Engie and TÜV SÜD have signed an agreement to expand their respective activities in the fields of hydrogen and power-to-X. The cooperation extends across all stages of the value chain, from the support of approval procedures to engineering, construction and commissioning and operation of plants.
In line with the international Agenda 2030, both partners will join their strengths to the cooperation in order to advance projects in the fields of hydrogen and power-to-X and to support potential industrial and municipal utility customers. In addition, both partners would like to use their cooperation to raise awareness of the great benefits of hydrogen and power-to-X solutions.
"At ENGIE, we were front-runners in the development of an industrial-scale hydrogen economy worldwide, and have accumulated extensive know-how from production to end use. Against the backdrop of a massive increase in demand for green hydrogen worldwide, we are also increasing our efforts in large-scale renewable hydrogen production. Our target is 4 GW of green hydrogen production capacity by 2030, but we are also concerned with preparing existing infrastructures for the transition from natural gas to hydrogen. Partnerships like the one with TÜV SÜD are an essential step for us on the road from planning to practice," said Charles Hertoghe, Business Development & Strategy Vice-President ENGIE Thermal & Supply Europe.
"TÜV SÜD has a clear sustainability focus and offers a wide range of services along the entire energy transformation and decarbonization process. For the successful development of a hydrogen economy, the corresponding technologies such as power-to-X must be further developed and, above all, made scalable. We bring our extensive know-how and decades of experience with new technologies to the collaboration with ENGIE in order to make technical innovations safe, reliable and marketable, and also to support the necessary transformation of supply infrastructures," said Thore Lapp, Head of TÜV SÜD's Green Energy and Sustainability Business Unit.
