Liquiline chosen as preferred partner
Liquiline and Swiss-based GRZ Technologies, and industry leader in hydrogen infrastructure, has signed a strategic partnership agreement, giving Liquiline the exclusive right to design and deliver state-of-the-art hydrogen solutions from GRZ.
Liquiline partnered up with GRZ. From left: Claudio Ruch, CBO in GRZ, Henrik Steen Pedersen, CCO in GRZ, Knut Førland, Managing Director in Liquiline and Noris Gallandat, CEO in GRZ. Credit: GRZ Technologies
GRZ Technologies was founded in 2017, as a spin-off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. The company’s pioneering technology is the result of several decades of research and development. One of GRZ Technologies’ core competencies is the design and applications of metal hydrides. GRZ use this to manufacture hydrogen-based electricity storage system, hydrogen storage and thermal hydrogen compressors in Switzerland.
GRZ has a clear strategy to collaborate with local qualified partners to be closer to the market. The company is now building a global presence, so the end-users always can find a local GRZ partner that can help them to design and deliver the best state-of-the-art hydrogen solutions. The agreement with Liquiline is part of this strategy.
“We are thrilled to announce that Liquiline is chosen as our Preferred Partner in Norway,” says Henrik Steen Pedersen, CCO of GRZ Technologies. “The partnership with Liquiline opens the Norwegian market for us and creates an opportunity to accelerate the transition to clean energy in Scandinavia. We are aware that most end-users of hydrogen applications are looking for complete turn-key solutions, and this is exactly what Liquiline and their parent company HYDS deliver. Therefore, this partnership is a perfect match for us.”
GRZ take green hydrogen from an electrolyser as an input, stores it and transform it to valuable on-demand electric power. Liquiline and HYDS are key players in the Norwegian hydrogen market, focusing on scalable, locally produced green hydrogen and hydrogen derivatives by using proven turn-key solutions to make hydrogen as a real zero-emission alternative.
“After a close dialogue over the last months, we are incredibly happy to be partnered up with GRZ Technologies. As their Preferred Partner, we get exciting opportunities to introduce their leading and compact on-site technology in the Norwegian market. Especially their products that allows safely and compactly storing of hydrogen at low pressure through metal-hydrides represents a major game changer”, says Knut Førland, Managing Director of Liquiline.
Thor Henrik Hagen, CEO of HYDS and Chair of the Board in Liquline.
“HYDS has explored multiple solutions for hydrogen storage and found GRZ’ modular technology promising for its ability to scale, integration possibilities with other technologies, safety and easy to operate. The partnership with GRZ, through our subsidiary company Liquiline, enables us to use this technology in our hydrogen production facilities and has the potential of strengthen our position as the leading turn-key supplier within local produced green hydrogen in Norway,” says Thor Henrik W. Hagen, CEO of HYDS and Chair of the Board, Liquiline.
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