A European group that produces and supplies hydrogen has partnered with a UK-based renewable energy developer to sign a contract to build commercial-scale green and renewable hydrogen production units in the UK and Ireland.
On January 22, Source Galileo, a London-based company known for developing large-scale offshore wind projects, energy storage and solar power facilities, signed a memorandum of understanding with Ireland’s Life, a major European hydrogen producer and supplier. It was announced that the agreement had been concluded. The companies said Monday they want to build hydrogen production facilities powered by renewable energy to support both countries’ net-zero carbon goals.
Officials from Life and Source Galileo said the two companies “want to combine their expertise in producing and delivering” hydrogen to several industries, including transportation, as part of decarbonization efforts. They said they already have plans for several commercial-scale green hydrogen production units in the UK.
“We believe that the development of a hydrogen economy alongside electricity is critical to the energy transition. Both the UK and Ireland have hydrogen strategies,” said Kevin Lynch, CEO of Source Galileo. Ta. “The UK has committed to deploying 50GW of offshore wind by 2030, and Ireland is expected to develop at least 20GW of offshore wind by 2040, with an initial target of With 2GW of hydrogen production from offshore wind, Lhyfe is a major step forward in providing an onshore and offshore platform to help realize the Government’s hydrogen targets.”
Hydrogen production target
The UK government has set a low carbon hydrogen production target of 10GW by 2030, and wants at least half of that total to come from green hydrogen. Ireland announced its National Hydrogen Strategy in July 2023. The country said it wanted to develop 2GW of hydrogen production by 2030, using offshore wind farms to supply energy to Ireland.
In 2021, Life commissioned what is believed to be the world’s first industrial-scale green hydrogen production plant powered by wind power. The company is currently building or expanding five of his locations across Europe. The organizations said on Monday that they are also looking for production sites in Ireland, with a focus on “identifying consumers and assessing factors such as grid availability, power supply, land accessibility and planning requirements.” He said that he has put
The companies said the partnership is designed to support “economies of scale.” [that] It can meet growing demand from companies looking to accelerate the deployment of green hydrogen and reduce dependence on natural gas and other fossil fuels. Officials said production will initially be powered by onshore renewable energy facilities, but in the future it could also be powered by offshore wind farms off the coasts of Ireland and the United Kingdom. It’s planned.
Offshore wind power could support production
Source Galileo currently has a pipeline of approximately 10GW of offshore wind and hydrogen projects under development in the UK, Ireland and Norway. The company also develops battery energy storage and solar power projects.
“At Lhyfe, we aim to decarbonize difficult sectors, especially industrial processes, through the use of green hydrogen,” said Sterling Havits, Hydrogen Business Development Director at Source Galileo. “The role of hydrogen as an energy carrier is crucial in overcoming new constraints in the current power grid and ensuring a complementary and additional supply of clean energy to industry beyond the current capacity of the grid. It will be.”
Taia Kronborg, chief business officer at Lhyfe, said: At Lhyfe, we are working rapidly to decarbonise our communities and unlock the extraordinary potential of renewable energy across the UK and Ireland. Green hydrogen is one of the key solutions to achieving net zero, and the good news is that it can be deployed today, boosting local economies while improving national energy security. ”
—Darrell Proctor I am a senior associate editor at POWER (@Power Magazine).