Eemshydrogen

The project

Eemshydrogen is a hydrogen project by RWE in the North of the Netherlands. The plan is to build an electrolyser for the production of green hydrogen on the Eemshavencentrale site. Green hydrogen is made using sustainable wind or solar energy. We are able to store or transport the green hydrogen produced to end users such as the chemical industry.

Why this project?

Green hydrogen is necessary for a successful energy transition. Eemshydrogen can, for example, supply clean hydrogen to the transport sector. Or to the chemical plants on the industrial site in Delfzijl, which need a lot of hydrogen. The green hydrogen will partly replace the grey hydrogen, thereby helping to reduce industrial carbon emissions.

Our contribution

We are proud leaders in the development of green hydrogen and have the knowledge and possibilities available in house to produce it. A good example is the electrolyser site in Lingen (Germany).

With the Eemshydrogen project, we are contributing to the scaling-up of the production of green hydrogen.

What benefits will it bring?

Unlike solar or wind energy, hydrogen isn’t dependent on the weather. We can store hydrogen and use it when we need it, e.g. even on still and cloudy days. The electrolyser we are going to build for the production of green hydrogen will have a capacity of 50 megawatts. The green hydrogen the electrolyser will soon be producing will be able to save more than 250,000 tonnes of CO₂ across the duration of the project. That is equivalent to the annual CO₂ emissions of thirteen thousand households.