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Bilfinger will deliver steelwork, piping, and component assembly for EWE’s 320MW green hydrogen project in Emden, Germany, ahead of operations beginning in late 2027.
The German engineering firm will prefabricate, assemble, and install key piping and components for the 26,000-tonne-per-year plant, which is being delivered by a consortium of German firms and in December 2025.
EWE said that onboarding Bilfinger brings the plant near enough to realisation to enable negotiations for offtake contracts.
It said it is in close communication with “several companies” for offtake.
Among the largest of its kind in Europe, the plant is backed by the Important Projects of Common European Interest scheme.
It will form part of EWE’s Clean Hydrogen Coastline (CHC) initiative, a large-scale hydrogen infrastructure project focused on the Lower Saxony and Bremen region in Northwest Germany.
However, the plant’s progress comes as the European Commission plans to amend rules for green hydrogen production amid a slow market ramp-up.
In a statement, EWE pushed for the plant’s protection from changes in EU additionality requirements and greenhouse gas quotas.
The bloc’s strict two years earlier than planned following sustained industry pressure to ease complex criteria around power sourcing.
“Investments in projects like ours in Emden must remain economically viable in the future,” said Managing Director of EWE, Tobias Moldenhauer.
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