Instead of feeding electricity into the grid, this wind turbine in Brande, Denmark, powers an on-site electrolyzer to produce green hydrogen.
Source: Green Hydrogen Systems A/S
In Europe’s anticipated green hydrogen boom, technology-makers are planning to rapidly expand their domestic manufacturing footprints — but the quest for gigafactories comes with challenges.
EU officials want to make Europe the world’s manufacturing center for electrolyzers — the technology used to turn renewable power into green hydrogen — but industry executives speak of multiple obstacles across regulation, financing, demand stimulation and the supply chain that must be overcome before ambitious growth plans can be unleashed.
Manufacturers like ITM Power PLC, McPhy Energy SA, Nel ASA, Siemens Energy AG and Thyssenkrupp Nucera AG & Co. KGaA are each aiming to produce multiple…