In Finland, technology group Wärtsilä launched what it claims to be the world’s first large-scale 100% hydrogen-ready engine power plant. Wärtsilä noted its new hydrogen-ready engine power plant can be converted to run on 100% hydrogen. The new engine power plant is a significant step beyond existing technology, which can run on natural gas and 25 vol% hydrogen blends. Anders Lindberg, President, Wärtsilä Energy, said: “We will not meet global climate goals or fully decarbonize our power systems without flexible, zero-carbon power generation, which can quickly ramp up and down to support intermittent wind and solar.” “We must be realistic that natural gas will play a part in our power systems for years to come. Our fuel flexible engines can use natural gas today to provide flexibility and balancing, enabling renewable power to thrive. They can then be converted to run on hydrogen when it becomes readily available: future-proofing the journey to net zero.”
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