Production, Distribution, Application

Hydrogen-projects

The Hamburg metropolitan region exhibits a high density of hydrogen projects which are backed by a large number of individual companies and institutions, as well as company consortia. They are found not only in various sectors such as the basic and raw materials industry, the maritime sector, aviation, logistics, the mobility and the real estate sectors, as well as in research. They represent the entire hydrogen value chain, from production, distribution and transport to application. Many projects are in the planning and implementation phase, while others have been operating for many years and provide science and industry with valuable insight. New projects will continue to join them in the near future, which is why we are constantly expanding the website.

Promoter: Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA)

Innovation cluster to test hydrogen-powered equipment in port logistics

Promoter: hySOLUTIONS GmbH
Partners involved: Meyer Werft, BEHALA, OWI Oel-Waerme-Institut GmbH

Fuel cells in maritime practice

Promoter: HOCHBAHN
Partners involved: part of North German Real Lab (NRL - Norddeutsches Reallabor)

Procurement, approval and testing of fuel cell buses

Promoter: Alphabet Fuhrparkmanagement GmbH
Partners involved: part of North German Real Lab (NRL - Norddeutsches Reallabor)

Alphabet plans to purchase 150 fuel cell cars. As part of the North German Real Lab, these vehicles are leased to end customers. The vehicles are refueled at the hydrogen …

Promoter: Oiltanking Deutschland
Partners involved: Air Products, Mabanaft

Import terminal with storage and cracker for dehydration

Promoter: Oiltanking Deutschland
Partners involved: Air Products, Mabanaft

Green ammonia import and distribution infrastructure in the Port of Hamburg

Promoter: ArcelorMittal
Partners involved: associated partner of North German Real Lab (NRL - Norddeutsches Reallabor)

Use of hydrogen for the direct reduction of iron ore in steel production

Promoter: Hansewerk GmbH
Partners involved: HOLBORN Europa Raffinerie GmbH

Construction and operation of a 25 MWel electrolyser in the port of Hamburg for the production of green hydrogen with the project "Green refinery 2030".

Promoter: GreenPlug

Construction of an emissions-free pusher tug for operation in the Port of Hamburg

Promoter: HADAG Seetouristik und Fährdienst AG

Procurement and operation of hydrogen-powered passenger ferries for use in local public transport

Promoter: Gasnetz Hamburg

New hydrogen pipeline grid south of the Elbe, initially approx. 60 kilometres long and capable of supplying industrial companies in the port with green hydrogen by 2030

Partners involved: Hamburger Energiewerke, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Vattenfall

Construction of 100 MWel of electrolysis capacity by 2025 at the site of the former Moorburg coal-fired power plant

Partners involved: Clean Logistics, E-Cap Mobility

Refitting of buses and lorries to fuel-cell drive systems

Promoter: Hamburg Airport

Switching intralogistics vehicles to alternative drive systems, construction of an electrolyser to supply the airport's own fuel cell vehicle fleet

Partners involved: Hansewerk / Errichtung eines Wasserstoff-BHKWs zusammen mit BHKW Hersteller INNIO Jenbacher

Heat supply for 30 residential buildings, a sports centre, a children’s day-care facility, and the Othmarschen Park leisure centre with the help of a hydrogen CHP unit.

Promoter: H&R GmbH & Co. KGaA

Operation of a 5 MWel PEM dynamic electrolysis plant

Promoter: GP Joule GmbH
Partners involved: Vattenfall Europe Innovation GmbH

Promoter: Airbus

Decarbonisation of production sites in the north with hydrogen applications

Promoter: Hamburg Airport
Partners involved: part of North German Real Lab (NRL - Norddeutsches Reallabor)

Switching intralogistics vehicles to alternative drive systems, construction of an electrolyser to supply the airport's own fuel cell vehicle fleet

Promoter: Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA)

Development and commissioning of fuel cell-powered industrial trucks (van carriers)

Promoter: Hamburg Port Authority

Provision of hydrogen filling stations for locomotives, ships, and lorries, construction and deployment of hydrogen-powered ships

Promoter: Gasunie

Hydrogen pipeline connecting northern Germany with Denmark and the Netherlands

Promoter: Hynamics
Partners involved: Holcim Deutschland, Ørsted und Raffinerie Heide GmbH

In the HySCALE100 project, numerous companies work together to implement hydrogen production on a large scale and to decarbonise two basic industries – petrochemicals …

Partners involved: Vattenfall, Arge Netz, MAN Energy Solutions

Electrolysis capacity of 50 MWel, production of over 22 t of hydrogen per day, partial methanation and natural gas feed-in

Partners involved: Gasnetz Hamburg, Enercity contracting, HAW Hamburg, Bezirk Bergedorf

Heat supply for a residential neighbourhood with an increasing hydrogen percentage of up to 30% to supply two CHP units and two peak-load boilers

Promoter: H&R Ölwerke Schindler GmbH
Partners involved: INERATEC, Mabanaft

Power-to-Liquid demonstration plant producing synthesis-based alternatives to fossil raw materials

Promoter: Stadtreinigung Hamburg
Partners involved: part of North German Real Lab (NRL - Norddeutsches Reallabor)

Trial operation of two large road sweepers and two refuse collection vehicles powered by fuel cells

Promoter: Storengy
Partners involved: Engie

The long-term goal is to store green hydrogen in the Harsefeld salt caverns and to transport the hydrogen via pipelines or by rail to local purchasers in the mobility and …

Promoter: Hamburg Port Authority (HPA)
Partners involved: Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser GmbH, Smart Mobility Institute an der Hochschule Bremerhaven, Institut für Energie und Kreislaufwirtschaft an der Hochschule Bremen, Alstom sowie Bremenports

Research project of converting shunting locomotives in Bremen and Hamburg port areas to hydrogen

Promoter: ContiTech

Innovations and the transfer of existing technical solutions for new applications in the field of hydrogen technologies are to be promoted