The German subsidiary of UK electrolyser manufacturer ITM Power will receive a €1.95mn ($2.2mn) award from H2Giga, a German research and development project aimed at accelerating the production of electrolysers.

The ITM award is part of H2Giga’s Sinewave project—which researches process engineering, materials science and digital technologies to make more efficient proton-exchange-membrane electrolysers.

Sinewave will focus on training experts in the installation, maintenance and operation of electrolysers; live monitoring of electrolyser systems; safety training programmes; and the development of robust supply chains.

"Our participation in the federally funded Sinewave project provides an endorsement of our place in Germany’s hydrogen strategy,” says ITM CEO Graham Cooley.

“Our participation in the federally funded Sinewave project provides an endorsement of our place in Germany’s hydrogen strategy” Cooley, ITM

Sinewave runs to March 2025 and marks the first time ITM has accessed German federal funding. Sinewave and its umbrella project H2Giga are funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

Other partners in the Sinewave consortium are industrial gases firm Linde, and research bodies the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf Institute of Fluid Dynamics and the Technical University of Dresden.

Alternative technologies

H2Giga aims to accelerate different forms of electrolyser technology.

German electrolyser manufacturer Sunfire has received a €60mn grant as part of the project to develop alkaline and solid-oxide electrolysers.

Germany’s new coalition government aims to accelerate the country’s clean hydrogen strategy with a target of 10GW of electrolyser capacity by 2030—doubling the goal set out last year by the previous administration—according to a joint policy statement.

The country will still need to import around half of its hydrogen to meet an expected demand of 90-110TWh by 2030.

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Author: Tom Young