ELYgator: A large-scale electrolyzer in the Netherlands

[00:14] Christine Yang - Project Manager Elygator project, Air Liquide :

"Air Liquide is building here today a 200 megawatt electrolyzer in the Rotterdam area. We'll be producing 23,000 tons of renewable, low-carbon hydrogen every year. We are connecting 200 megawatts of electrolyzers directly to the windpark taking energy from the North Sea. So what we have today is, creating hydrogen at large scale while also helping to stabilize the grid. And in this way, we are both a client and a partner in stabilizing the Dutch energy system."

[00:45] Randolf Weterings - Program Manager Hydrogen, Port of Rotterdam :

"On the left hand side you see the North Sea, where a lot of offshore wind is um is being built. So that means that electricity and water can be perfectly turned into hydrogen on this place. And what Air Liquide with the ELYgator project is doing is showing the world and showing the customers inside the port of Rotterdam and inside Northwestern Europe that green hydrogen will come."

[01:04] Renaldo van Rijswoud - Owner Project Director, Air Liquide :

"The biggest challenge so far was the integration of the two electrolyzer technologies: PEM, which is developed together with Siemens Energy, and the Alkaline. As per today, there is no site of this scale which can act as a reference for the ELYgator project. With this project, we can demonstrate our reliable support of our customers to reach their climate-neutral ambitions, and to ensure that there is a gradual step-up in electrolyzer projects worldwide to reach that specific target and ambition that we and our customers have."

[01:34] Quentin Sicard - Construction Supervisor, Air Liquide :

"So some main challenges, of course, we have to ensure the safety of everyone. You can see that there is the North Sea which is right here at few hundred meters, so we are taking, of course, all the wind from this area. The second part, we are on reclaimed territory, so it is full of sand everywhere. So we have to arrange permanently also the access for all our vehicles and equipment."

[01:56] Christine Yang :

"It's our continuation of our partnership and our joint venture with Siemens Energy, and of course, all the teams and our partners who are on site on the ground today. We are bringing teams from all across the world, and I think this challenge of proving that bringing together all of these perspectives and converging into one mission, into building and shaping a cleaner future, makes it really special for me."