Hamburg backs Moorburg green hydrogen project
Feasibility study by state government supports deployment of up to 500MW of electrolysis capacity at site of retired coal-fired power plant
Hamburg’s state government is backing to proposals to develop a green hydrogen production plant at the site of the decommissioned Moorburg coal-fired power station in northern Germany, following completion of a feasibility study. A joint venture between Shell, Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Swedish utility Vattenfall and municipal heating company Warme Hamburg plans to install a 100MW electrolyser at the Moorburg site on the river Elbe as the centrepiece of a Hamburg Green Hydrogen Hub. The partners must still make FID on the project, Shell confirms to Hydrogen Economist. The deployment of electrolyser capacity of up to 500MW at the site is economically and technically feasible, accord
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