CrossWind, a joint venture between Shell and Eneco developing the 759 MW Hollandse Kust Noord wind farm off the Netherlands, has signed a contract with Elogen, a Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) group company, to design and manufacture a Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyser with a power of 2.5 MW.

The electrolyser will convert the green electricity from the wind turbines on-site into green hydrogen, giving the project more flexibility to adapt to variations in power output, CrossWind said.