Bilfinger and Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies (“Hydrogenious LOHC”) are entering into a strategic partnership, combining their complementary expertise. They aim to make green hydrogen commercially available on a large scale in Europe by offering a turnkey, stationary Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC) plant infrastructure based on Hydrogenious’ proprietary technology. For the owners or operators of these systems of hydrogen storage and hydrogen release facilities, the partners intend to provide one-stop engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) and maintenance services. Another common goal is the marketing of LOHC plants.
“As long-term partners on an equal footing, we want to help drive the energy transition forward. Green hydrogen plays a crucial role as a sustainable energy source for our customers and for European countries to achieve their climate targets. With the appropriate scaling, Hydrogenious’ LOHC technology can become a forward-looking solution for this.”
- Christina Johansson, Interim CEO and CFO
“With the company, we gain our partner of choice for the turnkey construction of large-scale LOHC plants with comprehensive expertise in engineering, assembly and maintenance,” said Dr. Daniel Teichmann, founder and CEO of Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies. “Our partnership positions us perfectly for the market ramp-up in the hydrogen economy. By further improving the competitiveness of our technology through scale-up and standardization, all players in the future green hydrogen value chains will benefit.”
For the flexible transport of hydrogen, the technology is both an efficient and safe solution: In the StoragePLANTS, hydrogen is chemically bonded to the LOHC material benzyltoluene, a thermal oil. This carrier oil can be transported under ambient conditions in conventional logistics infrastructures comparable to the delivery of e.g. crude oil or diesel. Once at the hydrogen consumer, the hydrogen is released from the LOHC in a ReleasePLANT (in appropriate purity as needed), while the carrier material is reused many hundreds of times in the cycle. Thus, Hydrogenious LOHC technology has significant advantages over other technologies for transporting hydrogen.
The company had shipped its first LOHC storage and release systems for commercial uses to the U.S. in 2018. A demonstration plant was previously in operation at Fraunhofer IAO in Stuttgart. Construction of an industrial-scale LOHC storage PLANT at Chempark Dormagen is scheduled to begin in 2023/2024 — at the same time the world’s largest facility of its kind (hydrogen storage in LOHC: approx. 1,800 metric tons per year). For the construction of the plant, Bilfinger will provide services in the areas of basic engineering, civil engineering and support with applications for permits at the chemical park.
