The Hamburg Green Hydrogen Hub (HGHH) project company is building a 100 MW electrolysis plant for green hydrogen at the site of the former Moorburg coal-fired power plant, the Luxcara announced. The HGHH consortium, consisting of Luxcara and Hamburger Energiewerke, has commissioned Siemens Energy to supply and install the electrolyzer units. The company will supply six units of its latest electrolyzer model, which together form the 100 MW electrolyzer. Construction work for the electrolyzer is scheduled to begin next year. Commercial operation is scheduled to start in 2027. Around 10,000 tons of green hydrogen will be produced at the HGHH every year. In addition to supplying the electrolyzer units, HGHH and Siemens Energy are entering into a long-term partnership with a ten-year maintenance contract. Both parties have agreed not to disclose the value of the contract.
The stacks – the heart of an electrolyzer – are manufactured in Siemens Energy’s new Gigafactory in Berlin and assembled at their Mühlheim site and at another European partner. The selected electrolyzer is based on proton exchange membrane (PEM) technology, which uses electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen along a membrane. This technology is particularly suitable for operating with a dynamic supply of renewable energy, due to an inherent flexibility in production.
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