Metacon indicators MOU with Abwasserverband Kempten

Metacon has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Abwasserverband Kempten (Allgäu) (“AVKE”), primarily based in Kempten, Germany concerning cooperation within the subject of native, off-grid inexperienced hydrogen manufacturing from biogas utilizing wastewater as methane supply.
A hydrogen centre might be constructed on the positioning of AVKE to which Metacon will provide a mid-size HHG hydrogen generator which, after profitable approval, will go into operation in the summertime of 2023 to supply non-fossil hydrogen from biogas.
Within the quarterly report for Q3, Metacon introduced an elevated strategic deal with the HHG product line and the chance to introduce grid-independent, native inexperienced hydrogen manufacturing from biogas throughout Europe. Shortly thereafter, Metacon introduced the CE marking of the primary mannequin within the HHG collection, the HHG 40. Metacon now takes the following vital step within the firm’s roll-out plan with a key partnership in place for sensible demonstration on the vital German market.
With properly over 10,000 biogas and wastewater remedy vegetation and a mean plant capability of over 100 Nm3 biomethane per hour, Germany has the best biogas manufacturing density in Europe and thus, additionally the best theoretical potential for the manufacturing of inexperienced hydrogen from home, electrical energy grid-independent, native and non-fossil sources.
As a result of vital market potential within the subject of hydrogen manufacturing from biogas in addition to the present quickly rising hydrogen demand of greater than 1.6 million tons per 12 months, Metacon determined to ascertain native presence and to focus on strategic partnerships in Germany already in 2021.
AVKE is a public physique of the town of Kempten and operates a mechanical-biological group remedy plant with fermentation towers for the manufacturing of biogas. The biogas is at the moment used for the manufacturing of about 800 kW of electrical energy in addition to for warmth technology. Sooner or later, half or all the biogas could possibly be used for the manufacturing of biomethane and inexperienced hydrogen.
Within the reforming course of enabled by Metacon’s HHG methods, methane, a greenhouse fuel (GHG) as much as 100 instances extra local weather warming than carbon dioxide, is transformed to high-purity inexperienced hydrogen with a mess of utility potentialities together with clear gas for vehicles, buses and vans. The method as such is without doubt one of the most carbon-negative and local weather cooling applied sciences identified.
The residual and helpful bi-product by way of non-fossil inexperienced carbon dioxide produced within the course of can be utilized as an industrial uncooked materials, additional contributing to efficient GHG discount since it could possibly exchange fossil CO2 utilized in varied current manufacturing processes elsewhere.
The intention for the collaboration is to ascertain an indication plant and “lighthouse mission” within the subject of grid-independent, native inexperienced hydrogen manufacturing. On this context, a hydrogen centre might be constructed on the positioning of AVKE. Right here, along with hydrogen manufacturing, hydrogen functions may even be explored within the type of a gas cell take a look at laboratory of the Kempten College of Utilized Sciences. The mission places of work are at the moment below development.
With the realisation of this mission, a HHG hydrogen generator for twenty-four/7 steady operation might be built-in into knowledgeable wastewater remedy plant for the primary time. The HHG system earmarked for the mission produces about 110 kg of pure hydrogen per day from the regionally produced biogas, about 1/5 of the absolutely scaled up HHG capability of over 500 kg/day in improvement. The restricted electrical energy required for system capabilities reminiscent of pumps and management software program is supplied straight on website as inexperienced electrical energy generated from the biogas. Preparations for the upcoming approval process are at the moment underway and the mission is deliberate to be prepared for demonstration by summer season 2023.
“We’re very proud to turn out to be a part of the lighthouse mission Hydrogen Middle Kempten and to have gained with AVKE a really skilled and extremely skilled mission accomplice in Germany within the subject of wastewater remedy and biogas manufacturing. With profitable realization of the mission, we’ll set up an vital contribution to the decentralized manufacturing of non-fossil inexperienced hydrogen, the cyclic reuse of current and native assets and place an enormous milestone for future clear power and gas independence in Europe and past”, stated Dr. Christian Hofmann, managing director, Metacon.
Franz Beer, AVKE’s enterprise and operations supervisor, commented: “Sooner or later, the Kempten Hydrogen Middle might be expanded by the mission accomplice Metacon to incorporate another manufacturing course of. Along with the electrolyzer from the municipal funding, a parallel mission is being created with a reformer that converts biogas straight into hydrogen, with out the “detour” by way of electrical energy technology. This not solely affords the potential of utilizing a course of that requires a lot much less electrical energy, but additionally gives the chance to straight evaluate and consider two completely different processes in observe. Wastewater remedy specifically, but additionally biogas vegetation, are appropriate for such environment friendly manufacturing strategies for the technology of hydrogen resulting from their waste warmth or the potential of direct fuel enter. We’re very a lot wanting ahead to the joint mission with Metacon.”