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Construction of German Power-to-Gas Plant
Construction of German Power-to-Gas Plant.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 8483I ITM Power PLC 09 July 2013 \n \n\n9 July 2013\n \n \nITM Power plc\n(\"ITM Power\" or the \"Company\")\n \nCommencement of Construction of German Power-to-Gas Plant\n \nITM Power (AIM: ITM), the energy storage and clean fuel company, announces that following the sale of a 360kW Power-to-Gas energy storage plant, announced on 13 March 2013, the Thüga Group has now started construction of its Power-to-Gas pilot plant in Frankfurt. The following announcement was made by Thüga last week in Germany. \n \nThe Thüga Group starts construction of its power-to-gas pilot plant in Frankfurt\n \nOver the course of a three-year operation 13 Thüga partners will test power-to-gas storage technology using the gas distribution network. In addition to testing the technical feasibility, the companies are calling for framework conditions that will enable reliable and economical operation of this technology.\n \nMunich/Frankfurt am Main: 3 July 2013, the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Thüga Group power-to-gas pilot plant took place in Frankfurt am Main. \"I am delighted that this innovative facility will be built in the state of Hesse. It will be an important contribution in the area of research and development of storage technologies,\" emphasised the Environment Minister for Hesse, Lucia Puttrich. By the end of 2013 the plant should be converting electricity into hydrogen for the first time and feeding into the local gas distribution network. Between then and 2016, the companies will gain experience in how the plant works under practical conditions. \n \n\"I am delighted that four companies from Rhineland-Palatinate are involved in the testing of this technology. And that our state will benefit from the results gained here,\" said Uwe Hüser, State Secretary for Rhineland-Palatinate at the Ministry for the Economy, Climate Protection, Energy and Regional Planning. \n \nDr. Petra Roth, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Thüga Holding GmbH & Co. KGaA and former Lord Mayor of Frankfurt, praised the joint action, \"In this project 13 municipal companies are combining their expertise and capital. It's clever, sustainable and responsible. When local authorities and municipal utilities join together to tackle challenges, they can be resolved more ef...