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Siemens is building one of the largest hydrogen production plants in Germany

The annual production of the plant will reach 1350 tonnes of hydrogen, which will be produced exclusively from renewable sources such as solar and wind energy. Transportation and industry can use this hydrogen to reduce their CO2 emissions by up to 13,500 tons per year. The main contractor for the entire plant construction is Siemens Smart Infrastructure

One of the key technologies on the road to a climate-neutral future is hydrogen propulsion. According to a recent OECD analysis, world energy demand will increase by about 80 percent by 2050. Massive investments will be needed in the production and distribution of clean energy and in digitalisation to meet this need, while also meeting the challenges of climate change. The energy-consuming sectors, including transport and industry, must therefore step up their efforts to decarbonise

A new hydrogen plant will be built at Wunsiedel Energy Park, adjacent to Siemens’ existing battery plant and other industrial companies. These plants can also use waste heat or oxygen released during electrolysis, so their interconnected infrastructure will serve as a model for the whole of Germany.

With its distributed energy supply system and the use of digital technology, the project is showing the way to a sustainable future as a lighthouse. At Siemens, digitalisation and sustainability are increasingly at the heart of our business. The company recently unveiled its DEGREE framework to investors on a stock exchange day, reaffirming its commitment to the environmental, social and governance dimensions of sustainability. energy is used. This hydrogen will be transported by truck from the Wunsiedel plant to local and regional customers, mainly in Upper Franconia, Upper Palatinate, Thuringia and Saxony in the Czech Republic. The facility will also increase the flexibility of the fuel distribution network, thus avoiding the formation of bottlenecks. As common public filling stations for lorries and buses can be set up, road freight and regional public transport can be a carbon-free solution at the same time.

The new hydrogen plant is scheduled to start operations in the summer of 2022.

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