Knutepunkt Drammen

Knutepunkt Drammen is connected to the national HyNor/HydrogenRoad-project as a node along this road from Oslo on the east coast of Norway to Stavanger on the west coast. Furthermore, Knutepunkt Drammen is a regional development project for commercial testing of new technology and knowledge-building, with a basis in CO2-neutral production of hydrogen based on organic waste (and renewable energy), as well as distribution and use of hydrogen for mobile and stationary purposes.

As a participant in the HyNor-project, the project will build up a pilot-production process for hydrogen at Lindum Ressurs og Gjenvinning AS, based on landfill gas in a first phase, but later also based on biogas from bioreactors and bio cells. The production process is the so-called IFE/ZEG-process developed by Institutt for Energiteknikk – Kjeller  and Christian Michelsen Institutt/Prototec AS - Bergen.

The climate-neutral hydrogen will be made available for local vehicles at the production site and at the gas-station Statoil Strømsø in the center of Drammen.

A small fleet of vehicles will be built up based on the hybrid Toyota Prius, fitted with a combustion engine rebuilt for hydrogen-fuel at Quantum Technology in California.

Facilities for testing fuel cells and hydrogen applications as well as hydrogen-based knowledge building will be carried out, connected to the new Drammen Kunnskapspark ”Papirbredden” in close co-operation with Buskerud University College.

Local participants in Knutepunkt Drammen are the following companies and institutions:

Lindum Ressurs og Gjenvinning AS, Vardar AS, Drammen kommune, Buskerud fylkeskommune, Rådet for  Drammensregionen, Drammen Taxi, Buskerud University College and Stiftelsen Østfoldforskning.

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