How Hamburg wants to become a pioneer in green hydrogen
Moorburg has something. Something that other sites don't have. Where yesterday coal was used to generate energy, in the near future wind and solar power will be used to generate mobility, heat, process gas and natural gas substitutes. Because here we are splitting water with wind and solar power in a large electrolyzer. The goal: to save 1 million tons of CO2 per year by 2030. Because Moorburg is ideally suited.
The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg is famous for the largest German seaport, which forms a large inner-city industrial center. In addition to the maritime economy, the city owes its importance to other key industries - for example, the modern aviation industry, as well as the basic and raw materials industries that produce steel, copper and aluminum. These industries carry the DNA of the 20th century, when carbon footprint played only a minor role in business goals. The city must become cleaner and more sustainable in the face of climate change - that's a done deal.
The current climate protection plan, whose binding implementation is to be ensured by the Hamburg Climate Protection Act, envisages climate neutrality by 2050 as things stand. It is to be expected that this annual figure will soon be revised significantly downwards - Hamburg's Green Senator for the Environment Jens Kerstan (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) recently hinted at wanting to undercut the federal government's new target of 2045 when he told Hamburg's parliament: "With the claim that Hamburg has made so far to be a pioneer and to develop blueprints for the future, we need a more ambitious target for Hamburg."
A lot of work until a functioning hydrogen economy
Hydrogen is the great bearer of hope here. In metallurgical production plants, as in many areas of logistics, the use of hydrogen is the most promising solution for replacing fossil fuels.
- Hydrogen obtained almost entirely from natural gas
- Construction of a 100 MW electrolyzer
- produce up to 30 t of hydrogen per day
