Eneco plans green hydrogen plant in Rotterdam port area

Eneco Energy

20/11/2023 08:02

AMSTERDAM, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Dutch energy company Eneco
plans to build a hydrogen plant in the Rotterdam port area to
run solely on renewable energy, it said on Monday.
    Eneco said it has filed its planning application for the
electrolyser, a hydrogen plant that splits water into hydrogen
and oxygen using electricity.
    Current hydrogen plants run on natural gas, emitting large
quantities of CO2. 
    Emission-free green hydrogen is seen as an important part of
the energy transition and the Dutch government has said it aims
to increase production of it in the Netherlands to 4 gigawatts 
by 2030.
    Construction of the new plant is expected to start in 2026,
Eneco said, and it is expected to be operational in 2029.
    The electrolyser would ultimately have capacity of 800
megawatts (MW), using renewable energy from solar parks and wind
farms to produce its hydrogen.


    

 (Reporting by Bart Meijer
Editing by David Goodman)
 ((Bart.Meijer@thomsonreuters.com;))