Green Hydrogen Plug Power Secures Three Electrolyzer Contracts

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Plug Power has secured three 5 MW electrolyzer projects with Ardagh Glass Limmared, Hydro Havrand, and the Apex Group. With this, it will be the first-ever use of industrial-scale green hydrogen in glass manufacturing, aluminum recycling, and steel manufacturing processes.

Latham/USA – Plug Power landed three five megawatt (MW) electrolyzer projects with Ardagh Glass Limmared, Hydro Havrand, and the Apex Group for the first-ever use of industrial-scale green hydrogen in glass manufacturing, aluminum recycling, and steel manufacturing processes. Plug is the only company offering 5 MW containerized PEM electrolyzers today. The standardized turnkey system, with a production capacity of more than two tons per day, reduces site construction costs and implementation complexity.

Green Glass Manufacturing: Located east of Gothenburg, Sweden, Ardagh Glass Limmared is the only glass packaging producer in the Nordics and a supplier to Sweden’s most popular spirits company. Dedicated to sustainable packaging solutions, Ardagh will produce 2.1 metric tons per day (TPD) of green hydrogen by the end of the year, replacing a portion of the natural gas used today while reducing overall carbon emissions at the plant. Ardagh will use hydroelectric power to generate hydrogen from Plug’s electrolyzer.

Aluminum Recycling: Hydro Havrand, a new unit of aluminum giant Norsk Hydro, is on a mission to decarbonize heavy industry with green hydrogen. To build a close-loop circular economy for its aluminum recycling plant in Hoyanger, Norway, Hydro will employ a 5 MW Plug electrolyzer module by June 2024. The electrolyzer will displace natural gas used in the plant’s burner with 2.1 metric TPD of green hydrogen. Norsk Hydro, the mother company, has deep expertise in electrolysis dating back to the 1950s.

Green Steel Manufacturing: In Bremen, Germany, Plug and its trusted partner Apex Group, an integrator with strong project execution expertise, will demonstrate for the first time the feasibility of producing green steel through the decarbonization of Arcelor Mittal’s local blast furnaces. Plug will deliver two 5 MW electrolyzer modules with a capacity to produce 4.2 metric TPD of green hydrogen to SWB, the city’s public utility company, by the end of this year. The long-term goal is full decarbonization of the steel industry in northern Germany and the rest of Europe.

By 2030, the European Union plans to produce 10 million metric tons of green hydrogen per year to decarbonize European industries and the mobility sector. The deployment of Plug’s electrolyzers will contribute to this decarbonization roadmap.

“Plug is breaking new ground with this series of industry firsts that validate our vision to scale the green hydrogen economy,” said Plug CEO Andy Marsh. “We were bold enough to design and build the industry’s first 5 MW electrolyzer module, and customers are now clambering for its holistic, compact, easy-to-install features.”

In April of 2023, Plug announced record production of its PEM electrolyzer stacks in Q1 2023, manufacturing 122 MW stacks and shipping nearly 1,000 stacks totaling 5.7 MW for specialty applications.

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