(Columbus, USA / Guadalajara, Spain) – U.S. engine maker Cummins Inc. plans to begin building a proton exchange membrane electrolyzer (PEM) plant in Spain “soon.” Cummins had already announced the project last year, without initially giving any details. 
At the beginning of this year, the company acquired a plot of land measuring more than 50.000 square meters in the industrial area of Guadalajara in the Castile-La Mancha region, where the factory is now being built. Construction is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2023.
Initially, around 150 jobs would be created there. If production increases, the number could grow to 200. System assembly and testing will be housed on more than 20.000 square meters. The production capacity is 500 megawatts per year and is scalable to one gigawatt.
Production of electrolyzers in the USA
The company also announced the start of production in Fridley, Minnesota. According to the information, the annual production capacity is also initially 500 megawatts and can be scaled up to one gigawatt. For this purpose, 89.000 square meters of the existing factory will be used, initially to produce the proton exchange membrane electrolysers “HyLYZER-500” and “HyLYZER-5000”. This product range covers power requirements from 1,25 to over 200 megawatts for small and large hydrogen production projects.
In addition, the company had already announced the expansion of PEM electrolyser production capacity to one gigawatt at its Belgian factory in Oevel and expanded its location in Mississauga, Canada. Cummins is also building a new electrolyzer factory in China with a production capacity of 500 megawatts.
“The growing hydrogen economy is an attractive environment for Cummins to expand its global electrolyzer manufacturing base,” said Amy Davis, vice president and president of new power at Cummins.
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Cummins' engine factory in Jamestown, New York. © Cummins Inc.
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Design of Cummins' new electrolyzer manufacturing facility in Spain. © Cummins Inc.
