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The first electrolysers have arrived at Air Liquide’s 200MW Elygator green hydrogen project in the Port of Rotterdam, as the industrial gas major plans to bring the plant online by 2027.
The PEM electrolysers, manufactured under a joint venture between the French gas major and technology firm Siemens Energy, will produce 23,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year.
Hydrogen produced by Elygator will be supplied to oil and gas major TotalEnergies’ Antwerp refinery through Air Liquide’s existing hydrogen pipelines. It will displace some of the grey hydrogen used at the site.
In a statement on LinkedIn, the industrial gas firm said the first delivery confirmed the on-site momentum of the flagship project.
Located in Maasvlakte and supported by around €340m ($400m) in Dutch subsidies, it is among the first built in collaboration with TotalEnergies for replacing grey hydrogen in refinery operations.
The a new 50/50 JV to develop a second 250MW plant in Zeeland which could produce up to 30,000 tonnes per year by 2029.
Air Liquide’s 200MW Normand’Hy project in Normandy, France, will also supply TotalEnergies’ refining operations.
The update comes shortly after Shell’s 200MW project in the port, expected for operation by late 2026, was .
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