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7 th day of electromobility

Windenergie trifft grüne Mobilität

At the last weekend in April the „Day of Renewable Energies“ took place in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Therefore WIND-project invited to an interesting day of action in Rostock at the property of the TOTAL gas station, where guests could inform themselves about the newest electrical vehicles, wind energy and storage technologies. The involved companies explained the need for green mobility in order to promote climate protection. “Green mobility is gradually becoming a trend and is the answer to impending driving bans in our downtowns. Certain resources are finite and people themselves need to do something for climate protection. This is slowly becoming anchored in the minds of consumers”, explained Carlo Schmidt, CEO of WIND-project. Around 300 visitors used extensively the opportunity to do test drives with the fuel cell vehicles Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell and the Toyota Mirai. Furthermore, it was possible to enjoy a cran drive at a height of 60 metres. For the little visitors a bouncy castle was built and face painting was offered. In the early afternoon the minister for energy, infrastructure and digitalization of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Mr. Pegel, visited the event and the exhibitors explained him the vehicle models. The great response of the event has shown that a rethinking of the acceptance of alternative vehicle drives has already begun and therefore the CO2 minimization in road traffic is well on its way.

WIND-projekt GmbH is expanding its environmentally friendly vehicle fleet

Today, Carlo Schmidt, CEO of WIND-projekt Ingenieur- und Projektentwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, was very pleased to receive the keys of the first registrated Toyota Mirai in M-V. Thus, the company continues the future path of emission-free mobility. The fuel cell of the hydrogen sedan has a power of 113 kW and allows a top speed of 175 km/h. The hydrogen tanks can accommodate a total capacity of 5,00 kg of hydrogen at 700 bar, so that a range of over 500 km can be realized. A nickel-metal hydride battery provides extra power during the acceleration process. The advantage of the fuel cell drive is that no CO2 emissions arise, only water is the by-product. “We will continue to focus on low-emission drive concepts in our fleet and thus lead by example” said Schmidt.

Opening of the first official hydrogen refueling station in Rostock

With today’s opening of the hydrogen refueling station, it is now possible to purchase in addition to conventional fuels gaseous hydrogen for fuel cell-driven vehicles at the Tessiner Straße in Rostock. TOTAL Deutschland GmbH has now commissioned its tenth station of this kind and for the first time in cooperation with the consortium H2 MOBILITY Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG. By the end of 2023 H2 MOBILITY would like to expand the hydrogen refueling station network to 400 filling stations in Germany and thus create the requirement for a problem-free use of environmentally friendly fuel cell vehicles. In the future rapid-charging stations for battery-powered vehicles will also be installed at the gas station. WIND-projekt GmbH is currently planning to supply the entire hydrogen station, including rapid-charging stations, with regenerative electricity from new pilot wind turbines. An additional battery buffer storage is intended to ensure that a continuous supply of “green” electricity is possible for the electric charging stations and hydrogen refueling station. A first refueling of the proprietary Hyundai ix 35 Fuel Cell was successfully carried out during the opening ceremony by the Chief Executive Officer of WIND-projekt GmbH, Mr. Carlo Schmidt. WIND-projekt will continue to work towards bringing the environmentally-friendly drive technology of the fuel cell closer to the population and to push ahead a necessary rethinking of mobility.

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left: environment senator of the Hanseatic city of Rostock, Mr. Holger Matthäus;
right: CEO of WIND-projekt GmbH, Mr. Carlo Schmidt

For the third time, the “Day of Renewable Energies” in M-V

From April 28 th to 30 th, the Day of Renewables took place in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for the third time. Numerous companies and initiatives of the section of renewable energies took again the opportunity to present their companies and plants for interested people. The event is a Germany’s initiative that presents the different ways of using a sustainable energy economy at the anniversary of the Chernobyl reactor disaster. WIND-project and the wind turbine manufacturer ENERCON jointly organized an event on April 29 th, where a wind turbine E-115 with a rated output of 3 MW could be inspected. Furthermore it was possible to do a crane drive at a height of 70 m, as well as to get insights into a service vehicle. For the younger guests a bouncy castle and face painting were organized. The presentation of the Hyundai ix 35 Fuel Cell showed the future emission free path of the vehicle drives. People were enthusiastic about the drive concept of the fuel cell. The connection of regenerative hydrogen production by means of wind energy with subsequent use of hydrogen for mobility is a promising and sustainable concept. The partly sector-oriented guests approved the innovative path WIND-project would like to take with the fuel cell vehicle and advocated for a further expansion of the hydrogen filling station infrastructure, so that the fuel cell vehicles could be used to realize the climate targets. WIND-project and ENERCON have been confirmed in their activities by the great numbers of visitors and they will continue to use such events to bring people closer to sections of renewable energies.

