The Port of Rotterdam has joined forces with oil giant BP and industrial chemicals company Nouryon to explore the opportunity of making “green hydrogen” via water electrolysis for BP’s refinery in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
The refinery currently uses hydrogen made from hydrocarbons to desulphurize products. According to the partnership, replacing this entirely with green hydrogen produced from water using renewable energy could potentially result in a reduction of 350,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year based on current circumstances.
The parties have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to study the feasibility of a 250-megawatt water electrolysis facility to produce up to 45,000 tonnes of green hydrogen yearly using renewable energy. It would be the largest of its kind in Europe.
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