Subsidiaries of Shell have taken the final investment decision to build Holland Hydrogen 1, which will be Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant once operational in 2025.
Shell Nederland and Shell Overseas Investments’s 200MW electrolyser will be constructed on the Tweede Maasvlakte in the port of Rotterdam and will produce up to 60,000 kilograms of renewable hydrogen a day.
The renewable power for the electrolyser will be generated by the offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust Noord, which is partly owned by Shell.
The hydrogen produced will supply the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam, by way of the HyTransPort pipeline where it will replace some of the grey hydrogen usage in the refinery.
This will partially decarbonise the facility’s production of energy products like petrol and diesel and jet fuel.
Shell Emerging Energy Solutions executive vice president Anna Mascolo said: “Holland Hydrogen 1 demonstrates how new energy solutions can work together to meet society’s need for cleaner energy.
“It is also another example of Shell’s own efforts and commitment to become a net-zero emissions business by 2050.
“Renewable hydrogen will play a pivotal role in the energy system of the future and this project is an important step in helping hydrogen fulfil that potential.”