The Dutch gasoline cell system developer and integrator zepp.options is receiving EU funding of round two million euros for the development of a plant within the better Rotterdam space, with which the corporate intends to extend its manufacturing to 1,000 gasoline cell programs per 12 months.
In accordance with zepp.options, the brand new manufacturing unit will produce its Y50 and X150 gasoline cell modules. With the manufacturing unit, zepp.options desires to strengthen its place within the rising European hydrogen sector. The development venture can be supported by the Larger Rijnmond Area, the Ministries of Financial Affairs and Local weather (EZK) and Social Affairs and Employment (SZW) in addition to the municipalities. Added to that is the roughly two million euros from the European “Simply Transition Fund”.
Particularly, the brand new plant ought to allow the corporate to extend its manufacturing to 1,000 FC programs per 12 months. In the midst of this, “about 100 sustainable jobs within the hydrogen sector” are additionally to be created within the area. A German provider can even profit from the growth of system manufacturing within the Netherlands: Within the Y50 module, zepp.options depends on the NM5-EVO gasoline cell stack from EKPO Gasoline Cell Applied sciences.
Present functions embrace the Rotterdam water taxi (Y50), excavators from Liebherr (additionally Y50) and a 67-metre-long inland waterway vessel. The primary two vans with gasoline cell programs from zepp.options – the X150 is used right here – are scheduled to hit the highway this 12 months.
“The zepp workforce is worked up to extend our contribution to a climate-neutral Europe. Every of our programs in the end replaces a polluting diesel engine leading to a discount of between 111 and 332 metric tons of CO2 per system yearly,” calculates Jonas Brendelberger, co-founder of zepp.options. “Our gasoline cell know-how boasts a formidable energy density, surpassing that of our closest competitor by a big share. This heightened energy density allows the mixing of hydrogen know-how right into a wider vary of industrial quality functions.”
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