A group of firms have inked a progressive deal to evaluate the conversion of a Dutch gas power plant into a hydrogen (H2) powered plant and parallel carbon, capture and storage (CCS) opportunities.
Statoil, Vattenfall and Gasunie signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate the possibilities of converting Vattenfall’s gas power plant in the Netherlands into a H2-powered plant.
Its Magnum gas power plant currently has three combined cycle gas turbines (CCGTs) which each emit 1.3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year.
If given the go-ahead, the site’s CO2 emissions could be reduced by four million tonnes per year.
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