Construction of Finland first green hydrogen plant begins.
The construction of Finland’s first industrial-scale green hydrogen production facility began, its future operator P2X Solutions said.
So-called green hydrogen is produced using renewable energy to split water by electrolysis, and it is seen as a key power source that can help Europe put an end to its dependency on Russian energy and to reduce carbon emissions.
Numerous countries and companies have recently announced investments in green hydrogen production but few of the plans are in advanced stages.
P2X Solutions, a private Finnish company, said last year it would invest some 70 million euros ($76 million) in the 20 megawatt hydrogen and synthetic methane production plant in Harjavalta, southwest Finland.
Esa Harmala, the company’s chairman said in a statement:
Once completed in 2024, P2X Solutions’ plant will open the market for Finnish green hydrogen.
Finland announced plans last June to build a hydrogen transmission network to help reduce carbon emissions and bolster the long-term security of its energy supplies following its decision to stop using Russian gas due to the war in Ukraine.
Mika Lintila, Finland’s minister of economic affairs said at the laying of the facility’s founding stone:
The actual construction of hydrogen projects that begins here is part of the positive change that is ongoing in the energy industry but which has, for now, been overshadowed by the energy crisis.
Construction of Finland’s first green hydrogen plant begins, Helsinki, January 20, 2023
