US-based infrastructure development company Jacobs has been awarded a feasibility study contract from renewable energy company RWE to investigate the production and supply of green hydrogen in South Wales, UK.
The feasibility study will take place over four months to investigate installing a 100MW electrolyzer at RWE’s Pembroke Power Station to produce green hydrogen.
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“This feasibility study provides us with an opportunity to work alongside RWE to grow their innovative projects that will further move our sector to low and zero emission generation,” said Jacobs’ People & Places Solutions Senior Vice President for Europe and Digital Strategies, Donald Morrison.
The study will also focus on how green hydrogen could be used for transport and decarbonization activities in the region.
According to Jacobs, the project has the potential to grow to several gigawatts in scale and could be linked to floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea.
Richard Little, Pembroke Power Station Manager, said: “We’re excited to see the outputs of Jacobs’ feasibility study over coming weeks, the first step towards the potential construction of large-scale hydrogen infrastructure at Pembroke. Hydrogen will be a game changer in the decarbonization of heavy industry in South Wales and RWE will be a key partner in helping achieve that.”
Pembroke power plant is a combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) station that began commercial operation in September 2012. According to RWE, the plant has a capacity of 2,181 MW, enough to power around 4 million homes.
