'We're really going to do this'

Green light for solar-powered green hydrogen production in Drenthe

Zonnepark Vloeivelden
Een flink deel van de stroom die niet vanaf het park aan het net kan worden geleverd, kan voor de productie van groene waterstof toch worden benut.

It is planned to produce green hydrogen in Drenthe using solar energy from 2026. Novar and Avitec have finally decided that they will carry out theH2 Hollandia project together. The hydrogen will soon be transported from Nieuw-Buinen by tubular trailers to end users, such as heavy transport filling stations.

The plans forH2 Hollandia are not new, but with their so-called final investment decision, Novar and Avitec are definitely going for it. “We are really going to do this, this project will become a reality,” an explanation of the decision stated. Novar is a developer of green energy systems and Avitec is a contractor with a large fleet of emission-free equipment. Particpation inH2 Hollandia will, among other things, enable the company to further increase sustainability.

Construction to start

The companies say that realising hydrogen projects is no sinecure; it requires long-term commitment from various parties. So now that that is in place, there is also the green light for this particular project. “Now that the investment decision has been taken, all contracts will be signed and construction will start after that. It is expected that in 2026 the first 100 per cent green hydrogen will be produced in Drenthe.”

The parties stress that this production of around 300,000 kilos of green hydrogen per year will be entirely sustainable thanks to the use of solar power. A 5-MW electrolyser will be installed at the 115-MWp solar park Vloeivelden in Nieuw-Buinen in Drenthe. A good portion of the power that cannot be supplied to the grid from the park can still be utilised this way. “The surplus solar energy generated by the solar park is converted into green hydrogen. The connection to the solar park prevents the grid from being burdened by hydrogen production,” the companies said in their announcement.

End-user

H2 Hollandia will produce green hydrogen that will be used to fill tubular trailers on site. These are trucks with high-pressure cylinders in which the hydrogen can be transported.H2 Hollandia’s customer will use these trailers to transport the hydrogen to the end user.Then it will be, for example, filling stations for heavy transport in Groningen and Drenthe in particular.

This article was automatically translated from the Dutch language original to English.

Author: Vincent Krabbendam

Source: MobilityEnergy.com

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