Siemens Gamesa is in the final stages of developing a pilot in Denmark to produce green hydrogen directly from wind.
The scheme, near Siemens Gamesa’s Danish headquarters in Brande, will be up and running by January 2021, the turbine maker said.
It will serve as a testbed for making “large-scale, cost-efficient” hydrogen production.
The pilot includes a 3MW Siemens Gamesa wind turbine owned by local partner Uhre Windpower that will produce clean electricity to power a 400kW electrolyser.
The project is close to obtaining final permits and test runs are planned for December 2020 with hydrogen production starting soon after.
In the project, the wind-generated electricity will be produced in “island mode”, so it will not be connected to the grid but will feed into an electrolyser.
Siemens Gamesa has partnered with Everfuel to distribute the project’s 100% green hydrogen output for refuelling taxis across Denmark.
When fully operational, the single turbine will produce enough hydrogen to fuel around 50-70 taxis each day.
Siemens Gamesa chief Andreas Nauen (pictured, right) said: “Green hydrogen has the potential to be a game changer in the quest to decarbonize the power supply and solve the climate crisis.
“Our wind turbines are already making a huge contribution to this effort by providing clean electricity to the grid but, with the storage potential of hydrogen, we can start addressing other key industries.
“This is an exciting project and I’m proud that the ingenuity and commitment of our people is enabling Siemens Gamesa to take the lead. This is the future.”