bp and Ørsted Announce “Green” Hydrogen Project

What:

BP, the company associated with petroleum, and Ørsted, a company that builds and operates things like wind farms and bioenergy plants, have announced a letter of intent that will have the development of industrial-scale production of green hydrogen.

Lingen refinery to get a wind-power electrolysis system. (Image: bp)

They’ll build a 50-MW electrolyser and associated infrastructure at the bp Lingen Refinery in Germany. The electrolyser—which splits water into hydrogen and oxygen—will be powered by renewable energy an Ørsted windfarm in the North Sea.

The output will be approximately 9,000 tonnes of hydrogen per year.

Quote:

“Hydrogen will have an increasing role to play in meeting the energy demands of a decarbonizing world,” said Dev Sanyal, bp executive vice president for gas and low carbon.

Context:

Although the hydrogen generated in this project will be used to operate the refinery (which is in some ways ironic), clearly if bp can scale the green electrolysis this could lead to a greater use of what many people in the auto industry thinks will be the end game for propulsion systems: Hydrogen.