Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Sweden’s Vattenfall and Germany’s Warme Hamburg have partnered with Shell to jointly launch a hydrogen project in Hamburg, media reports said. It is reported that the joint venture will see the production of hydrogen from clean energies such as wind and solar power at the Hamburg-Moorburg power plant site.
The four companies have signed an agreement for the new development. The site is planned to be transformed into a so-called green energy hub, in addition to the establishment of a scalable electrolyser with an initial output of 100MW. Furthermore, the site’s existing infrastructure will also be inspected to carry out developments such as the production of energy from green energies.
It is reported that the location for the project is considered ideal for the new development as it is connected to the national transmission network and the Hamburg’s 110,000-volt network.
Fabian Ziegler, CEO of Shell in Germany, told the media “In the future, green hydrogen will play a very important role in the energy system and therefore also for us. We keep an eye on the development of the entire value chain for hydrogen; from the entry into electricity production from offshore wind to the expansion of capacities for green hydrogen production as well as to the supply for mobility or transport applications and other industries. To achieve this, we need to and we want to collaborate with strong partners. We consider this project of the consortium of four together with the city of Hamburg to be exemplary.”