This is an excel­lent oppor­tu­ni­ty for us to net­work with the Ger­man hydro­gen indus­try and talk about Smoltek Hydro­gen’s low irid­i­um porous trans­port elec­trode (PTE) for PEM elec­trolyz­ers. I am real­ly look­ing for­ward to this oppor­tu­ni­ty that Ger­man hydro­gen inter­ests have invit­ed us to.

^{Elli­nor Ehrn­berg, Pres­i­dent of Smoltek Hydrogen}

Between 11 and 13 Novem­ber 2024, Smoltek Hydro­gen is part of a Scan­di­na­vian del­e­ga­tion to gain insights into Ger­man busi­ness mod­els along the val­ue chain in the ener­gy tran­si­tion, with a focus on green hydrogen.

Dur­ing a three-day tour, fund­ed by the Ger­man Cham­ber of Com­merce, Smoltek Hydro­gen will have a unique oppor­tu­ni­ty to explore busi­ness oppor­tu­ni­ties, meet key peo­ple in the Ger­man hydro­gen indus­try and talk to lead­ing experts.

The Scan­di­na­vian del­e­ga­tion will vis­it the Cen­tral Ger­man chem­i­cal tri­an­gle and its major play­ers, high­light research projects for elec­trol­y­sis and stack pro­duc­tion in Lusa­tia and North Rhine-West­phalia and sub­se­quent­ly con­nect with Ger­man sup­pli­ers and tech­nol­o­gy providers.

Sta­tus of Ger­man Hydro­gen pro­duc­tion
In the Ruhr area and in the Cen­tral Ger­man chem­i­cal tri­an­gle, large hydro­gen pipelines have already exist­ed for decades and are used by indus­try. The cor­re­spond­ing know-how is there­fore avail­able. The hydro­gen pipeline in the Ruhr area is the longest ded­i­cat­ed hydro­gen pipeline in Ger­many and stretch­es 240 km. In the Cen­tral Ger­man chem­i­cal tri­an­gle (around Bit­ter­feld, Schkopau and Leu­na), 3.6 bil­lion m³ of hydro­gen are being used and trans­port­ed in a pipelines net­work with a com­bined length of 150 km. Based on that and the ongo­ing phase out of coal pow­er, the hydro­gen pipelines are now part of the plans to cre­ate mod­el regions for a green hydro­gen econ­o­my – from pro­duc­tion to stor­age and trans­port right through to use in var­i­ous sectors.