(Søborg / Denmark) – The port of Esbjerg will soon be supplied with green hydrogen. The electrolysis plant wants European Energy A/S to be completed in the first half of 2023. As reported, this is then directly connected to local wind turbines in nearby Måde. The hydrogen will be used in fuel cells of mobile systems to generate shore power for the ships in the port in order to reduce their CO2 emissions.
Hydrogen and heat
According to a recent agreement, excess heat from production will be fed into DIN Forsyning's district heating network. The company said this could supply 200 households in the immediate area. “The facility will also provide important insights into how we integrate and operate this type of sector integration,” says Claus A. Nielsen, Business Development Manager at DIN Forsyning.
The location makes it easy for DIN Forsyning to use district heating without requiring large additional resources or investments. “So we don’t have to build anything extra to use the heat. In addition, the heat from production ensures that our district heating water is at the right temperature so that we don’t have to heat additionally.”
It is expected that the facility can be expanded within a few years. It should therefore also provide the industry with insights into how sector coupling can be implemented in practice when larger plants are built, says Rene Alcaraz Frederiksen from European Energy.
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Port of Esbjerg, Denmark. © European Energy A/S
