The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has awarded a funding of €551 million to RWE for a 100 MW electrolysis project in Eemshaven. The project will be located near the Magnum power station in the northern part of the country. The funding has been provided under the Dutch government’s Sustainable Energy Production and Climate Transition Incentive Scheme.
Further, the electrolyser is planned to run on renewable electricity from the OranjeWind offshore wind farm, which is currently being developed in a joint venture partnership with TotalEnergies. The upcoming phases of the project will involve front-end engineering and design, selecting the construction partners, and finalising offtake arrangements. These steps will precede the final investment decision for the project.
The project received approval for construction and environmental permits in October 2024. In March 2025, RWE and TotalEnergies inked a long-term offtake agreement for the purchase of green hydrogen over 15 years. Under the agreement, TotalEnergies will purchase around 30,000 metric tonnes of green hydrogen per year from RWE for its refinery in Germany. This 30,000 metric tonnes of green hydrogen will be produced by RWE in their 300 MW electrolysis plant in Lingen and the plant is expected to become operational in 2027.
REGlobal’s Views: RWE is building its own green hydrogen facilities as well as supplementing this with other collaborations with various green hydrogen producers globally, to ensure carbon-free fuels for industries in Europe. The company is focusing on developing green hydrogen projects across Europe with a target of 2 GW by 2030. In Netherlands particularly, RWE is building electrolysers to supply green hydrogen to Rotterdam and Zeeland. It was awarded funding by the UK government for its 200 MW Pembroke Green Hydrogen Phase 2 project, designed to help decarbonise the South Wales Industrial Cluster.