(Oslo / Hamburg) – Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser AS, a subsidiary of Nel ASA, wants to create a FEED study (Front End Engineering and Design) for two 2 megawatt electrolysis plants in Germany for the Hamburg-based HH60E AG. According to the information, the companies want to conclude the contract for the delivery of the systems in the first half of 2023. HH2E puts the order volume at “more than 30 million euros”.
According to the company, the location for the first project is Lubmin in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on the German Baltic Sea coast. The electricity used to produce green hydrogen comes from additional offshore and onshore systems. The plant is expected to have a production capacity of around 2025 tons (over 6.000 megawatt hours) of green hydrogen per year by 200.000. Construction will begin this year.
In a second expansion stage, the capacity could be increased to over one gigawatt, "which would produce more than 60.000 tons of green hydrogen per year and avoid more than 800.000 tons of direct CO2 emissions per year," explained HH2E. Its commissioning is scheduled for 2030.
Signing during Habeck's visit to Herøya
The signing of the FEED study and letter of intent took place on the same day that German Economics Minister Robert Habeck, Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Terje Lien Aasland, and Minister of Industry and Trade, Jan Christian Vestre, opened the plant from Nel in Heroya, Norway, where the electrolyzers for this project are manufactured.
According to Nel, the two 60-megawatt electrolyzers are among the largest plants announced to date for producing green hydrogen in Europe. “Both can be significantly expanded,” the company said. The hydrogen is used for industrial applications, transport and heat supply. Overall, HH2E aims to build an electrolyzer capacity of four gigawatts in Germany by 2030.
40 MW electrolyser for Statkraft
Shortly before, Nel and the Norwegian state energy supplier Statkraft had signed a contract for the supply of electrolysers with an output of 40 megawatts. These are also made in Herøya.
They want to help “make Norway a leading producer of renewable hydrogen and build an ecosystem of electrolysers and equipment suppliers,” said Håkon Volldal, CEO of Nel, and Christian Rynning-Tønnesen, CEO of Statkraft.
According to its own assessment, Statkraft is “Europe’s largest provider of renewable energy”. The systems are based primarily on hydropower. The company wants to expand its installed renewable energy capacity to four gigawatts. An output of two gigawatts is initially planned by 2030, including onshore and offshore wind turbines.
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Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Terje Lien Aasland, at the opening of Nel's new electrolyzer factory in Herøya. © NEL Hydrogen
