Other Partners3 Sep 2021 11:58
NEL HYDROGEN "very impressive partners, Ovako, Volvo, Hitachi ABB and H2 Green Steel, for hot forming of steel. Hot forming of steel and rolling of steel has a lower technical barrier than introducing green renewable hydrogen in green -- in raw steel. And here, you basically -- it's easy to replace the fossil gas that is used today with the green renewable hydrogen. So there are limited changes to the downstream process, and that is positive. That means that you have a market which is coming faster. You also have less commercial barrier. It's easier to make it commercially fly because you use all of the elements of the electrolyzer. You use the oxygen, you use the hydrogen and you also use the heat.
And finally, you don't necessarily have to make massive sites. There are many sites like this all of Europe that would need a similar solution. Here, we do get a head start, we do get insight and we are able to work on this project and get a better position, hopefully, to address this market also going forward. We will get back to you in the third quarter with more information on this whole space.
We also have to cover some other important things that happened within the hydrogen space in Europe. The IPCEI program was established to accelerate hydrogen technology and market in Europe. IPCEI stands for important projects for common European interest, basically promoting cross-border R&D and industrial projects that should accelerate the European development and generate future jobs. IPCEI will basically allow states to fund up to 100% of the CapEx but also support on the OpEx really to accelerate a particular industry and now IPCEI program is focusing on hydrogen.
Nel has been proactively building partnerships and have been reviewing the projects and participating in various tenders. There are approximately 140 projects in the IPCEI program currently, which is shortlisted. And when we look at the list of projects, we think that we could be relevant in more than 80 of these projects. In terms of timing, it does take time, as you understand, from a launch of a program and the implementation of the program until the funds are deployed and the projects are executed. So keep that in mind, it will take some time, but fundamentally, very promising and very positive for the hydrogen industry."
All waiting for the new Heroya factory to open up to full capacity by next year of 2GW. HUGE deal and supply coming our way.