3 rd energy transition conference “Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue”

From March 20 th to 23 rd, the Federal government organized the third international energy transition conference in Berlin in cooperation with the Federal Association for Renewable Energy, the Federal Solar Energy Association, the consulting company eclaeron and the German Energy Agency (dena). Numerous international guests from politics, economy and industry attended the meeting, discussing current developments and innovations in energy policy in order to achieve the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement in a cost-effective manner. As a marginal program of this event, numerous excursions to showcase projects in Germany were organized this year too. Today WIND-project received in Grapzow the Vice-energy minister of South Africa and the Moroccan Secretary of State of the Ministry of Energy accompanied by representatives of the transmission network operator 50 Hertz. Guests were informed about the state of the art of the existing wind turbines and a rise of a wind turbine was possible. In addition, the guests were able to get an overview of the existing energy storage site and they discussed with the project engineers about future goals and necessities of energy storage as well as renewable mobility. As a suitable example for future regenerative mobility, WIND-project provided the Hyundai ix 35 Fuel Cell to drive the guests from the energy storage site to the wind farm. The visitors were enthusiastic about the technology of the fuel cell vehicle and consider it urgently necessary to push the path of alternative mobility towards conventional combustion engines.

13 th International Conference for alternative mobility with attendant rally

On 12 th and 13 th of September 2016 the Solarzentrum Mecklenburg-Vorpommern organized the 13 th International Conference for alternative mobility in Wietow. At the conference current funding measures from the German federal for the market ramp of electric mobility were discussed, as well as a review of 30 years of electromobility. Furthermore presentations about alternative drive technologies were held, for example the use of fuel cell drive systems in connection to wind energy by specific examples. On 13.09.2016 the traditional e-mobile rally from Wietow to Schwerin to the federal state parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and to the Pfaffenteich took place. WIND-projekt participated at the rally with the hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicle Hyundai ix 35 Fuel Cell. In front of the federal state parliament the technology of the vehicles, the current stage of development and the associated infrastructure were explained to the deputies of the parliament. Afterwards the vehicles moved towards Pfaffenteich, where they were presented to the population of Schwerin. During interesting conversations with numerous people it was recognized that a change in thinking in the minds of people already has begun and an interest exist in alternative drive systems, such as the purely electric drive and run on hydrogen fuel cells.

Groundbreaking ceremony for the TOTAL multi-energy station in Rostock

WIND-projekt presents the Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell at the permanent exhibition “resource chamber earth” at the state center for renewable energy Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

The regional centre for renewable energies opened ceremonially on this day the permanent exhibition “Resources chamber earth”. Around 170 guests from politics and industry, including the Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Erwin Sellering, met in this regard at the centre. The exhibition, covers an area of approximately 170 square meters, provides visitors with scientific, informative and historical knowledge about renewable energy sources. Also WIND-projekt contributes by a booth presence in the context of the permanent exhibition for better acceptance and tolerance of renewable energies. As a perfect accompaniment for the opening ceremony WIND-projekt presented the fuel cell vehicle Hyundai ix 35 Fuel Cell. In extensive conversations the technology of the vehicle was imparted and the terms to renewable energies were explained. The guests were very positive that the hydrogen mobility also is gaining in importance in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and therefore the emissions of pollutants can be reduced.

WIND-projekt provides test drives with the Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell at the 22nd energy symposium at the university of applied sciences Stralsund

As part of this year’s energy symposium of the university of applied sciences Stralsund, that lasted for three days from 05.11.15 to 07.11.15, the hydrogen mobility was an issue amongst other things. The educational institution was able to win hydrogen vehicles from different manufacturers for the event to allow test drives for the participants. WIND-projekt supported the symposium by providing their own fuel cell vehicle Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell. The participants used extensively the opportunity to come into contact with the new drive system. Technical questions about the Hyundai were answered in detail by the employee. The great interest in the technology and the development of hydrogen infrastructure has shown that a change in thinking has already taken place in terms of mobility in the minds of participants.

