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H2 Guide Lower Saxony
Science Alliance for Hydrogen Technology: Innovation Laboratories for Hydrogen Technologies
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.
As a result, the project provides a closed and comprehensive methodology to design and evaluate combinable storage, transport, conversion and utilization processes, which can be used to specify Lower Saxony's hydrogen implementation strategy.
For this purpose, the individual phases of the hydrogen chain are considered by model approaches on different levels of detail and are analyzed and evaluated with regard to the aspects mentioned above. The project deals with the different aspects of a hydrogen economy on three conceptual levels: The technical level addresses questions regarding the underground storage of hydrogen in caverns and pore storage facilities as well as the conversion of hydrogen into hydrocarbons and ammonia. The socio-ecological level focuses on environmental impacts and ecological assessments. It also addresses the issue of energy regulatory frameworks for hydrogen facilities. The system level then summarizes the results, puts them into a temporal and spatial context by means of scenario analyses, and shows which business models are both economically viable and ecologically sensible.
All investigations take into account the special conditions that predestine Lower Saxony for a pioneering role in the development of a hydrogen economy and can rely on intensive support from a large number of industrial partners.
Questions, suggestions, want to collaborate?
Dr.-Ing. Andreas Lindermeir
Central contact for the innovation laboratory "H2 Guide Lower Saxony"
Participating scientists
Sub-project 7: H2 conversion - process models
Dr.-Ing.
Andreas Lindermeir
(Project speaker)
M. Sc.
Sebastian Braukhoff
Clausthal University of Technology
Clausthal Research Center for Environmental Technologies (CUTEC)
Sub-project 1: Energy system analyses
Dr.
Raphael Niepelt
M. Sc.
Florian Peteressen
Institute for Solar Energy Research GmbH (ISFH)
Sub-project 2: Hydrogen business models
Dr.-Ing.
Astrid Bensmann
M.Sc.
Jonathan Brandt
Leibniz University Hannover
Institute of Electric Power Systems (IfES-EES)
Sub-project 3: Environmental analysis
Prof. Dr.
Christina von Haaren
M.Sc.
Ole Badelt
Leibniz University Hannover
Institute of Environmental Planning (IUP)
Sub-project 4: Ecological assessment / LCA
Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Christine Minke
M.Sc.
Janis Gerhardt-Mörsdorf
Clausthal University of Technology
Institute of Mineral and Waste Processing, Recycling and Circular Economy Systems (IFAD)
Sub-project 5: Legal framework for the energy economy
Prof. Dr. jur.
Hartmut Weyer
Dipl.-jur.
Thore Iversen
Clausthal University of Technology
Institute of German and International Mining and Energy Law (IBER)
Sub-project 6: H2 underground storage - pore storage
Prof. Dr.
Leonhard Ganzer
Dr.-Ing.
Birger Hagemann
M.Sc.
Christian Lüddeke
Clausthal University of Technology
Institute of Subsurface Energy Systems (ITE)
Sub-project 6: H2 underground storage - cavern storage
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil.
Karl-Heinz Lux
M. Sc.
Junqing Sun
M. Sc.
Tianjie Pan
Clausthal University of Technology
Institute of Disposal Research (IELF)
Sub-project 7: H2 conversion - reactor models
Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Thomas Turek
Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Gregor Wehinger
M.Sc.
Sai Krishna Danda
Clausthal University of Technology
Institute of Chemical and Electrochemical Process Engineering (ICVT)
Industry partners
Amprion GmbH
Avacon Netz GmbH
Chemitas GmbH
EWE Gasspeicher GmbH
Gasunie Deutschland Transport Services GmbH
HeidelbergCement AG
IAV GmbH
Niedersachsen Ports GmbH & Co. KG
Salzgitter Mannesmann Forschung GmbH
STORAG ETZEL GmbH
Storengy Deutschland GmbH
Volkswagen AG - Group Innovation
Project supporters
Amt für regionale Landesentwicklung Braunschweig
Fraunhofer IST
Landkreis Schaumburg
Landesamt für Bergbau, Energie und Geologie (LBEG)
Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Umwelt, Energie, Bauen und Klimaschutz
Niedersächsisches Wasserstoffnetzwerk
Funded via the Niedersächsischen Vorab by:
