Green hydrogen deliveries at Esbjerg to begin 2023

European Energy will be supplying the port with green hydrogen produced at its wind farm in Måde near Esbjerg. The fuel will be used to generate fossil free power to vessels at port reducing emissions and air pollution. 

“There is an increasing demand for renewable based energy from vessels calling our port,” said chief executive, Dennis Jul Pedersen, Port Esbjerg. 

“This green hydrogen fuel cell technology will add an important capacity to our onshore power supply grid. Furthermore, this is a mobile unit enabling us to deploy the unit in any port section where needed,” he added. 

When producing green hydrogen, a large of amount of heat is generated. Instead of letting this go to waste, the excess heat will used by the local district heating network in Esbjerg.

“This project demonstrates sector coupling in practice and will give us invaluable knowledge of the day-to-day operations of a Power to X (PtX) facility,” explained René Alcaraz Frederiksen, head of project economics & optimization, Power to X.

Esbjerg Municipality recently approved the building of the new PtX-facility in Måde near Esbjerg. The power used to fuel the electrolysis process in the PtX-facility will primarily be from two test wind turbines in Esbjerg set up by European Energy.