Mathias Koch
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Mathias Koch
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GER H2 Policy @ Agora Energiewende. Views my own. Previously German Foreign Office.
In a nutshell, a green gases quota ("Grüngasquote") mandates an increased share of "green gases" (which need to be defined) to be sold in the covered sectors. The basic idea is that this ramps up to 100% eventually, perhaps like this.
March 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Unser Ergebnis: Pipelineimporte an erneuerbarem H2 können 2030 bis 2035 schon wesentlich zum H2-Aufkommen in DE beitragen. ✅ 60 - 100 TWh sind bis 2035 denkbar. Vor allem die windreichen Länder im Norden können gut angebunden werden. Die Distanzen sind kurz und es gibt keine Transitländer.
July 24, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Aktuelle Umfrage: Weiterhin hohe Zustimmung zum Ausbau der Erneuerbaren Energien. Zentrale Bedingung für YIMBY (Yes in my back yard): Selbst günstiger Energie beziehen (50%) und finanzielle Vorteile für die eigene Gemeinde (31%). Kurz: Menschen müssen Vorteile sehen! h/t @fabianclimate.bsky.social
December 4, 2023 at 4:16 PM
The availability of clean CO2 in countries like 🇧🇷BRA, 🇨🇦CAN, 🇨🇳CHN, 🇮🇩IDN and 🇺🇸USA will eventually lead to increased trade in H2 derivatives such as e-kerosene and e-methanol. By consequence, the trade landscape will become increasingly complex.
November 28, 2023 at 5:46 PM
Back to the previous study, which finds that long-distance transportation of H2 production dramatically decreases the investments necessary to meet the decarbonisation objectives. Interestingly, most of the initial long-distance transportation takes place domestically.
November 28, 2023 at 5:44 PM
Just last month BCG has come out with a similar assessment of the increasing electrolyser CAPEX costs. This has caused reflection in European policy circles whether the RePowerEU goal of 10 MT of domestic production in 2030 is plausible. 🤔
November 28, 2023 at 5:42 PM
New global hydrogen numbers: levelized costs of renewable H2 production (LCOH) have increased by 40 – 65 % in a year. 💸 Building a H2 plant is now considered twice as expensive as a year ago. 📈This is moving the economic advantage to blue H2 and to windier regions for green (higher load factors).
November 28, 2023 at 5:40 PM
Relevant im Kontext KTF-Urteil: 🇩🇪 Deutschland hat die drittniedrigsten öffentlichen Investitionen der EU-MS. 📉 Quelle: EU-KOM Autumn Economic Forecast.
November 21, 2023 at 4:48 PM
Auch wenn zu den größten Abnehmern einige Industrieunternhemen zählen: Insgesamt sind 12 der 20 größten H2-Abnehmer KWK-Anlagen.
November 16, 2023 at 10:43 AM
In der Endstufe kann das Kernnetz ca. 280 TWh jährlich ausspeisen. Der Großteil (56%) fällt auf KWK-Anlagen, gefolgt von Eisen/Stahl, Chemie und Raffinerien. Das Kernnetz ist für die Anfang der 2030er erwarteten Bedarfe überdimonisert, d.h. die Volumina werden nicht unbedingt erreicht.
November 16, 2023 at 10:33 AM
H2-Kernnetz: 9700km, davon 40% neugebaute H2-Pipelines. CAPEX von EUR 19,8 Mrd. (EUR 13,1 Mrd. für den Neubau). Interessant ist v.a. die angesetzte Ausspeisung aus dem Kernnetz. Dazu ein kurzer 🧵.
November 16, 2023 at 10:30 AM
Another important early insight: A large majority of offtake agreements are for domestic use - only around a third targets exports. This is not surprising seeing that most offtake agreements concern the USA and CHN.
November 15, 2023 at 4:22 PM
Particularly interesting to see in what sectors the hydrogen will go: Where a sector is specified, existing H2 / H2 derivatives users are by far the largest offtakers. The next biggest sector is the steel industry, which makes up only 6% of the total announced offtake agreements.
November 15, 2023 at 4:17 PM
Hydrogen offtake: Current binding offtake agreements on hydrogen and its derivatives amount to 1 MT as per BNEF. Nearly half of the announcements (and likely more for the binding agreements) is in the form of ammonia.
November 15, 2023 at 4:16 PM
We don't have an assessment yet on absolute H2 storage requirements, but our power system scenario (KNS2035) foresees substantial H2 use in the power sector during the winter months. This is a scenario where we put a lot of emphasis on other flexibility measures.
November 15, 2023 at 1:06 PM
Wer sich über die Krise der Demokratie sorgt, sollte überlegen, ob der Schlüssel nicht in geringerer Einkommensungleichheit liegt. Quelle: WSI (www.wsi.de/fpdf/HBS-008...)
November 2, 2023 at 1:41 PM