bp and Ørsted to create renewable hydrogen partnership in Germany
(Hamburg/Lingen, 10 November 2020)
- Plan to jointly develop industrial-scale electrolyser project for green hydrogen production
- Powered by Ørsted offshore wind, project will initially replace 20% of natural gas-based hydrogen used at bp’s Lingen refinery
- Scale of project will support future reduction in green hydrogen costs
- bp’s first full-scale green hydrogen project, a significant step in strategic development of new hydrogen business aligned with German and EU hydrogen strategies