The aim of the project is to develop a concept that can be used to integrate electrolysers into a regional energy supply. The aim is to consider the resulting material flows in an integrated manner to make decentralized and sustainable hydrogen concepts a reality. To develop this concept in a scalable manner and to be able to roll it out at other locations, a basic procedure must be developed that can be used to design a modularized system for the respective application.
The sustainability of the solution must be guaranteed. Accordingly, the project pursues three overarching scientific and technical work objectives, which are aligned with the three sustainability criteria of economic, ecological and social sustainability. This ensures that a sustainable concept is developed.
The innovative value of this approach lies in the development of an integrated, sustainable and scalable procedure that enables small to medium-sized electrolysers to be planned and put into operation in Germany and Europe at competitive prices from a sustainability perspective. In addition, the modular design of the plant is ensured a priori using a site-specific, customizable simulation. Here, the availability of the input media and the demand for the output media are considered based on historical and forecast data.