Siemens commissions one of the biggest green hydrogen production plants in Germany

A greenish hydrogen procreation works described arsenic 1 of the largest successful Germany is open, with concern elephantine Siemens saying it volition nutrient 1,350 tons of hydrogen each year.

In a connection Wednesday, Siemens said the installation would usage upwind and star powerfulness from the Wunsiedel Energy Park successful Upper Franconia.

The hydrogen volition beryllium produced utilizing an 8.75 megawatt electrolyzer. Siemens said the hydrogen would beryllium chiefly utilized "in the region's concern and commercialized enterprises, but besides successful roadworthy transport."

Following its commissioning, Siemens said a handover of the works to WUN H2, its operator, had taken place. Siemens Financial Services has a 45% involvement successful WUN H2. Riessner Gase and Stadtwerke Wunsiedel, a utility, person stakes of 45% and 10%, respectively.

"Talks regarding the enlargement of the plant's capableness to 17.5 megawatts are already underway," Siemens said.

Described by the International Energy Agency arsenic a "versatile vigor carrier," hydrogen has a divers scope of applications and tin beryllium deployed successful a wide scope of industries.

It tin beryllium produced successful a fig of ways. One method includes utilizing electrolysis, with an electrical existent splitting h2o into oxygen and hydrogen.

If the energy utilized successful this process comes from a renewable root specified arsenic upwind oregon star past immoderate telephone it "green" oregon "renewable" hydrogen. Today, the immense bulk of hydrogen procreation is based connected fossil fuels.

Siemens' announcement came connected the aforesaid time that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expressed enactment for hydrogen during her State of the Union address.

In remarks translated connected the Commission's website, von der Leyen said "hydrogen tin beryllium a crippled changer for Europe. We request to determination our hydrogen system from niche to scale."

In her speech, von der Leyen besides referred to a "2030 people to nutrient 10 cardinal tons of renewable hydrogen successful the EU, each year."

"To execute this, we indispensable make a marketplace shaper for hydrogen, successful bid to span the concern spread and link aboriginal proviso and demand," she said.

To this end, the EU's von der Leyen besides announced the instauration of a European Hydrogen Bank. It is hoped this volition beryllium capable to put 3 cardinal euros ($2.99 billion) to enactment the aboriginal marketplace for hydrogen.

Over the past fewer years, a fig of multinational firms person attempted to laic down a marker successful the greenish hydrogen sector. Within Germany itself, lipid and state elephantine Shell past twelvemonth announced that a 10 MW electrolyzer had started operations.

In July 2022, it was announced that plans to physique a large hydrogen works successful the Netherlands would spell up pursuing a last concern determination by subsidiaries of Shell.

In a connection astatine the time, Shell said the Holland Hydrogen I installation would beryllium "Europe's largest renewable hydrogen plant" erstwhile operations commencement successful 2025.

According to the firm, the 200 MW electrolyzer volition beryllium located successful the Port of Rotterdam, Europe's largest seaport, generating arsenic overmuch arsenic 60,000 kilograms of renewable hydrogen each day.

In June of this year, different lipid and state supermajor, BP, said it had agreed to take a 40.5% equity involvement successful the Asian Renewable Energy Hub, a immense task planned for Australia.

BP said it would go the relation of the development, adding that it had "the imaginable to beryllium 1 of the largest renewables and greenish hydrogen hubs successful the world."