Supermajor Shell has made the final decision to build a 200-megawatt electrolyser for a hydrogen plant In Holland, in the Netherlands.
The company announced the first trip to the development on Wednesday, predicting it will have “Europe’s largest new hydrogen industry by default in 2025”.
“The 200 MW electrolyser will be built at the Tweede Maasvlakte in the port of Rotterdam and will produce 60,000 kilograms of new hydrogen per day,” he said.
Shell knew the new power for the electrolyser would come from the Hollandse Kust (Noord) wind farm, which is part of the company.
Gray to green
Hydrogen can be recycled at Holland Hydrogen I, to supply the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park in Rotterdam, via the HyTransPort 1 pipeline.
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The process of green hydrogen – where electrolysis is used by new energy to separate water molecules into oxygen and hydrogen, creating a non -emitting fuel – is thought to change the other. of gray hydrogen uses in the refinery, the company added.
Gray hydrogen is used from fossil fuels with no reduction in emissions and is different from blue hydrogen, which is made from natural gas but with carbon dioxide captured and stored.
“This will reduce the production of energy products such as petrol and diesel and jet fuel,” Shell said.
HyTransPort pipeline 1 is a new hydrogen pipeline through the port of Rotterdam, which will be part of the Netherlands ’hydrogen industry.
Shell noted that with the growth of the filling industry, “the supply of new hydrogen to these materials could be directed to help eliminate commercial road traffic”.
Net-zero goal
Shell’s emerging vice president of energy efficiency Anna Mascolo said Holland Hydrogen I demonstrates the company’s “commitment and commitment to becoming a net-enabled business. zero emissions in 2050 “.
“Renewable hydrogen will play an important role in the energy system of the future and this project plays an important role in helping hydrogen achieve that potential,” Mascolo said.
Shell signed an agreement last year with Australian energy service provider Worley to build the Holland Hydrogen I plant, according to Shown above.
The agreement awarded to Worley in 2021 covers primary engineering services, as well as integration with other assets such as outdoor wind, pipes, electrical appliances and Shell’s Pernis refinery.
Shell is developing a 759 MW wind farm at Hollandse Kust Noord outside the Netherlands through the CrossWind partnership with Eneco, which will come on the river by 2023 and be capable of producing about 3.3 terawatt hours of electricity. every year.
But Shell’s claim that Holland Hydrogen 1 is the largest green H2 project in Europe after completion in 2025 has opened up some controversy, with other companies planned to stand and run. one year.
BP plans to complete a 250MW project in Rotterdam by 2025 that will be used by outside wind to help decarbonize its crude oil there.
Upstream’s sister developer, Recharge, also announced a 500 MW green hydrogen project in the Portuguese port of Sines, led by Denmark’s Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, to be completed in 2025.
The first 500 MW of the 2 GW SHYNE project in northern Spain will be completed that year, while construction will begin next year on the first 500 MW of the 2 GW Project Catalina in the north-east. Spain.
Work is set to begin on the 7.4 GW HyDeal Espana project by the end of 2025, although the magnitude of that power is unclear.