Statkraft, Europe’s largest producer of renewable energy, and Air Liquide, a global market leader in gases, technologies, and services for industry and healthcare, have concluded a wind power purchase agreement (PPA) to produce green hydrogen. The renewable energy will power Air Liquide’s new electrolyser plant in Oberhausen, Germany, to produce renewable hydrogen at industrial scale for industry and transport applications.

Statkraft will supply Air Liquide with renewable power from its wind portfolio in Germany for three years starting in 2024. The French producer of technical gases will use the power to produce renewable hydrogen at large scale in its newly built 20 MW ‘Trailblazer’ water-electrolysis plant in Oberhausen. This PPA will allow Air Liquide to certify the hydrogen as renewable and to achieve full REDII-compliance, so its customers will be able to market products with a lower-carbon footprint.