In Germany, RWE said it is planning to build hydrogen-ready gas-fired power plants at the company’s power plant sites in Germany. Following Weisweiler in the Rhenish mining area, the company is now pressing ahead with plans for such a plant at a possible second site in Werne in the southern Münsterland region. An H2-ready combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant with a nominal capacity of around 800 megawatts may be built at the Gersteinwerk power plant, RWE said. RWE has commissioned an Italian-Spanish consortium to plan the project. Work on the planning approval process is already underway, the firm added. Nikolaus Valerius, CEO RWE Generation SE, said: “With the approval planning for a hydrogen-ready gas-fired power plant at the Gersteinwerk, we are taking proactive measures to keep the chance of completion by 2030 open. With the construction of the new power plant, we are ready to contribute to green security of supply and thus secure the coal phase-out by 2030. This requires policymakers to quickly make some key decisions. We can only make a final investment decision once the connection of the site to a hydrogen network has been secured and the framework conditions allow for a commercially viable operation of the power plants.” According to current planning, the plant in Werne could start producing electricity by 2030.
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