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Siemens Gamesa, Siemens Energy to

develop offshore green hydrogen production

GLOBAL SIEMENS Gamesa and Siemens Energy have Over the next five years, Siemens Gamesa
unveiled plans to work together to develop a new plans to invest €80mn and Siemens Energy
green hydrogen production technology using €40mn in the developments.
offshore wind turbines. Siemens Gamesa will adapt its development
They aim to integrate an electrolyser fully of its SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbine, the
with an offshore wind turbine, creating a single world’s most powerful, to integrate an electrolysis
synchronised system that can directly produce system seamlessly into the turbine’s operations.
green hydrogen offshore. Siemens Gamesa aims to use to modular
The ultimate fully integrated offshore approach to ensure a reliable and efficient opera-
wind-to-hydrogen solution will produce green tional set-up for a scalable offshore wind-to-hy-
hydrogen using an electrolyser array located at drogen solution.
the base of the offshore wind turbine tower. Meanwhile, Siemens Energy will develop a
Siemens Gamesa and Siemens Energy said new electrolysis product that will cope with the
this week that they would combine their current harsh maritime offshore environment. It will
wind-to-hydrogen developments and expertise synchronise with wind turbines and create a new
in a bid to decarbonise the global economy to competitive benchmark for green hydrogen.
solve the climate crisis. Christian Bruch, CEO of Siemens Energy,
The two companies intend to provide a full- said: “Together with Siemens Gamesa, we are in
scale offshore demonstration of their offshore a unique position to develop this game-chang-
solution by 2025/2026. ing solution. We are the company that can lev-
The German Federal Ministry of Education erage its highly flexible electrolyser technology
and Research said this week that the develop- and create and redefine the future of sustainable
ments could be implemented in Germany as part offshore energy production. With these devel-
of the ministry’s Hydrogen Republic of Germany opments, the potential of regions with abundant
competition. offshore wind will become accessible for the
“Our more than 30 years of experience and hydrogen economy. It is a prime example of ena-
leadership in the offshore wind industry, coupled bling us to store and transport wind energy, thus
with Siemens Energy’s expertise in electrolysers, reducing the carbon footprint of economy.”
brings together brilliant minds and cutting-edge The solution will lower the cost of hydrogen
technologies to address the climate crisis. Our by being able to run off-grid, opening up more
wind turbines play a huge role in the decar- and better wind sites.
bonisation of the global energy system, and the The companies’ developments will serve as
potential of wind to [produce] hydrogen means a test bed for making large-scale, cost-efficient
that we can do this for hard-to-abate industries hydrogen production a reality and will prove the
too. It makes me very proud that our people are feasibility of reliable, effective implementation of
a part of shaping a greener future,” said Andreas wind turbines in systems for producing hydro-
Nauen, Siemens Gamesa CEO. gen from renewable energy.™

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