<p>Essent will start building a hydrogen factory that runs on solar energy in 2022. It concerns a 5MW electrolysis installation that converts the sustainably generated electricity into hydrogen and residual heat. These are then delivered to companies in the region. The new hydrogen plant is being developed in collaboration with Solinoor, a specialist in solar parks . With this collaboration, they are responding to the growing need for the local production and supply of green energy.</p><p>The hydrogen factory works in principle on solar energy. To guarantee the continuity of the operation, Essent is investigating the possibility of falling back on wind energy in the event of a lack of sunlight. Another important point of attention is the limited transmission capacity on the electricity grid, which means that there is a risk thatprecious, generated energy is lost. To prevent this, the factory will be equipped with a battery for temporary storage of the surplus of solar power that cannot be immediately converted into hydrogen or supplied back to the grid. It is the first project in the Netherlands in which a ground-based and floating solar park, batteries and an electrolyser are used for sustainable hydrogen production, while simultaneously solving grid congestion and ensuring a balanced energy network.</p><p>Essent and Solinoor will also collaborate on possible solutions for supplying the hydrogen produced to local customers. This can be done, for example, via road transport or a direct pipeline. Vahid Kharidar, Director of Solinoorsees all kinds of opportunities: “Green hydrogen is produced from sustainable electricity. Solinoor is developing solar parks throughout the Netherlands that can be used as an electricity source for the production of hydrogen. We believe that there is always a solution for our industry to move to 100% green energy, even when we have challenges with limited transport capacity on the grid. Essent and Solinoor go one step further and offer an integrated energy solution by using and offering different sources of green energy (solar, wind, batteries and hydrogen). Our capabilities in development, design, installation and investment fit in perfectly with Essent's role as energy market leader.</p>
<p>Essent will start building a hydrogen factory that runs on solar energy in 2022. It concerns a 5MW electrolysis installation that converts the sustainably generated electricity into hydrogen and residual heat. These are then delivered to companies in the region. The new hydrogen plant is being developed in collaboration with Solinoor, a specialist in solar parks . With this collaboration, they are responding to the growing need for the local production and supply of green energy.</p><p>The hydrogen factory works in principle on solar energy. To guarantee the continuity of the operation, Essent is investigating the possibility of falling back on wind energy in the event of a lack of sunlight. Another important point of attention is the limited transmission capacity on the electricity grid, which means that there is a risk thatprecious, generated energy is lost. To prevent this, the factory will be equipped with a battery for temporary storage of the surplus of solar power that cannot be immediately converted into hydrogen or supplied back to the grid. It is the first project in the Netherlands in which a ground-based and floating solar park, batteries and an electrolyser are used for sustainable hydrogen production, while simultaneously solving grid congestion and ensuring a balanced energy network.</p><p>Essent and Solinoor will also collaborate on possible solutions for supplying the hydrogen produced to local customers. This can be done, for example, via road transport or a direct pipeline. Vahid Kharidar, Director of Solinoorsees all kinds of opportunities: “Green hydrogen is produced from sustainable electricity. Solinoor is developing solar parks throughout the Netherlands that can be used as an electricity source for the production of hydrogen. We believe that there is always a solution for our industry to move to 100% green energy, even when we have challenges with limited transport capacity on the grid. Essent and Solinoor go one step further and offer an integrated energy solution by using and offering different sources of green energy (solar, wind, batteries and hydrogen). Our capabilities in development, design, installation and investment fit in perfectly with Essent's role as energy market leader.</p>
