In an announcement earlier this week the vitality firm, a subsidiary of Spanish utility Iberdrola, mentioned the venture can be positioned close to Glasgow, Scotland.

It is envisaged that the event will use a 20 megawatt (MW) electrolyzer and be powered by a 40 MW photo voltaic farm and a battery storage scheme of fifty MW.

On Monday, ScottishPower mentioned the venture would additionally use wind energy and be capable to produce as a lot as 8 metric tons of inexperienced hydrogen day-after-day. 

If authorities approve the plans, the ability may begin supplying the business market earlier than the 12 months 2023.

Described by the Worldwide Vitality Company as a “versatile vitality service,” hydrogen has a various vary of functions and may be deployed in sectors resembling business and transport.

It may be produced in a variety of methods. One technique contains utilizing electrolysis, with an electrical present splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen. If the electrical energy used within the course of comes from a renewable supply resembling wind or photo voltaic then some name it “inexperienced” or “renewable” hydrogen.

The venture deliberate for Scotland will probably be located close to the U.Ok.’s largest onshore wind farm, the 539 MW, 215 turbine Whitelee facility.

ITM Energy will ship the electrolyzer whereas ScottishPower Renewables will present the wind and solar energy. Industrial fuel firm BOC will deal with the event’s engineering and operations.

Whereas the overwhelming majority of in the present day’s hydrogen era is predicated on fossil fuels, the previous few years have seen a variety of firms develop initiatives centered round inexperienced hydrogen manufacturing.

In March, for instance, it was introduced {that a} main inexperienced hydrogen facility in Germany had began operations. The “WindH2” venture, because it’s recognized, includes German metal big Salzgitter, E.ON subsidiary Avacon and Linde, a agency specializing in engineering and industrial gases.

The identical month additionally noticed Danish vitality firm Orsted define proposals to assemble a large-scale offshore wind farm within the North Sea and hyperlink it to renewable hydrogen manufacturing on the European mainland.

Underneath the plans, Orsted would develop a 2 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind facility and 1 GW of electrolyzer capability.

The corporate claims this could end in “one of many world’s largest renewable hydrogen vegetation to be linked to industrial demand.”