A stationary fuel cell system from Bosch went into operation at Hermann Josef Hospital (HJK) in Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia. Oda Keppler, Head of the Sustainability Department of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, put the decentralised fuel cell system from Robert Bosch GmbH into operation during a ceremony held on 6 of March, the Helmholtz Hydrogen Cluster reported. The ten fuel cell units are the first stage in the Multi-SOFC Erkelenz demonstration project. The project is being coordinated by the Helmholtz Hydrogen Cluster (HC-H2), the core of which is the Institutefor Sustainable Hydrogen Economy at the Jülich Research Centre.
In the coming year, the SOFC system will be combined with LOHC technology from Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies GmbH. The project partners will then supply the HJK with a combination of hydrogen technologies shown for the first time. The hospital in Erkelenz is predestined for this because it has a constantly high energy requirement.
This is the first time an SOFC has been used to supply energy to a hospital in Germany. From 2025, it is to be operated with up to 40% hydrogen, which Hydrogenious LOHC GmbH intends to supply in the form of LOHC.
The project is receiving funding totaling 23.6 million euros from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The responsible minister, Bettina Stark-Watzinger, explained that the project demonstrates the “enormous potential of novel hydrogen technologies”: “In future, the project can serve as a model worldwide when it comes to supplying large consumers and reducing CO2 emissions.”
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