Siemens Energy has secured an order from European Energy for the delivery of an 50MW electrolyser plant for a large-scale commercial e-methanol production facility.
The Danish developer and operator of green energy projects creating the “worlds first” large-scale commercial e-Methanol production facility with the hydrogen being provided by a 50MW electrolyzer plant by Siemens Energy.
The plant will be built in Kasso, located west of Aabenraa in the South of Denmark, near the German border.
A nearby 300MW solar park of Kassø, developed by European Energy, will supply the project with renewable electricity needed to produce cost-effective e-fuel.
End users of the e-methanol will be the shipping company Maersk and the fuel retailer Circle K among others.
The project secures the e-Methanol supply for Maersk`s first e-Methanol driven container vessel, and thus demarks the starting point into CO2-neutral shipping in large-scale.
Start of commercial methanol production is planned for second half of 2023.
Siemens Energy will design, supply and commission the electrolysis system consisting of three full arrays of its latest and most powerful line of PEM (proton exchange membrane) electrolysis products.
This will include transformers, rectifiers, distributed control system (DCS) plus the equipment to produce demineralized water.
European Energy is the owner of the project and will be responsible for the engineering, procurement and construction, as well as for the operation of the facility.
Siemens Energy senior vice president of the new energy business Stefano Innocenzi said: “Climate change requires urgent action.
“Together with our partner European Energy we are taking over a first mover’s role in decarbonizing the marine industry.
“With this project we will bring e-Methanol to market at scale.
“E-Methanol or derived e-Fuels are predestined for long-distance ship and road transportation as well as for aviation.
“The project will be proof of the successful commercialization and scaling of our PEM technology.”
European Energy chief executive Knud Erik Andersen said: “We are pleased to place this important order of what is believed to be the first large-scale commercial Power-to-X-project of its kind in the world.
“This is a crucial moment in the green transition as we move forward with the decarbonization of hard-to-abate sectors such as the shipping industry, and we trust that Siemens Energy outstanding know-how of electrolyzers will become a strong foundation to expand our business of delivering sustainable fuels to the world.”