Home of eco-efficient materials and technologies
Ecomat: Center for eco-efficient materials and technologies
- Science and industry collaborate under one roof to push decarbonization of aviation and space industry
- Located in Bremen’s Airport-City, a focal point for European aviation and space technology
- Focus expertise: Cryogenic Liquid Hydrogen
- ECOMAT works closely with ZEDC of Airbus and is part of the Hydrogen Innovation and Technology Center (ITZ Nord)
- Major hydrogen projects (e.g. ECOMAT Hydrogen Campus)
Hydrogen for mobility
Hydrogen knowhow meets R&D and manufacturing capability of all types of mobility: on land, on water and in the air
- Science and industry collaborate under one roof to push decarbonization of aviation and space industry
- Located in Bremen’s Airport-City, a focal point for European aviation and space technology
- Focus expertise: Cryogenic Liquid Hydrogen
- ECOMAT works closely with ZEDC of Airbus and is part of the Hydrogen Innovation and Technology Center (ITZ Nord)
- Major hydrogen projects (e.g. ECOMAT Hydrogen Campus)
Hydrogen in ports and maritime sector
We support the regional and global energy transition for a sustainable future with the following capabilities and initiatives
PtX-production and Hydrogen import gateway
- Import-hub for hydrogen and derivatives
- Local production of green e-fuels
- Enabler for bunkering of hydrogen-based fuels
Specialist maritime technology
- Leading shipbuilding industry
- Dual-fuel propulsion with hydrogen and e-fuels
- Use of hydrogen and e-fuels in port-specific and transport vehicles
Bremerhaven
Test region for mobile hydrogen applications
- Green hydrogen made in Bremerhaven
- Hydrogen lab Bremerhaven
- Testing of autonomous energy systems in a microgrid
- Test centre for mobile hydrogen applications
- Sea-state simulator/test facility in 3-dimensional space
- Vehicle fleet, including truck-mounted sweeper, forklift and buses for local public transport
- Green methanol for research cutter “Uthörn”
- Potential for energy imports via ports
- Multiple hydrogen associations and networks
Hydrogen for bremen’s industrial transformation
Industrial city of bremen to transform from grey to green in multi sector environment
The core – green steel made in Bremen
- a step by step decarbonization of steel production through coal substitution, direct reduced iron and electric arc furnaces
Cross-sectoral approach
- Hydrogen use in heavy industry, logistics and mobility
- Joint transformation process of industrial, scientific and public partners
Infrastructure for transformation
- Large scale electrolysers (up to 300 MW)
- Hydrogen backbone and cavern storage
- High Voltage grid for connecting renewable energies
Hydrogen aeronautics and space
The sky is not the limit
City of Aerospace Bremen is your partner for hydrogen in aeronautics and space. Here, 40 years of hydrogen expertise from the space industry meets aeronautics.
- ZEROe Development Centre by Airbus Bremen and Nantes with ECOMAT
- Reduction of air traffic impact on climate
- ArianeGroup's experience in space and cryo-hydrogen applications
- Comprehensive R&D infrastructure for hydrogen
- Design and construction of entire tanks
- Engineering, testing and certification resources, such as fire test facility and a cryogenic laboratory
- Aviaspace Bremen connects you to the aeronautics and space community