DENMARK – The Danish European Energy is developing an e-Methanol production facility and has commissioned Siemens Energy to provide the electrolysis system, including transformers.  

Siemens Energy has been commissioned for the 50 MW electrolyzer plant that is to supply hydrogen for European Energy’s large-scale commercial e-Methanol production facility.

Siemens Energy will design, supply and commission the electrolysis system consisting of three full arrays of its latest line of PEM (proton exchange membrane) electrolysis products, including transformers, rectifiers, distributed control system (DCS) plus the equipment to produce demineralized water. European Energy is the owner of the project and will be responsible for the engineering, procurement and construction, as well as for the operation of the facility, Siemens Energy said in a press release.

The plant is to be built in Kassø, west of Aabenraa in the South of Denmark. Through the nearby 300 MW solar park of Kassø developed by European Energy, the project will have access to the low-cost renewable electricity needed to produce cost-effective e-Fuel.

End users of the e-Methanol will be the shipping company Maersk and the fuel retailer Circle K, among others. The project secures the e-Methanol supply for Maersk`s first e-Methanol driven container vessel, and thus demarks the starting point into CO2-neutral shipping in large-scale.

Start of commercial methanol production is planned for second half of 2023.

Source: Siemens Energy