European Energy seeks real-time balancing at Måde hybrid green hydrogen facility

European Energy has tapped trading and asset management firm Twig Energy to help balance operations at its hybrid wind, battery, and green hydrogen facility in Måde, Denmark.

The facility began and uses 16MW of wind energy, 5MW of battery storage, and 8.1MW of electrolysers to produce green hydrogen.

Now under a balancing responsible party agreement, Twig Energy aims to develop an automated system to manage real-time fluctuations between energy production, battery storage, and hydrogen production.

European Energy said the set-up would enable on-site energy to be stored and delivered to the grid, or used for hydrogen production and industrial purposes.

“By integrating hydrogen production, battery storage and renewable generation into one operational setup, we are creating a system that can respond dynamically to market signals and grid conditions,” the energy firm’s Head of Energy Trading & PPA, Gregor McDonald said.

Liyang Han, Senior Energy Markets Expert at Twig, added, “Måde isn’t a typical wind or solar farm – it’s an industrial site producing hydrogen as its main output, with on-site wind and a large battery that shares a single grid connection.”

Han said the project offered “new opportunities for optimisation and grid support.”

This type of operation could help strengthen the use of green hydrogen plants to support grid balancing, where excess renewables can be used to produce hydrogen rather than being wasted.

European Energy company has gone on to construct a 52MW green hydrogen project in Kassø, which was €228m ($263m) in German subsidies to expand to 150MW and connect to the planned Danish-German Hydrogen backbone.

Denmark has been positioned as a strong potential green hydrogen producer due to its high offshore wind capacity, with many of its projects centring on export to Germany rather than domestic use.