According to CNBC, the operations at Holland Hydrogen I plant should begin sometime in 2025, and the 200-megawatt electrolyzer will be located in the Port of Rotterdam, generating some 60 tons of green hydrogen per day.
Hydrogen is a type of energy source that can be used in many operations, including as fuel for cars, buses and even planes.
Although it can be obtained in a few ways, only one is considered green, this being through the process of electrolysis, which implies that electricity is being driven in the water so that it can be split into hydrogen and oxygen.
Of course, if the power required for the process comes from renewables, such as wind or solar power, then it is truly sustainable and environmentally-friendly.
Shell officials said the electrolyzer will get its power from the Hollandse Kust offshore wind farm, which should produce some 759 MW of power from 2023.
The company added that renewable hydrogen should replace grey hydrogen, which is produced with the use of fossil fuels.
"This will partially decarbonise the facility’s production of energy products like petrol and diesel and jet fuel", officials stated.
Anna Mascolo, executive vice president for emerging energy solutions at Shell, said that green hydrogen "will play a pivotal role in the energy system of the future and this project is an important step in helping hydrogen fulfil that potential."
Shell, who's still one of the most important oil and gas companies in the world, plans to get climate neutral by 2050.
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