The Mabanaft energy company and Fairplay Towage have agreed to supply tugs in Hamburg with hydrogen from 2025, a press release said Friday (October 20, 2023). This comes after by a delegation of 20 Hamburg-based companies, led by Dr Melanie Leonhard, Senator for Economics, travelled to the United States and Canada in mid-October for talks on renewable energies. The trip was based on the senate’s foreign trade concept, which focuses on innovative industries of the future.
Strong North American renewable energy partners
“The U.S. and Canada are strong partners at the forefront of renewable energies,” said Leonhard. The province of Newfoundland, for instance, has huge potential in the expansion of wind energy. Their investments and innovations will allow them to play a significant role in the success of a global energy transition. The U.S. is the second largest growth market for renewable energy after China and has good conditions for solar energy, the Ministry for Economics said. The dlegation’s trip has helped forge even closer cooperation, Leonhard added.
Port to become European green hydrogen hub
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is the largest climate policy investment scheme in U.S. history and should boost wind and solar energy projects enormously. Technologies for increased storage capacity and to capture carbon will be promoted making green hydrogen production more competitive and available for export. That should benefit Germany, which has to import arounds 70 per cent of its hydrogen needs via pipelines or as hydrogen derivatives such as green ammonia, green methanol and e-kerosene. The Port of Hamburg is predestined to become a leading European import and distribution centre where infrastructures for seaborne import and storage are being built. Then sustainable fuels and energy sources can be used in the port as part of the “Sustainable Energy Hub Hamburg” initiative.
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