Name of the Project
Lingen Green Hydrogen project.
Location
Germany.
Project Owner/s
bp and Ørsted have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to work together on the proposed project.
Project Description
bp and Ørsted plan to develop a project for the industrial-scale production of green hydrogen. Green hydrogen made through the electrolysis of water using renewable power, producing zero emissions.
Electrolysis splits water into hydrogen and oxygen. When powered by renewable energy, this produces ‘green’ hydrogen, without generating direct carbon emissions.
Hydrogen is widely used in refinery processes where it is now typically produced by reforming natural gas, which does result in carbon dioxide emission, also known as ‘grey’ hydrogen.
The project includes the construction of an initial 50 MW electrolyser and associated infrastructure at bp’s Lingen refinery, in north-west Germany. This will be powered by renewable energy generated by an Ørsted offshore wind farm, in the North Sea, and the hydrogen produced will be used in the refinery.
The electrolyser project is expected to produce 1 t/h, or almost 9 000 t/y, of green hydrogen. This would be sufficient to replace about 20% of the Lingen refinery’s current grey hydrogen consumption, avoiding about 80 000 t/y of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions – equivalent to the emissions from about 45 000 cars in Germany.
In addition to green hydrogen production, bp and Ørsted intend to focus on maximising the efficiency of the project’s electrolysis system, including assessing sustainable uses for the main by-products of the process, primarily oxygen and low-grade excess heat.
The project is also intended to support a longer-term ambition to build more than 500 MW of renewable-powered electrolysis capacity at Lingen. This could provide green hydrogen to meet all the refinery’s hydrogen demand and provide feedstock for potential future synthetic fuel production.
Potential Job Creation
Not stated.
Capital Expenditure
Not stated.
Planned Start/End Date
The companies anticipate that the project could be operational by 2024.
Latest Developments
Under their LOI, bp and Ørsted will work together to further define the project, agree on definitive documents and make a final investment decision in early 2022, subject to appropriate enabling policies being in place.
Key Contracts, Suppliers and Consultants
None stated.
Contact Details for Project Information
bp Germany press office, tel +49 2344 3663 860 or email presse@de.bp.com.