Nel revealed that it has signed a contract with Australia's Woodside Energy to provide alkaline electrolysis equipment for its proposed hydrogen project in Oklahoma, USA.
The contract is worth 600 million Norwegian kroner (57.9 million euros) and will provide equipment for the first phase of the Woodside H2OK project, which aims to produce commercial and heavy transport vehicles with liquid hydrogen as fuel cell . The
H2OK project will be built in Ardmore, Oklahoma. It initially plans to have a 290MW electrolytic cell capacity and is planned to expand to 550MW to produce 180 tons of hydrogen per day.
Nel said that the contract contains the contract for alkaline chimneys, chimney equipment balance and factory equipment balance engineering.
Hydrogen Future Network learned that Woodside’s goal is to make final investment decisions (FID) in 2023, and electrode production is expected to be completed in 2024. Hákon Volldal, CEO of
Nel commented: “We are very proud to be selected by Woodside Energy as the leader of this exciting and meaningful project, a quality company with a good track record of developing high-quality assets.”
Nel Hydrogen US Regional Sales Manager Tom Skoczylas said: “It is very exciting to work with the professional team at Woodside to achieve such a project. The Ardmore project will be an excellent showcase of Nel electrolyzer technology as it aims to use renewable energy more widely in the transportation and industrial sectors.”
