Hydrogen as the key technology of the future

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With regard to effective climate protection and sustainable mobility, the BMW Group has set itself clear goals for 2030. That relates to the products and the production. “We solve environmental challenges through technological innovation. Technology is the key to the future. That is our constructive response to climate protection, ”says Hans-Peter Kemser, the head of the BMW Group plant in Leipzig. As a “green plant”, the Leipzig location wants to produce not only CO2-neutral, but even CO2-free. "Our vision is the complete decarbonization of production by replacing fossil fuels with green hydrogen as the energy carrier of the future," emphasizes Hans-Peter Kemser.

Key technology of the future

That is why he was particularly pleased to host the Central Germany Hydrogen Summit, which took place today at the BMW Group plant in Leipzig. In the presence of Michael Kretschmer, Prime Minister of the Free State of Saxony, Dr. Reiner Haseloff, Prime Minister of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, Kai Emanuel, District Administrator of the District of Northern Saxony, Henry Graichen, District Administrator of the District of Leipzig as well as Burkhard Jung, Lord Mayor of the City of Leipzig and Egbert Geier, Mayor of the City of Halle, exchanged guests from business, politics, Administration and science on site. At the same time, the event was broadcast in a live stream (https://lhyve.de/). Topics of the summit were application and investment projects as well as the development of a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure by 2030 in the Halle and Leipzig area.

In his speech to welcome the guests, Hans-Peter Kemser formulated the three major challenges for the use of hydrogen, which are currently being intensively examined and evaluated at the Leipzig plant together with partners from politics and business: “How does enough green hydrogen get to the plant? Which technology for the use of hydrogen is already available and which do we still have to develop with partners? How can economic efficiency be ensured while the costs for green hydrogen are still high? "

A first step towards the use of hydrogen is the use of hydrogen-powered tugs and forklifts in logistics. These supply the assembly lines with the required parts. The first vehicles went into service at the plant as early as 2013. There are now 81 hydrogen vehicles on the road. 37 more will be added shortly. This is the largest hydrogen-powered logistics fleet in Germany. The big advantage is that refueling - similar to conventional fuels - is done in a very short time. And the filling stations themselves require little space.

As part of the hydrogen summit, the BMW Group plant in Leipzig inaugurated what is now the fourth hydrogen filling station on the plant premises. The first filling station went into operation in 2013 in the BMW i body shop, as Germany's first H2 indoor refueling system. Two more followed in 2015 and now a fourth filling station supplies the steadily increasing number of hydrogen vehicles. The daily tank volume is around 50 kg of hydrogen. Right from the start, the BMW Group Plant Leipzig relied exclusively on certified green hydrogen.

The Leipzig production site was planned as a “green plant” from the start and has set standards in many areas in terms of sustainability. Be it with the production of the two electric vehicles BMW i3 and BMW i8, the four wind turbines, the storage farm or the use of hydrogen-powered vehicles in intralogistics. The BMW plant in Leipzig always strives to take a holistic approach to the issue of sustainability and to promote it.

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