The companies Shell, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Vattenfall and Wärme Hamburg have signed a letter of intent for a project to produce hydrogen from wind and solar energy at Vattenfall's former coal-fired power plant Moorburg in Hamburg. The power plant was decommissioned in December last year. The initial goal is a 100 MW electrolysis plant for the production of brown coal.
The four companies consider the Moorburg power plant area to have ideal conditions for further exploitation. It is connected to both the national 380,000 volt transmission grid and Hamburg's 110,000 volt grid. The area also has a port.
- Vattenfall wants to pave the way for a fossil-free life within one generation, and we have high ambitions to grow in the production of renewable energy. In this project, we can contribute our expertise and experience as well as the unique Moorburg location, which already has the necessary infrastructure for large-scale hydrogen production, says Andreas Regnell, Head of Strategic Development at Vattenfall.
In addition to the construction of a scalable electrolysis plant, which will initially have an output of 100 MW, there are plans for the site to be further developed into a “green energy hub”. This involves an investigation into the extent to which the Moorburg site’s existing infrastructure can be used for energy production from renewable sources.
The parties expect the production of green hydrogen to start during 2025. This will make the electrolysis plant one of the largest in Europe.
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