Anne Marit Hansen, Hydrogen Business Unit

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Industrial prospective round table

• Anne Marit Hansen, Hydrogen Business Unit
  September 10th, 2005

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Norsk Hydro basis on hydrogen industrial
experiences

• Safety is one key challenge when hydrogen is
  introduced in the public marketplace
• Industrial expertise is utilised when hydrogen is
  introduced in new energy markets
• Current standards and regulations on hydrogen are
  not adjusted to the needs in the public
  marketplace

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Hydro approach- business development in demo
projects
ECTOS
CUTE
CEP BERLIN
UTSIRA
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Utsira wind-hydrogen plant safe and innovative

• Utsira supplies 100 renewable power to 10
  households
• Storage of wind power by hydrogen is tested in
  full scale
• Information to the Utsira community done 30 of
  the inhabitants participated

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Utsira simplified system description
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CUTE/ECTOS/STEP Demo-project for Hydrogen to
transportation in Europe and Australia
CUTE 28 partners in 9 cities Budget 52,4 mill
EU support 18,6 mill Schedule 12/2001
- 05/2006 CUTE 27 buses ECTOS 3
buses GOALS Hydrogen production and fuelling as
well as operation of fuel cell buses

• On site production with electrolysis

• Central /on site production from natural gas

• Central production based on oil

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Incident reporting in the CUTE, ECTOS and STEP

• Common incident report form in use
• Incident reports are uploaded on the CUTE web
• Feedback on investigations, corrective actions
  and status

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Hydrogen and fuel cell technology in varying
conditions different safety issues
Different climate conditions, topography, traffic
conditions and bus - routes
Different cultures on operation issues
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A Healthy fuel in a Safe design for a better
Environment
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Thank you for your kind attention
Anne.marit.hansen_at_hydro.com 47 22 53 75 03
47 97 58 64 63 Norsk Hydro 0246
OSLO Norway www.hydro.com
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The demonstration activities gives valuable input
from the market

• Communication
• Input on technology and system matureness
• Input on industry requirements and standards

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Reporting of incidents

• A report form developed by Air Liquid, BP, Shell,
  DC, Hydro and other members
• The form is currently used by the project
  partners

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Main group of incidents

• Components with problems
• Compressors
• Fuelling hose breakaway coupling
• Fuelling nozzle
• Dispenser
• On-site production
• Pipe-work

Hamburg refuelling station
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Number of safety incidents on components
Close to 50 of all incidents are located in the
part of the hydrogen station that operated by the
user.
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The process of approval is time consuming
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The Approval Processexperiences from CUTE
Time CNG - regulation Project limited approval Safety studies Overall impression
Amsterdam 6 M Yes Yes Hazop, FMEA Based on CNG
Barcelona 12 M Yes Yes Hazop, QRA Comprehensive - as expected
Hamburg 12 M No Yes Hazop Time consuming - complex procedure with TÜV
Luxembourg 9 M No No Hazop, QRA Based on foreign expertise
London 30M No Yes (?) Hazop, QRA Difficult local resistance as expected
Madrid 10 M Yes Yes Hazop Comprehensive as expected
Porto 6 M Yes No Hazop, QRA Smooth based on existing CNG experience
Stockholm 24 M Yes No Hazop, QRA Complex as expected
Stuttgart 4 M Yes Yes Hazop, QRA Easy demo project