WIND-projekt im aktuellen Hyundai Kundenmagazin

WIND-projekt presents the Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell at HUSUM Wind 2015

From September 15th to 18th, 2015 the well-known fair of the wind energy industry “HUSUM Wind” took place in Husum at the North Sea coast. 651 exhibitors from 25 countries, 20.000 trade visitors and industry representatives came to the fair halls and exchanged intensively about innovations in the sector and about new projects. WIND-projekt presented itself with an outdoor booth. The fair visitors could learn information about current projects of WIND-projekt and the Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell and carry out tests with the fuel cell vehicle. The journey to the fair took place with a stopover in Hamburg to refuel sufficient hydrogen for the organizing tests at the fair. First technical problems occurred with the starter battery of the fuel cell vehicle. The Hyundai could not be restarted after the engine was stopped, despite a long drive. Thanks to quick and professional action by the service team of Hyundai the defective battery was replaced on site at the exhibition center and therefore the problems were fixed. As an innovation WIND-projekt presented a converted camper by the German manufacturer MORELO Reisemobile GmbH, which enables autonomous power supply on the basis of renewable energy due to a fuel cell and photovoltaic system. The fuel cell system was implemented in cooperation with the company balticFuelCells from Schwerin.

WIND-projekt participates at the solar rally on the edge of the climate conference “Not yet at the limit – energy efficiency and electromobility in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern“with the Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell

In cooperation with the Solarinitiative MV e.V. the Ministry of Energy, Infrastructure and Regional Development invited to a climate conference in Wismar and Wietow. The focus of the conference were the issues of energy efficiency and electromobility in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Numerous representatives of municipalities, companies, organizations and associations discussed about fundamental considerations for climate protection and energy policy. In following specific thematic blocks to energy efficiency and electromobility, they dedicated what has been achieved, the potentials and the targets in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. WIND-projekt used the opportunity to present the Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell to the participants and guests of the conference. The hydrogen-powered vehicle represented a special feature among the present purely battery-powered vehicles of various manufacturers. Numerous discussions about the technology of the vehicle and the hydrogen mobility were performed. A highlight of the event was a solar rally on 08.09.2015 in which many electric vehicles, as well as the Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell participated. The vehicles started from the Solarzentrum Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Wietow. The destination was the city of Schwerin to bring the electric- and hydrogen mobility closer to the inhabitants of Schwerin. On site a number of local residents used the opportunity to get information about the vehicles. Even Mrs Ulbrich (Secretary of State for Energy, Infrastructure and Regional Development) welcomed the rally participants. In personal conversations, she received an insight into the technology of the vehicles. The large interest has shown that the population is open for the electromobility and there has been a rethinking in the minds of the society.

From the left: Mr. Roland Reichel (Bundesverband Solare Mobilität), Mrs. Ina-Maria-Ulbrich (State Secretary for Energy, Infrastructure and Regional Development), Mrs. Dr. Brigitte Schmidt (Solarzentrum Wietow)

The Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell is testing in the trade press

Employees use the Hyundai ix 35 Fuel Cell for business trips

The Hyundai ix 35 Fuel Cell makes a great stir at events in Schwerin

WIND-projekt presents the Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell at the 4th conference “Wind & Maritim” in Rostock

Mayor of the Hanseatic town of Rostock, Roland Methling, takes a test drive with the Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell

Solemn handover of the key for the first registered hydrogen car in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

First refueling of the Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell with hydrogen from WIND-projekt employees in Hamburg

Two employees of WIND-projekt set out to Hamburg today to carry out the first refueling of the car with hydrogen themselves at the hydrogen gas station HafenCity. The employees had been instructed already one week before by the gas station operator. The refueling passed without any complications, so that the 700bar tank was filled with about 5.6 kg hydrogen in 4 minutes. With this filling the car has enough fuel for the next 600 km. WIND-projekt is currently working on possibilities for hydrogen refueling in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

First handover of a Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern to WIND-projekt by the Autohaus Brandt