H2 View understands, a new agreement between the companies will allow Siemens to expand it electrolyser manufacturing capacity beyond its previously announced plans, to support HIF’s Texan plans, aggregating an expected capacity of approximately 1.8GW.
HIF and Siemens are currently engaged in front-end engineering and design (FEED) for 1.8GW of Silyzer 300 PEM electrolysers to produce green hydrogen for the HIF Matagorda eFuels Facility, which is expected to the ‘first’ world-scale eFuels facility, which could see construction kick off in the early part of 2024.
The green hydrogen will be utilised together with recycled carbon dioxide to produce carbon-neutral eFuels which can be dropped-in to existing engines without any modifications.
On Tuesday (March 7), Barker Hughes and HIF announced an agreement for the development of carbon capture technology to support its eFuels production.
According to HIF, the green hydrogen and eFuels produced at the Matagorda facility will be able to convert approximately half a million cars to carbon-neutral operations by as early as 2027.
“We face a time of incredible expansion in hydrogen production amid global supply chain challenges,” said Cesar Norton, CEO of HIF Global. “The agreement with Siemens Energy allows for electrolyser deliveries which could support the start of construction as early as the first part of 2024 for the HIF Matagorda eFuels Facility.”
Stefano Innocenzi, Senior Vice-President, Sustainable Energy Systems at Siemens Energy, commented, “Hydrogen and Power-to-X applications such as eFuels will plays a key role in the energy transition. To ramp up this new industry, we need many projects, including large-scale one, and investors and offtakers who are willing to make a promise for the future.”
In January (2023), Siemens was announced as one of the partners of a consortium led by Masdar to explore sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production from green hydrogen and methanol.
Read more: Green hydrogen-focused consortium to explore the production of SAF from methanol
Last June (2022), Siemens and Air Liquide set out to establish industrial-scale renewable hydrogen electrolyser production in Europe, with plans to set up a multi-gigawatt factory to produce electrolyser stacks in Berlin, Germany.
Read more: Siemens Energy, Air Liquide plan to ramp up electrolysis capacity with new joint venture
A Successful Ecosystem for Green Hydrogen – London
It is becoming ever clearer that the entire green hydrogen ecosystem requires alignment. Hydrogen’s potential, performance, and safety are proven. Green hydrogen is widely accepted as a core pathway to Net Zero, yet the key levers in the transition are not yet in-sync.
At H2 View we recognise the increasingly challenging economic climate that various countries/economies are currently facing. We want to help as many companies as possible in the hydrogen space to achieve their needs as competitively and logically as possible. As a result, we felt it was a compelling decision to relocate our previously planned event in Iceland, to a venue in London.
Join H2 View in London, one of the foremost investment capitals of the world, for a 1.5-day event devoted to thought leadership, insights, and actionable takeaways in the green hydrogen ecosystem, combined with the connections and networking to deliver against those objectives.
This H2 View hydrogen summit is dedicated to dissecting the ecosystem requirements to truly realise a green hydrogen-fuelled future across industries, transport, and society. This event will tackle all sides of the energy ecosystem, from wind and solar power requirements to additionality, water sustainability, electrolyser technologies, and investment and policy climate.
You can find more information at h2-viewevents.com.