HydrogenPro’s 5,5 MW electrolyzer now operates at full load and in real-world conditions at Mitsubishi Powers’ Takasago Hydrogen Park.
PORSGRUNN, NOVEMBER 08, 2023. HydrogenPro are delivering 40 electrolyzers and 20 gas-separation skids to our customer Mitsubishi Power Americas.
Before commissioning in the US, Mitsubishi Power is performing a long-term validation of HydrogenPro technology in Takasago Hydrogen Park in Japan. This electrolyzer design will be used in the production of green hydrogen at a utility-scale clean hydrogen hub currently under construction.
Two stage validation
Mitsubishi Power recently published the successful validation, installation, and operation of our electrolyzers.
The large-scale 5.5 MW single stack high-pressure alkaline electrolyzer is being validated in two stages. First, a single unit was installed and tested at our test facility at Herøya Industrial Park in Norway. Here, extensive operational parameters were tested, and the short-term validation culminated in a 96-hour baseload run of safe and reliable operation. From there, the technology is now undergoing long-term validation at the Takasago Hydrogen Park in Japan.
The unit now operates at full load in real-world conditions as the long-term validation begins. The objectives include performance, operations, start-ups, shutdowns, gas quality, safety, and digital control integration.
A clean energy hub
Our electrolyzer design will be used in the production of green hydrogen at the first project, designed to convert and store up to 100 metric tons per day of clean hydrogen, the Advanced Clean Energy Storage Hub in Utah. This project is being jointly developed between Chevron New Energies Company, and Mitsubishi Power with HydrogenPro completing the delivery of the first installment of electrolyzers.
The Advanced Clean Energy Storage Hub in Delta, Utah is an industry and utility-scale energy project that will produce, store, and deliver green hydrogen. Scheduled to begin operations in 2025, this project will use HydrogenPro’s electrolyzers powered by renewable energy to split water into oxygen and hydrogen. The green hydrogen produced using electrolysis will be stored in two massive salt caverns. Each cavern is approximately the size of the Empire State Building (444 meters underground) and is capable of storing 150 gigawatt hours (GWh) of energy for dispatch back to the grid when it is needed.
