Germany will make investments as much as €290 million to launch the Innovation and Know-how Middle for Hydrogen (Improvements- und Technologiezentrum für Wasserstoff, ITZ H2), following the constructive conclusion of a feasibility research (German solely).
The Innovation and Know-how Middle for Hydrogen (ITZ) is meant to assist firms of their growth actions within the transport sector. Specifically, this includes choices within the extremely specialised space of testing and certification that aren’t but accessible in the marketplace.
With its companies, the middle can even assist worldwide cooperation to set requirements and supply small and medium-sized firms a growth setting by which to organize for worldwide competitors.
ITZ Hydrogen companies for firms and potential customers. Supply: BMDV
The ITZ for Hydrogen shall be in 4 places: Chemnitz, Duisburg, Pfeffenhausen and a North German cluster for ship and aviation purposes (Bremen/Bremerhaven, Hamburg and Stade). The federal states internet hosting the 4 components will present extra assist.
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ITZ Chemnitz will deal with the automobile drive prepare, the gas cell system, the gas cell stack and their particular person elements of passenger automobiles, gentle industrial autos and rail autos. The companies vary from analysis, testing, inspection, certification, coaching and additional training to rentable H2 laboratories and H2 workshops for startups, SMEs, builders, suppliers and automobile producers.
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ITZ Duisburg will primarily study compressed fuel hydrogen purposes in land-based modes of transport and inland waterway vessels. It should deal with the areas of innovation assist, regulation, codes & requirements, coaching and additional training ideas in addition to testing and certification, particularly for SMEs and start-ups. Analysis and testing takes place on the satellite tv for pc places of the ITZ website in Duisburg.
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ITZ Pfeffenhausen will deal with on-board storage, drive integration and refueling heavy industrial autos, passenger automobiles and small plane or city air aviation. Amongst different issues, it’s supposed to offer a cryogenic hydrogen infrastructure and assist suppliers, start-ups and automobile builders within the areas of testing, inspection, approval, regulation, codes & requirements, in addition to coaching and training.
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ITZ north (Hamburg, Bremen/ Bremerhaven, Stade) will supply companies for hydrogen and gas cell purposes in aviation and transport. In aviation, one focus is on liquid hydrogen, whereas derivatives are additionally included in transport. The vary of companies extends to analysis, testing and companies for regulation, codes and requirements in addition to coaching and additional training.
Hydrogen is the possibility to make massive components of mobility and the financial system climate-neutral. Earlier than we will optimally use hydrogen as an power service, we nonetheless have to speculate a fantastic deal in analysis and growth. This we do. The feasibility research for an innovation and expertise heart confirms the strategy of the BMDV. Now we will begin implementing it.
—Dr Volker Wissing, Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and Transport
