Siemens Gamesa’s First Green Hydrogen is Delivered to Zero Emission Vehicles

Without the production of green hydrogen on an industrial scale, the world will not achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, and the earth’s temperature will continue to rise. Green hydrogen, derived from low-cost, competitive wind power, is a 100 percent sustainable and versatile fuel that can be stored and transported for use on demand. It represents a massive opportunity for the green energy transition by driving the transformation of the energy system: green hydrogen can be produced anywhere and used in sectors that are very difficult to decarbonize, such as aviation and shipping, as well as heavy industries, such as iron and steel, chemicals, and glass. Hydrogen made from wind can be used to cut emissions from industries that are struggling to limit their impact on the climate.

Green hydrogen is a game changer in the quest to decarbonize the power supply and solve the climate crisis. Siemens Gamesa’s hydrogen-producing wind turbine is an example of an innovative project that will help shape the emerging clean-fuel market and accelerate the green energy transition. Siemens Gamesa has reached yet another milestone by supplying 100 percent green hydrogen to the consumers.

Brande Hydrogen Test Site as Use Case for Large-scale Production

Earlier this summer, the Danish authorities granted Siemens Gamesa’s Brande Hydrogen test site status as official regulatory test zone, allowing activities here to operate outside the existing electricity regulations and enabling research into how to develop an island-mode capable system of offshore hydrogen production at turbine level.

The pilot project celebrates a new milestone, producing its first green hydrogen as part of the testing and commissioning phase. Project partner Everfuel is distributing this to hydrogen stations in Denmark, enabling a growing number of zero-emission vehicles, such as fuel cell taxis, to operate on a 100 percent green fuel supply. Siemens Gamesa is also using the Brande Hydrogen site to explore whether integrating new battery technology as an upgrade to the co-located turbine and electrolyzer can contribute to grid stability and help address issues around the variability of wind.

The battery, turbine and electrolyzer setup has the potential to enable the production of industrial-scale volumes of green hydrogen in the near term. Innovations and learnings from the Brande Hydrogen test site will be shared with partners to build use cases for larger-scale green hydrogen production.