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Innovative hydrogen ideas

   

Facts and figures:
Hydrogen infrastructure

Storage capacity:
10,000 m3 at 1.07 bar,
25 m3 at 225 bar
Networks: 1.2, 7, 226 bar
1.7 km pipeline: 1,000 bar
Compressor:
Ionic 1,000 bar,
Piston 7 and 250 bar
Filling station:
350 and 700 bar
Service capacity:
At least 200 cars/day
   

Green energy from Industriepark Höchst

We attach considerable importance to increasing the use of renewable energy. This includes reducing CO2 emissions.

We have built a hydrogen infrastructure – a compressor unit, a pipeline and a multi-fuel filling station with hydrogen pumps – as part of the EU's Zero Regio project. In the process, we acquired extensive expertise in hydrogen and fuel-cell technology that we want to apply to new projects.


Hydrogen for transportation: CO2-neutral


Around 30 million Nm3 of hydrogen is produced every year as a byproduct of chemical production. This hydrogen is collected and then transported via an internal high-pressure pipeline system to a multi-fuel filling station located right outside the park.

   
This hydrogen and the right infrastructure could ...                                       
... power 10,000 cars or 400 buses without any emissions or environmental impacts.

A fleet of 400 hydrogen buses would eliminate around 50,000 metric tons of CO2 per year – equivalent to the CO2 emissions of 20,000 single-family homes.
   

F-Cell cars already in use


We are already using F-Cell cars. These Mercedes-Benz cars run on hydrogen generated at the park in an eco-friendly, energy-neutral manner and supplied by us to a multi-fuel filling station nearby.

Hydrogen for supplying buildings with zero-emission energy

Zero-emissions energy is feasible in many areas, not just in cutting-edge transportation. The combination of hydrogen and photovoltaics, for example, can provide green energy for buildings.

The potential impact is enormous – residential and commercial buildings account for around 40 percent of total energy consumption in the EU. Homes are responsible for 66 percent of the associated emissions.

Now that the German Act on Renewable Energy Sources requires a greater share of homes to use renewable energy, suitable energy systems will have to be developed.

Our idea is this: Hydrogen is extracted from water using solar power and then fed into fuel cells. The cells supply heat and power in "Zem" ("zero emissions") homes, which, as the name implies, produce no emissions whatsoever.

Infraserv Höchst is working to develop competitive building-energy systems based on this technology.



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