the Largest steel producer in Germany – industrial concern Thyssenkrupp said about reaching a watershed moment in the use of renewable energy sources: technology of water electrolysis, developed specifically for hydrogen production, which is planned to replace natural gas in metallurgical processes, meets the requirements for participation in the energy market.
"Electrolysis system Thyssenkrupp may in the future serve as industrial buffers to stabilize the power grid and the quick and flexible compensation of fluctuations in consumption. From now on, operators have the opportunity to connect their systems to the German electricity market via the virtual power plant of E. ON," - said in message company.
"We have reached another important goal. Previous tests showed that our system electrolysis produce clean hydrogen with high efficiency and at the same time are responsive and flexible enough to participate in the primary energy market. Thus, our systems make a crucial contribution to stable energy supply and at the same time make a significant contribution to the efficiency of the use of green hydrogen," says Christoph Noires, head of energy storage and hydrogen Thyssenkrupp.
Required tests were carried out in conjunction Thyssenkrupp and E. ON in the existing unit of electrolysis of water which operates within the framework of the project Charbon2Chem® in Duisburg. Water electrolysis plants to produce green hydrogen, which can be stored for many months to convert back to electricity or use as a pure, not containing CO2 fuel for motor vehicles or for production of organic chemicals.
As part of the project Carbon2Chem® cell Thyssenkrupp already successfully delivers hydrogen steel production.
the Patented cell design ensures a high system efficiency of more than 80%. Electrolysis solution is supplied in prefabricated modules for 20 MW and can easily and in many cases, to unite in a hydrogen plant with a capacity in the range of megawatts to gigawatts.
