Enertrag builds 10 MW electrolyser near Magdeburg

Dauerthal (energate) - Enertrag is planning another hydrogen project. A 10 MW electrolyser is supposed to produce up to four tonnes of green hydrogen per day near Magdeburg (Saxony-Anhalt) from 2024 onwards. The project developer wants to use the plant for several purposes at once. On the one hand, to compensate for fluctuations in the electricity system due to volatile green electricity feed-in. On the other hand, the green hydrogen is also to be used in heavy industry and heavy-duty transport, to generate electricity during dark periods and, in the medium term, to feed into Ontras' hydrogen pipelines, Enertrag announced. The electrical energy required for electrolysis is to come exclusively from renewable sources.

The project developer will purchase the proton exchange membrane electrolyser (PEM electrolyser) with a capacity of 10 MW from Elogen, which, according to Enertrag, is the French market leader in the production of PEM electrolyzers. Both signed a corresponding contract in December 2022. Manuela Blaicher, head of PtX project development at Enertrag, said the planned plant in the centre of Germany with many offtake options is a reference plant. With it, "we will produce hydrogen from renewable energy sources on an industrial scale," Blaicher commented. Enertrag currently maintains 19 hydrogen projects, according to its website. Nine of them, and thus most of them, are located in Germany. The rest are in other European countries, Africa, Asia or South America. /dz