thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers will engineer, procure, and fabricate a 200 MW electrolysis plant using the company's 20 MW alkaline water electrolysis modules.

Construction of the electrolysers will likely begin in spring 2022. Shell's final investment decision to build the Holland Hydrogen I facility is expected later in the year, after which the intended start of production will be in 2024.

Green hydrogen will be produced for industry and transport, with electricity coming from the 759 MW Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm (operational in 2023).

It will be possible to transport hydrogen through a 40 km-long pipeline from the new plant to Shell's Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam.

"Net-zero is a number one priority for the plant: reusable construction materials will be applied wherever possible and solar panels will be incorporated in the outside walls of the plant," thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers underlined.

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