IMI is set to provide a PEM electrolyser for a new hydrogen refuelling station at the Port of Klaipėda in Lithuania, to be developed by EPC contractor MT Group. This groundbreaking project will position the Port of Klaipėda as the first in the Baltic region to produce green hydrogen on-site.
MT Group is a leading EPC contractor in critical energy and industrial infrastructure projects across Europe. The company’s expertise extends to the development, engineering, and construction of renewable energy, hydrogen, and carbon capture facilities, positioning MT Group at the forefront of sustainable engineering. The company is also a founding partner in one of the largest renewable energy undertakings in the world – Green Energy Park Global, which will produce some of the most cost competitive Green Hydrogen at the gigawatts scale, servicing the decarbonization needs of the hard to abate sectors, including transport and power across Europe and elsewhere around the world.
The IMI VIVO electrolyser will enable the port, which is the second largest EU port by tonnage in the Baltic1, to produce 500kg of green hydrogen on-site per day. This is equivalent to 127 tons per year while using an electrical input of 3 MW, drawn from sustainable sources. On-site production helps to reduce the need for transportation and storage of hydrogen, while also reducing associated emissions.
With the European Green Deal requiring ports to achieve a 90% reduction in transport emissions by 20502, operators are under pressure to make advances towards greener solutions. The hydrogen produced by the electrolyser will be used to fuel vessels as well as shore-side equipment.
IMI’s VIVO Electrolyser offers full customisation in size, capacity, and configuration, ranging from 100kW to 5MW, with potential for further expansion to 20MW through a modular configuration. As a result, the solution specified by IMI was able to meet the exact requirements of the brief set out for this project. The customisation offerings were attractive to both the Lithuanian EPC contractor MT Group and the Klaipėda State Seaport Authority, which selected IMI as the preferred choice for this project partly due to the flexible nature of the product.
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