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Nel ASA: The EU accelerates renewable hydrogen measures
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The EU package also includes an aspirational target of meeting at least 40% of the EU's annual electrolyser manufacturing deployment needs by 2030 with electrolysers made in Europe .
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The Commission also communicated on the highly anticipated "Hydrogen Bank." A first pilot auction of the Hydrogen Bank with an indicative budget of €800 million will be launched in the autumn of 2023. Winners of the auction will receive a fixed premium for each kg of renewable hydrogen produced over 10 years.
In addition, the European Commission presented a proposal for a "Critical Raw Materials Act" aimed at strengthening the European critical raw materials value chain as well as diversifying the EU's imports of critical raw materials whilst reducing strategic dependencies.
Nel's production of alkaline electrodes at Herøya in
Norway , where the company has established the world's first fully automated electrolyser factory, does not depend on any rare earth metals or other scarce resources. The facility has a capacity of 500 MW and the company has started the construction of a second production line, which will take the manufacturing capacity in Herøya to 1 GW by
April 2024 . The facility can be further expanded to 2GW manufacturing capacity.
In addition, Nel recently announced that the company has made a final investment to expand its existing manufacturing facility in Wallingford (US) from 50 to 500MW annual output.
The company is also in the final site selection phase for a new gigafactory in the United States of America . The gigafactory will have a potential annual manufacturing capacity of up to 4 GW.
Volldal says Nel is committed to adding capacity when and where the market needs it.
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Kjell Christian Bjørnsen, CFO, +47 917 02 097
Wilhelm Flinder , Head of Investor Relations, +47 936 11 350
Lars Nermoen, Head of Communications, +47 90240 153
Nel has a history tracing back to 1927 and is today a leading pure play hydrogen technology company with a global presence. The company specializes in electrolyser technology for production of renewable hydrogen, and hydrogen fueling equipment for road-going vehicles. Nel's product offerings are key enablers for a green hydrogen economy, making it possible to decarbonize various industries such as transportation, refining, steel, and ammonia.
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