eFarm

The project eFarm is the biggest green hydrogen mobility project in Germany to date. The project is realised by GP JOULE and addresses the complete value chain of green hydrogen on the mobility path from production over logistics to distribution via HRS.

LEAD DEVELOPER

GP JOULE Think GmbH & Co. KG

PROJECT PARTNERS

MAIN POLITICAL SPONSORS

Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), District of North Frisia

MAIN LOCATION

Germany

OTHER LOCATIONS

Yes

Project details

H2 PRODUCTION VOLUME

N.A.

INVESTMENT VOLUME

[M€]:

16.00
FUNDING
VALUE CHAIN COVERAGE

PRIMARY ENERGY SOURCING

  • Electricity from onshore wind

H2 PRODUCTION

  • Water electrolysis with PEM electrolyser

H2 STORAGE

  • Other

H2 TRANSPORT

  • Trucking - Compressed H2

H2 DISTRIBUTION FOR MOBILITY

  • HRS 700 bar
  • HRS 350 bar
END USES

MOBILITY

  • Cars
  • Buses
  • Trucks

ENERGY

  • Other

INDUSTRIAL FEEDSTOCK

Project timeline

CURRENT STATUS:

N.A.

2014

Start of project development

Project finalization

2035


KEY SUCCESS FACTORS

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PHASE

  • Business model/business case development

  • Technological readiness/technological performance (e.g. availability, efficiency, duration/lifetime)

  • Political backing and buy-in

  • Funding

  • Stakeholder cooperation

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCING PHASE

  • Applying for public subsidy/grant schemes

  • Securing private investors

  • Securing public financial support (subsidy/grant)

  • Building a financial model

  • Securing customer commitments to de-risk the financial model

N.A.: Not available. This is possible due to two reasons: a) the Hydrogen Valley chose to not publicly display the data or b) the Hydrogen Valley did not answer the specific question in the associated survey.
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