Belgian hydrogen factories are delayed for years TOBE STEEL April 2, 2024
Due to the difficult market conditions, the energy company Engie has been postponing a major hydrogen project in Charleroi for at least a year and a half. The arrival of the American Plug Power in Antwerp is also delayed. Even with subsidies worth millions, investors will not be able to complete the financial picture for the time being. ..... In Belgium, it looks like the large hydrogen plant that the American Plug Power wants to build on the former Opel site in the port of Antwerp will also be delayed. The company recently provided its Antwerp subsidiary with 7 million euros in start-up capital and submitted a permit application. When the project was announced two years ago, it was stated that the investment of around 300 million euros should produce a working factory by 2025. With a capacity of 100 megawatts, the factory would then produce 12,500 tons of green hydrogen annually.
The permit application shows that deals have now been concluded with local partners, such as the power producers Vleemo and Luminus - to provide the necessary renewable energy - and with the water purifier Ekopak, which will supply the water to make hydrogen. But on a web page presenting Plug Power's Chymia project, the start-up date has been pushed back two years to an expected 2027. Despite repeated questions, no one at the American company was available for explanation. ..... https://www.tijd.be/dossiers/de-verdieping/belgische-waterstoffabrieken-lopen-jaren-vertraging-op/10536920.html (Google Translate)
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