Green hydrogen developer Lhyfe has announced plans to build a 200MW plant at the Delfzijl chemicals cluster in the Netherlands’ Groningen province.

The plant will have a production capacity of more than 20,000t/yr of green hydrogen, displacing 2.2mn t of CO₂ within ten years, the company says.

“Delfzijl is an ideal location for renewable green hydrogen production as it has direct access to renewable energies from its offshore wind power plants, which are situated off the coast,” says Luc Grare, head of central and eastern Europe at Lhyfe. He adds that the firm will support Groningen’s ambition to become a leading hydrogen valley in northwestern Europe.

“Renewable green hydrogen as an energy carrier will support the transport of offshore generated energy through the country, helping to ease an already congested electricity grid. As such, Lhyfe’s Delfzijl plant will be able to supply green hydrogen throughout the Netherlands, as well as to potential offtakers in Germany and other bordering countries.”

The firm has secured land and renewable energy connections for the site, although it has yet to obtain an operation licence or building permission. Lhyfe aims to commission the project by 2026.

The company is targeting a total installed capacity of 3GW by 2030, and its commercial pipeline equates to a total production capacity of 9.8GW by that year.

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Author: Polly Martin