(Oslo / Sweden) – The Norwegian Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser AS, a subsidiary of Nel ASA, says it has received “the largest order to date for 200 megawatts of alkaline electrolyzers for industrial applications”. 
This project is “a valuable reference for future major orders,” says Håkon Volldal, the new managing director since July 1st, succeeding Jon André Løkke.
The customer from the USA was not named. He developed the project “over several years”. It is funded entirely by private investors and has also received “significant state and local” attention “due to the environmental benefits.” This also led to a 20-year electricity purchase agreement with “local partners”.
The company estimates the order volume to be over 45 million euros. Production of the electrolyzers is scheduled for February 2023 to mid-2024 Heroya planned, where Nel had opened a new factory with a capacity of 500 megawatts a few months ago.
PEM electrolyser for Australia
Just a few days earlier, Nel's subsidiary, Nel Hydrogen US, announced that it had received an order from Viva Energy Australia Pty. Ltd. obtained via an MC500 container PEM electrolyser. Once installed, this will be “the largest electrolyser in Australia” and will provide green hydrogen for a fleet of heavy-duty fuel cell vehicles.
In March, Viva Energy announced plans to create the “first commercial and publicly accessible” Gas station for green hydrogen on the continent. She 
is being built in the immediate vicinity of an oil refinery in the port city of Geelong in the state of Victoria. The system supplied by Nel is a container solution with a production capacity of 1.063 kilograms per day and will supply the filling station with hydrogen directly on site. The order has a volume of around four million euros for Nel. The system is expected to be delivered in the third quarter of 2023.
The oil company sees its customers in industries that cannot be easily decarbonized, such as heavy goods vehicles, local public transport or municipal waste management. The first partners include the Toll Group with two hydrogen-powered tractors and the Comfort DelGro Corporation Australia with two hydrogen buses, as well as Cleanaway with two hydrogen-powered trucks for municipal waste collection in the greater city area and Barwon Water with a fuel cell vehicle for the collection of organic waste.
According to March information, the total cost of the project is 43,3 million Australian dollars (29,2 million euros). Funding comes from the Victorian Government's Renewable Hydrogen Commercialization Pathways Fund and the State Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). The ARENA funding also includes the purchase of 15 fuel cell vehicles.
Viva Energy supplies its products to a network of around 1.350 Shell and Liberty petrol stations across Australia.
Order from Denmark
Around two weeks ago, Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser AS also received an order from the Danish energy supplier Skovgaard Energy Aps to supply an alkaline electrolyzer system. As reported, the order volume is around four million euros, delivery is expected to take place in the third quarter of 3. The system will be used for the production of green ammonia. The aim is to test how the electrolyser works with directly supplied wind and solar power when availability fluctuates.
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MC250 Power Container © Nel ASA
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Håkon Volldal, new Nel managing director since July 1st. © Nel ASA
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Rendering of the “New Energies Service Station”. © ARENA
