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A new project in northern Germany aims at establishing "the world鈥檚 first" power-to-gas facility for producing hydrogen with renewable energy sources at an industrial scale. The project led by Swedish energy company Vattenfall, local renewable power producer ARGE Netz and heavy duty vehicle producer MAN, which is owned by carmaker Volkswagen, is meant to produce hydrogen to power buses, trucks and ships, and to 鈥渃reate a power-to-gas-hub for cross-sectoral decarbonisation in northern Germany鈥� near the town of Brunsb眉ttel,聽. MAN 麻豆无码版 Solutions CEO Uwe Lauber said the project would provide green gas for the entire German gas grid and help consolidate the country鈥檚 leading position on the budding hydrogen and synthetic fuel market. 鈥淲ith the possibility of an LNG terminal opening in Brunsb眉ttel in the future, this opens up a perspective for refining imported gas by adding green synthetic gas,鈥� Lauber added.

Power-to-gas technology is seen as a cornerstone of Germany鈥檚 future energy system, as it can be used to make electricity produced with renewable energy sources storable for later use, for example in vehicles. The procedure still comes with considerable energy losses, but a recent study by TU Munich found that it could already be operated at a profit.