European Energy and Centrica Energy have signed a balancing and optimisation agreement for the Måde green hydrogen facility located at Port Esbjerg. Under the agreement, Centrica Energy will manage power production from co-located wind turbines, designating excess power production to green hydrogen production.
Powering the 12MW green hydrogen facility are two wind turbines, part of the Måde Wind Turbine Test Center, developed by European Energy with a total installed capacity of 16MW. The turbines will provide renewable electricity, which is used to produce green hydrogen through electrolysis with demineralised water.
Expected to produce approximately 1,500 tonnes of green hydrogen every year, European Energy has secured an agreement with Port Esbjerg and a world-class industrial gases company for the offtake from the facility. As the production of hydrogen is a heat-intensive process, the excess heat from production will be fed into the local district heating network, demonstrating sector coupling across the electricity, fuel, and heating domains.
“By integrating wind power with green hydrogen technology at the Måde facility, we are taking a significant step toward decarbonising key sectors of the economy. This agreement with Centrica highlights the potential of renewable energy to create sustainable, green fuels, and demonstrates our commitment to innovative sector coupling,” said Emil Vikjær-Andresen, EVP and Head of Power-to-X at European Energy.
The agreement also marks a milestone in Centrica Energy’s strategy to manage a growing volume of renewable and flexible assets across European markets. Commenting on the significant of the agreement, Kristian Gjerløv-Juel, Vice President of Renewable Energy Trading & Optimisation at Centrica Energy said:
“Succedding with the green transition requires using all the tools at our disposal – that of course includes electrification, but also the needs to develop the solutions needed to decarbonise energy consumption in sectors where electrification falls short”.
He further adds:
“Achieving the scale and trading expertise to enable these types of agreements is the result of +20 years of building deep-seated expertise in trading European energy markets and managing renewable and flexible assets – I’m proud that we are able to partner with European Energy on this project, and look forward to further collaboration as the energy transition continues to evolve.”
