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Invenergy’ s first clean hydrogen facility reaches commercial operations Invenergy, a Chicago-headquartered developer, owner, and operator of clean energy solutions, has brought its first clean hydrogen project – the 5-acre Sauk Valley Hydrogen facility in Rock Falls, Illinois – into commercial operation.
Powered by Invenergy’ s co-located solar facility and Ohmium International’ s PEM electrolyzer technology, Sauk Valley can produce up to 40 metric tons of clean hydrogen annually, with an on-site storage capacity of up to 400 kilograms.
The facility’ s initial hydrogen supply has been used as a turbine generator cooling agent at the adjacent Nelson Energy Center, Invenergy’ s 980 MW natural gas facility. Sauk Valley’ s loading capability also enables hydrogen to be shipped and used offsite. The facility’ s first offsite order will be delivered by Certarus to an Aether Fuels project.
Jon Horek, Vice President of Hydrogen at Invenergy, said:“ Invenergy’ s significant renewables portfolio allows our team to produce clean hydrogen for‘ hard-to-abate’ sectors of the economy across the country at scale, especially large hydrogen consumers such as liquid fuels and chemicals plants. We are excited to supply Aether with hydrogen from Sauk Valley, demonstrating our unique market capabilities and strong partnerships.” Sauk Valley Hydrogen is Invenergy’ s 22nd clean energy project to complete development in Illinois. The company’ s Illinois portfolio of operational clean energy solutions now includes wind, solar, clean hydrogen, natural gas generation, and advanced energy storage.
TotalEnergies to cut CO 2 at its Benelux refineries with green hydrogen TotalEnergies has signed agreements with Air Liquide to develop two green hydrogen projects in the Netherlands, aiming to produce and supply around 45,000 tons of green hydrogen annually. The hydrogen will be generated using renewable electricity, primarily from the OranjeWind offshore wind farm, jointly developed by TotalEnergies and RWE.
These projects will help reduce CO 2 emissions from TotalEnergies’ refineries in Belgium and the Netherlands by up to 450,000 tons per year and support Europe’ s renewable energy targets in the transport sector.
The two companies have signed an agreement to establish a 50 / 50 joint venture to build and operate a 250 MW electrolyzer near the Zeeland refinery. Scheduled for commissioning in 2029, the plant will produce up to 30,000 tons of green hydrogen annually, most of which will be supplied to Zeeland’ s platform, cutting emissions there by up to 300,000 tons per year.
Additionally, under a tolling agreement linked to Air Liquide’ s 200 MW ELYgator project in Maasvlakte, TotalEnergies will provide renewable electricity from OranjeWind to produce 15,000 tons of green hydrogen annually for its Antwerp site. The project, due online by the end of 2027, is expected to reduce emissions at the Antwerp site by up to 150,000 tons per year.
8 Hydrogen Tech World | Issue 21 | April 2025