Another company has signed a reservation agreement for production capacities for thyssenkrupp nucera's  high-efficiency water electrolysers to produce green hydrogen. The company has contractually secured the supply of the standardized 20 MW scalum electrolysis modules with a total installed capacity in the high multi-hundred-megawatt range, for a North American project.

The scalum modules can be used to produce green hydrogen on an industrial scale and the company says it needs alkaline water electrolysers to implement its growth strategy in the market for green hydrogen. The two companies have agreed not to disclose further details of the contract.

thyssenkrupp nucera says that this is the second time in a few months that a company is taking advantage of its offer of a reservation agreement to secure a supply chain at an early stage. It notes that the growing market for green hydrogen is increasing demand for the climate-neutral energy carrier and consequently demand for thyssenkrupp nucera's solution to produce green hydrogen on an industrial scale is very high.

"With our reservation agreement to reserve our production capacities, we enable companies to plan with greater certainty for projects in the megawatt and gigawatt range. With this instrument, we can support our customers in realizing their expansion plans in the fast-growing green hydrogen market," says thyssenkrupp nucera head of green hydrogen Dr Christoph Noeres. He adds: "In North America, the hydrogen economy is picking up speed and will certainly set the global pace in the coming years. With this agreement, thyssenkrupp nucera has achieved an important milestone for its third project in this important key market.”

H2 Green Steel was the first company to secure manufacturing capacity by signing a reservation agreement and later a supply agreement with thyssenkrupp nucera. The industrial start-up from Sweden is using the large-scale electrolysers to produce green hydrogen for the first commercial-scale green steel plant in Europe. With a total installed capacity of more than 700 MW, one of Europe's largest water electrolysis plants is also being built.

thyssenkrupp nucera says it has already contracted more than 3 GW of the capacity of alkaline water electrolysis. These include a more than 2 GW electrolysis plant for Air Products in Saudi Arabia, making it one of the world's largest green hydrogen projects, the delivery of Shell's new 200 MW hydrogen plant in the Port of Rotterdam, and H2 Green Steel's green steel plant.