Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) on Friday launched Europe’s biggest hydrogen electrolysis plant at the Wesseling site of its Rheinland refinery after two years of construction, as it expands further into alternative energies. The Refhyne plant, with a 10 megawatt (MW) capacity, will produce green fuels as part of a European Union-funded consortium which is already setting its sights on a 100 MW facility at the site near Cologne. Refhyne II could start operations in 2024, said Marco Richrath, director of the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland at the launch ceremony for the smaller facility. Hydrogen is considered “green” when it is produced from renewable power from wind or sunshine through electrolysis but “grey” hydrogen from fossil fuels is currently the feedstock in many standard industry processes. read more Green hydrogen can play a role in energy, mobility, heat provision, and hard-to-decarbonise industries. Shell […]