Hydrogen Council14 Jan 2021 19:46
As per my post yesterday on the Hydrogen Council, where all CEO's are connected, I had a news item pop up today for Total and ENGIE, which is a new for the list. Makes for interesting reading!
"Total And Engie Plan France’s Largest Green Hydrogen Plant"
Jan 13, 2021
Oil major Total and energy provider Engie have applied for subsidies which, if obtained, would allow them to build the largest green hydrogen facility in France that will use only solar power to produce hydrogen.
Total and Engie have signed a cooperation agreement to design, develop, build, and operate France’s largest renewable hydrogen production site, which will be located in southern France and will meet the needs of Total’s La Mède bio-refinery, the supermajor said on Wednesday.
The companies plan to put the facility into operation in 2024, subject to obtaining subsidies from the French and European Union (EU) authorities, for which they had already applied.
The green hydrogen facility will be powered by solar farms with a combined capacity of more than 100 MW. The 40 MW electrolyzer will produce 5 tons of green hydrogen per day to meet the needs of the biofuel production process La Mède biorefinery, avoiding 15,000 tons of CO2 emissions annually.
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Total-And-Engie-Plan-Frances-Largest-Green-Hydrogen-Plant.html
List of potential strategic partners in the Hydrogen Council and my reasons in brackets.
Air Liquide (Green Hydrogen producer, with ENGIE)
Air Products (Hydrogen producer. $5 billion world-scale green hydrogen to Green Ammonia project in Saudi)
ALSTOM (make the Aptis EV Busses)
Audi (make EV's that take rapid charging)
BMW Group (make EV's that take rapid charging)
BP (Garage forecourts)
CF Industries (Ammonia Manufacturer, going green, will produce 200,000 tonnes of Green Ammonia)
Chemours (is THE manufacturer of NAFION, which Alkamem is targeted to replace)
CMA CGM (Global Shipping company)
Cummins (Diesel Gensets, also now into Electrolysers [20MW one being built] and Fuel Cells, but PEM and SOFC, so no cheap H2 or cheap Ammonia option for fuel)
Daimler (make EV's that take rapid charging)
EDF (Hydrogen from Nuclear planned)
ENEOS (Hydrogen Refuelling)
ENGIE (Green Hydrogen producer, with Air Liquide)
Equinor (Green Hydrogen producer)
GM (make EV's that take rapid charging)
Honda (make EV's that take rapid charging)
Hyundai (make EV's that take rapid charging)
Johnson Matthey (Green Hydrogen producer)
KOGAS (Korea Hydrogen Producer)
Linde (Green Hydrogen Producer, backing ITM)
MSC (Global Shipping company)
SABIC (Blue Ammonia producer)
Schaeffler (Makes Bipolar plates for Fuel Cells, which
Membrane Fuel Cell)
SHELL (Garage forecourts)
Siemens Energy (Make EV Chargers)
Solvay (Chlor-Alkali producer)
Thyssenkrupp (Chlor-Alkali Electrolyser Manufacturer)
TOTAL (Garage forecourts)
UNI PER (Green Hydrogen producer)