MAN invests heavily in hydrogen production at H-Tec Systems

“Our plan is clear,” explained Uwe Lauber, CEO of MAN Energy Solutions. “Over the next five to ten years, green hydrogen will become one of the most important primary energy sources for the global economy as it continues to decarbonize. With PEM electrolysis, H-Tec Systems has mastered one of the most important processes for industrially scaled hydrogen production from renewable energy sources. The technology is mature and has already been placed on the market successfully. The next step is therefore to scale and set up highly automated serial production.”

Power-to-X technology and synthetic fuels

On this path the company will not only benefit from a global sales network and the experience that MAN Energy Solutions has in major projects, but also from direct access to the expertise and experience of the Volkswagen Group, especially in matters relating to production scaling and the supplier-based series production business.

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Chairman of the Supervisory Board of MAN Energy Solutions and Member of the Board of Volkswagen AG, Gunnar Kilian, underlines that the Volkswagen Group supports these growth plans: “On the path toward achieving climate neutrality, hydrogen plays a key role for sectors such as international shipping or industrial processes in which direct electrification is not possible. It is therefore essential for our subsidiary MAN Energy Solutions to continue to strengthen its strategic position in the future market for power-to-X technology and synthetic fuels with investment in hydrogen production. Only by coordinating our efforts will we achieve our shared objective of climate neutrality. MAN Energy Solutions is playing an important role in this regard.”

Restructuring management and hiring new staff

H-Tec Systems is already active on the market with solutions for the electrolysis of hydrogen and offers its customers integrated container solutions in the megawatt range. The specialist is also restructuring its management team to implement the growth strategy. There are also plans to significantly increase the staff of the two company bases in Augsburg and Braak in Schleswig-Holstein in future. (mfo)