GP JOULE’s project to produce green hydrogen in Gersthofen has received funding from the Free State of Bavaria: Hubert Aiwanger, State Minister for Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy, presented the funding certificate on Monday in Munich. This marks the launch of HY.Gersthofen and the clean and reliable supply of green hydrogen to industry and small and medium-sized businesses in the Augsburg region.
Companies from Swabia – and beyond, of course – will soon be able to obtain sustainable hydrogen directly from the region. The Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy is providing five million euros in funding for the development of hydrogen production in Gersthofen.
With the Bavarian Electrolyzer Funding Program, the Free State of Bavaria is supporting the development of a renewable hydrogen production infrastructure to partially meet future demand in Bavaria and accelerate the ramp-up of the hydrogen economy.
“With the new electrolyzers, we are laying the foundation for a strong domestic hydrogen economy,” emphasized Aiwanger during the award ceremony: “GP JOULE impressively demonstrates how important progress can be achieved with innovative strength and entrepreneurial drive. GP JOULE intends to make the hydrogen produced available for refueling at its own public hydrogen filling stations, which are funded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Furthermore, the green hydrogen will also be made available to regional industry. The company is thus making a tangible contribution to the decarbonization of our economy. I would like to thank those responsible for the project for their commitment.”
Gersthofen is part of the Augsburg metropolitan region and has good access to renewable energies, a strong demand for green hydrogen, and will soon have its own district heating network. Ideal conditions for the project.
The planned 10-megawatt electrolysis plant is expected to produce 900 tons of green hydrogen per year starting in 2027. That’s enough to fuel approximately 30,000 trucks or produce 15,000 tons of green steel. The plant is powered by green electricity from solar and wind power, including from the Via Claudia solar park in Gersthofen. The plant also generates approximately 10,000 megawatt hours of waste heat, equivalent to the annual heat demand of 600 single-family homes. This waste heat will also be utilized: The city of Gersthofen plans to fully integrate the resulting waste heat into the new municipal heat planning and purchase it.
State Minister Hubert Aiwanger with Gloria Geißler-Brems and Patrick Horst from GP JOULE at the presentation of the funding certificate (from left to right). / Photo: StMWi
Describe more in press release( translated from German by Google)https://tinyurl.com/yxjd8seb
