On 14 July, we were pleased to spend a very exciting day with the team around Jörg Pfeifer — for a small contribution in the programme Umschau on sailing transport. Jörg Pfeifer is a reporter and coffee fan and travelled for 2 months as part of the crew of the two-masted schooner “Avontuur” — a…
In August, our joint project “Development of a concept for the emission-free operation of an inland waterway vessel with ammonia fuel” with the partners ZBT, DST, DNV, HOST, ISV, IKEM, Tamsen Maritim and Weiße Flotte, with a funding volume of € 1.2 million by BMBF WIR! started. The overall goal of the CF08 project line…
The three hydrogen lead projects are a central contribution of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to the implementation of the National Hydrogen Strategy. Taken together, they represent the largest funding initiative of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research on the subject of the energy transition and provide a decisive impetus for…
The focus of the Fifth Meeting of the Advisory Board on March 11, 2021 was on our project teams CF04 Solid State Ammonia Synthesis, CF06_1 Ammonia Reactor and CF06_2 Ammonia Plant. The project partners presented recent results in the development of thin films, catalysts and reaction technology as well as system modelling of electrolysis processes,…
In line with our roadmap for research and development in the region of Northeast Germany, cost-optimised production methods for basic innovations are being developed and implemented. This is a prerequisite for establishing decentralised synthesis plants that will produce the carbon-free hydrogen carrier ammonia as an infrastructure and storage solution, as well as emission-free propulsion systems…
At the fourth meeting of our advisory board, which was held on 1 October 2020 at Ozeaneum Stralsund, we presented a status update on our joint projects. Together, we considered future opportunities for our consortium. We also discussed an acquisition plan for further implementation and for the creation of the basic tools needed for technology…
18 September 2020. On 18 September 2020, we conducted a web-based partner workshop for product category 3, ‘Zero-emission marine propulsion systems’. At the workshop, the roughly 30 partners exchanged information on topics including the energy transition in inland navigation, batteries for marine applications, supply infrastructures, ammonia bunkering and safety. As a special highlight of the…
11 September 2020. On 11 September 2020, our online partner workshop for product category 2, ‘Green ammonia’, was held remotely via the web conferencing platform BigBlueButton. Following keynote speeches on global developments in the subject areas of green ammonia, catalysts for ammonia synthesis and the use of micro process technology for process intensification, the roughly…
On 26 June 2020, we visited the ammonia bunker ship of our new partner, SPETRANS Schiffahrts– und Speditionskaufmann GmbH, a small shipping and freight forwarding company headquartered in Uetersen, Schleswig-Holstein. SPETRANS operates a special ship with the capacity to transport up to 150 tonnes of ammonia, which is used to treat exhaust gas at a…
The first functional test of the new INP magnetron sputtering reactor for the deposition of electroceramic thin films was carried out on 19 June 2020. In the reactor, a closed-field unbalanced magnetron sputtering technique can be used to deposit complex metal oxides with a perovskite structure (e.g. barium cerium zirconate) on the tubular substrates…