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Project Title:

HYSOLAR: Solar Hydrogen Production and Utilization (German-Arabic coshared project)

Ref.No.: 149

Project Type and Category:

Hydrogen production

Project Duration:

1986 – 1995

Project Participants:

Germany:
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR):
Institut für technische Thermodynamik Stuttgart ITT
Universität Stuttgart (3 Institutes) (see also ref. No. 31)
Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoffforschung Stuttgart ZSW
Saudi-Arabia:
King Abdulaziz University Jeddah, King Saud University Riyadh
King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals Dhahran,
Solar Village R&D Center, Riyadh, (operated by KACST)

Sponsor:

KACST, Riyadh, Saudi-Arabia: 50%, 25% Ministry of Research of the State of Baden-Württemberg, 25% BMBF (1992 - 1995: approx. 7 Mio DM)

Project Budget and
Funding:

76.25 Mio DM

Project Description and Objectives:

Basic research and technologic development of a 350 kW PV plant for solar hydrogen production located in the solar village Riyadh.
A 10 kW demonstration plant in Stuttgart for research on advanced electrolysers and a 2 kW electrolyser in Jeddah.
A system study on hydrogen in the public energy supply.

Technical Goals:

Scientific and economic basics for a future solar production and usage of hydrogen.

Project Status

Finalized

Preliminary or Final Results:

The production facilities in Riad and Stuttgart are still in operation. The hydrogen is used for research into fuel cell technologies.

Related Reference Papers and Other Publications:

Final reports of phase 1 (1992) and phase 2 (1996) are published.

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Project Title: HYSOLAR: Solar Hydrogen Production and Utilization (German-Arabic coshared project)		Ref.No.: 149
Project Type and Category:	Hydrogen production
Project Duration:	1986 – 1995
Project Participants:	Germany: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR): Institut für technische Thermodynamik Stuttgart ITT Universität Stuttgart (3 Institutes) (see also ref. No. 31) Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoffforschung Stuttgart ZSW Saudi-Arabia: King Abdulaziz University Jeddah, King Saud University Riyadh King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals Dhahran, Solar Village R&D Center, Riyadh, (operated by KACST)
Sponsor:	KACST, Riyadh, Saudi-Arabia: 50%, 25% Ministry of Research of the State of Baden-Württemberg, 25% BMBF (1992 - 1995: approx. 7 Mio DM)
Project Budget and Funding:	76.25 Mio DM
Project Description and Objectives:	Basic research and technologic development of a 350 kW PV plant for solar hydrogen production located in the solar village Riyadh. A 10 kW demonstration plant in Stuttgart for research on advanced electrolysers and a 2 kW electrolyser in Jeddah. A system study on hydrogen in the public energy supply.
Technical Goals:	Scientific and economic basics for a future solar production and usage of hydrogen.
Project Status	Finalized
Preliminary or Final Results:	The production facilities in Riad and Stuttgart are still in operation. The hydrogen is used for research into fuel cell technologies.
Related Reference Papers and Other Publications:	Final reports of phase 1 (1992) and phase 2 (1996) are published.