Dutch firms Akzo Nobel and Gasunie New Energy have collaborated to set up a green hydrogen-production installation to convert water into hydrogen, using renewable energy.
The planned green hydrogen-production installation will include a 20MW water electrolysis unit, which will be built for Delfzijl in the Netherlands.
The electrolysis unit will use electricity from wind and solar power to produce 3,000t hydrogen annually, which is enough to operate 300 hydrogen buses.
The companies noted that a final decision on the project is expected to be taken next year.
The planned facility is claimed to be an important step towards scaling up the electrolysis technology, as the largest planned electrolysis unit so far in the country has a capacity of 1MW.
The project is expected to contribute to the Netherlands’ CO2 reduction targets and energy transition.
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By GlobalDataGasunie Executive Board member Ulco Vermeulen said: “Achieving the Netherlands’ CO2 reduction targets and the corresponding transition in the energy system will be a huge challenge. This requires not only vision, but also immediate action and concrete collaboration.
“We see ‘power to gas’ not only as a promising technology, but also as one that will be necessary to achieve a fully sustainable energy mix by 2050.
“Hydrogen also plays a crucial role in achieving the emission reduction target set by the Dutch government for 2030, i.e., a reduction of CO2 emissions by 49% compared to 1990.
“To make sure we have enough hydrogen in 2030, we will need to take steps now to validate the technology at different scales.”
With the new facility, the company aims to build installations that convert and store sustainable energy in the form of hydrogen on an even larger scale (from 100MW).
For the project, the companies will complement each other in terms of expertise, which includes gas transport and storage, electrolysis and handling of hydrogen.
AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals Energy director Marcel Galjee said: “Industry is important for the economy, but is also responsible for a large percentage of CO2 emissions. Only with far-reaching change of its industrial activities can the Netherlands achieve the international climate targets. During this transition, new value chains and revenue models can emerge across sectors through collaboration between companies.
“The vast majority of the more than 800,000 tons of hydrogen used by Dutch industry each year is produced using natural gas. Replacing this by sustainably produced hydrogen will reduce CO2 emissions by seven million tons. However, the real potential is in large-scale production as the basis for green chemistry.”
