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The Finnish Technology Company Wärtsilä Announced This Week The Creation Of The First Plant In The World Capable Of Generating Electricity Using Hydrogen, Promising Deliveries As Early As 2026.
The technology group Wärtsilä launched this Wednesday (19) the first plant in the world capable of generating electricity on a large scale using hydrogen. Fully equipped to operate with hydrogen, the unit will allow energy systems with net zero emissions. The innovative engines developed by the Finnish company can operate with natural gas mixed with up to 25% hydrogen or be converted to run on 100% hydrogen, representing a significant advance in the search for sustainable energy solutions.
Wärtsilä’s Hydrogen Plant Can Synchronize With The Electric Grid In 30 Seconds
The company expects to start receiving the first orders in 2025, with an expected delivery in 2026. The first plant in the world capable of generating electricity using hydrogen can synchronize with the electric grid 30 seconds after the start command.
The expectation is that the plants will initially operate with natural gas and will be converted to renewable hydrogen once this fuel becomes available.
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According to the president of Wärtsilä Energys, Anders Lindberg, it is necessary to be realistic that natural gas will play an essential role in energy systems for many years. The flexible-fuel engines can currently use natural gas to provide flexibility and balance, allowing renewable energy to thrive. They can thus be converted to run on hydrogen when it is readily available, paving the way for the future towards net zero.
Wärtsilä’s Hydrogen Unit Is The Most Efficient In The World
With the expansion of variable energy generation from solar and wind, thermal power plants are considered important for stabilizing electrical systems, as they are dispatchable, meaning they do not depend on weather conditions to be activated. Thus, to achieve the goals of decarbonization, it will be necessary to reduce emissions also in thermal generation.
The platform of the Wärtsilä 31 engine, on which the first plant in the world capable of generating electricity using hydrogen is based, is considered the most efficient in the world. It synchronizes with the grid within 30 seconds from the start command, ensures energy security through fuel flexibility, and provides load-following capability and high partial load efficiency. It has completed over one million operating hours, with over 1,000 MW of installed capacity globally.
The concept of the first plant in the world capable of generating electricity using hydrogen from Wärtsilä, based on the Wärtsilä 31 engine platform, has been certified by TÜV SÜD. The TÜV SÜD H2-Readiness certification consists of three stages with three corresponding certificates. The Finnish company has now achieved the first stage with a Concept Certificate for its engine’s conceptual design.
New Unit Is A Huge Step In The Renewable Energy Industry
The expansion of renewable energies alone is not enough to meet global carbon emission targets. Flexible energy generation solutions such as power generation plants are needed to balance fluctuations from clean energy sources.
It is essential that these solutions are future-ready and prepared to operate with sustainable fuels to fully decarbonize the energy sector.
In this way, Wärtsilä is responding to this demand through its first plant in the world capable of generating electricity using hydrogen. The new power plant is an important step beyond existing technology, which can operate with natural gas and 25% by volume hydrogen blends. Lindberg emphasizes that we will not achieve climate goals without fully decarbonizing energy systems.
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