Hydrogen trading

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Hydrogen trading includes all activities related to trading with the raw material hydrogen . This includes commercial hydrogen production , the necessary commercial hydrogen storage and conversion into energy that can be used by end consumers. In general, we speak of hydrogen propulsion , especially the fuel cell . The importance of hydrogen trading lies in the fact that producers across Europe can offer their excess capacities and consumers can meet the missing demand. Hydrogen is an important energy carrier for the energy transition.

In contrast to fossil fuels, the hydrogen cycle is self-contained and does not generate any harmful emissions. In contrast to CO2 trading , where you only compensate for your guilty conscience, hydrogen trading does not generate any waste and your environmental balance and ecological footprint remains minimal and a guilty conscience never arises.

The railway company Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen (LNVG) currently has a deficit of CO 2 -neutral (green) hydrogen. Around 1.6 t of hydrogen from fossil sources are temporarily refueled. The energy transition will only succeed if green hydrogen is produced across the board and an efficient logistics infrastructure is set up. The EU Commission wants to invest around 470 billion euros in funding within 30 years.

There are currently absurd situations in which citizens have to pay EUR 635 million in compensation to the electricity producers for "non-produced" electricity. On windy days, entire wind farms often have to be shut down because the lines are already full. Between 5 and 6.5 TWh of possible green electricity is not produced. With this excess electricity, 750,000 hydrogen vehicles could be operated. Meanwhile, green hydrogen produced in Lower Saxony is scarce.

According to a preliminary study by DB Energie, it is technically and legally possible to transport hydrogen by rail.

With current technology, it would already be possible today to transport hydrogen by pipeline, provided the infrastructure was available, and only to compress it to the required 350 bar or 700 bar again at the destination.

Hydrogen trading is exempt from energy tax.

In July 2020 the EU published its strategy for hydrogen trading. The industry is pushing for standards.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Groundbreaking ceremony for the world's first hydrogen filling station for passenger trains in Lower Saxony. July 28, 2020, accessed August 12, 2020 .
  2. ↑ EU Commission wants to invest 470 billion euros in hydrogen. July 9, 2020, accessed August 13, 2020 .
  3. ↑ ARD: Hydrogen technology - wrongly in the niche. In: Panorama 3. NDR, accessed on August 13, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Study: Hydrogen can be transported by rail. August 6, 2020, accessed August 13, 2020 .
  5. ↑ When is it worthwhile to transport hydrogen by hydrogen pipeline? In: EMCEL. July 16, 2019, accessed August 13, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Christian Schaudwet: Industry urges standards for hydrogen trading. In: tagesspiegel.de. July 7, 2020, accessed August 2020 .