Shell has selected Yokogawa Electric Corp. has the main automation contractor for its Holland Hydrogen I plant in Rotterdam.
The plant will have a 200-MW electrolyser installed to produce up to 60,000 kilograms of green hydrogen per day, using electricity from an offshore wind farm. It will be Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant once it begins operation in 2025.
As the main automation contractor, Yokogawa will optimize operations at the plant by integrating its systems and equipment.
The generated hydrogen will be transported via a pipeline to the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam. This hydrogen will replace some of the grey hydrogen in use at the refinery. It will partially decarbonize the facility's production of energy products, such as jet fuel, diesel and gasoline.
"Our company aims to play a leading role in achieving a world in which systems are closely integrated, based on the system of systems (SoS) concept,” Koji Nakaoka, Yokogawa vice president and head of the company's Energy & Sustainability Business Headquarters and Global Sales Headquarters, said. “In the hydrogen supply chain, there are individual systems for functions such as production, pipeline transport, storage, and supply, each of which is owned by a different entity. Through participation in projects that help our customers achieve progress in their decarbonization strategies and add value to their enterprises, Yokogawa will continue working to realize a sustainable society."
Earlier this year, Shell selected Industrial engineering firm Thyssenkrupp’s Uhde Chlorine Engineers unit to build the 2000-MW electrolysis plant to facilitate Royal Dutch Shell’s “Hydrogen Holland I” project. Shell selected the Thyssenkrupp division for supply contract and handling engineering, procurement and fabrication duties on the massive project.
Worley (an Australian engineering company providing project delivery and consulting services) has been awarded a services contract on the massive project.
