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Science Alliance for Hydrogen Technology
Innovation laboratories for hydrogen technologies
The Wissenschaftsallianz Wasserstofftechnologie (Science Alliance for Hydrogen Technology) under the roof of the EFZN bundles the competences of hydrogen research in Lower Saxony and has set itself the objective to research and make the manifold potentials of green hydrogen utilisable in energy, mobility and industry.
To this end, the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony supports innovation laboratories for hydrogen technologies where science and actors from practice jointly search for solutions to central scientific, technological and economic challenges and thus make a significant contribution to the development of technology and market penetration of hydrogen.
Funded laboratories
H2 Guide Lower Saxony
The "H2 Guide Lower Saxony" examines how a future hydrogen-based energy system in Lower Saxony could effectively be designed, which technical variants are beneficial and which legal, ecological and economic aspects have an impact.
Innovation Laboratory Water Electrolysis (InnoEly)
The overarching objective of the "Innovation Laboratory Water Electrolysis (InnoEly)" is to construct a comprehensive toolkit for the characterization and modeling of technical water electrolyzers. This initiative is mainly focused on facilitating the production of green hydrogen.
Sustainable Hydrogen Combustion Concepts (WaVe)
The innovation laboratory "Sustainable Hydrogen Combustion Concepts" (WaVe) focuses on researching the use of regeneratively produced green hydrogen that is completely carbon-neutral. The combustion of hydrogen is almost completely free of pollutants and therefore just as environmentally friendly as the use of hydrogen in fuel cells, but is significantly more cost-effective and robust depending on the area of application.
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THEWA - Thermal management of hydrogen fuel station systems
The aim of the innovation laboratory "THEWA - Thermal management of hydrogen fuel station systems" is to research optimized overall system concepts for future hydrogen fuel stations and prepare these concepts for various use cases. The research focuses on multimodal filling stations for refueling different types of vehicles, such as cars, buses or trucks.
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Hydrogen Region North-West Lower Saxony (H2-ReNoWe)
The "Hydrogen Region North-West Lower Saxony" (H2-ReNoWe) innovation laboratory explores how the Huntorf compressed air energy storage plant (Wesermarsch) operated by Uniper can be converted to a CO2-avoiding mode of operation. To this end, this project assesses how additional value can be generated by producing and using green hydrogen from renewable energy sources in the region.
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Funded via the Niedersächsischen Vorab by:
Introducing the "Wissenschaftsallianz Wasserstofftechnologie": EFZN professors Carsten Agert and Richard Hanke-Rauschenbach with the former Lower Saxonian Minister of Science Björn Thümler (from left).