As part of the GET H2 Nukleus project, RWE is building a 300-megawatt plant for producing green hydrogen on the site of its gas-fired power plant in Lingen. Two of the three electrolysers with a capacity of 100 megawatts (MW) each which are due to be installed there had already been ordered by RWE from Linde Engineering and the electrolyser manufacturer ITM Power in 2022. Now RWE has commissioned Sunfire and Bilfinger to build the third construction phase. The contract amount is in the low hundred-million-euro range.

Sunfire is to supply a 100-MW alkaline electrolyser. The company is already a contract partner of RWE. A 10-MW alkaline electrolyser by the Dresden company is part of a pilot plant on the site of the Emsland gas-fired power plant, where RWE is currently testing two electrolysis technologies (PEM and alkaline).

Bilfinger will be the solution partner for the integration of electrolysis. To this end, Bilfinger is taking on extensive planning tasks as well as the delivery and installation of the ancillary process technology systems such as water and hydrogen treatment, compression and control technology.