At the Portile de Fier Gorge on the Danube, the majority-owned Romanian hydropower company Hidroelectric is looking for consultants to draft a feasibility study for a 50MW green hydrogen production plant.
A tender notice published on December 22 in Romania’s electronic system for public procurement, SEAP, announced that Hidroelectrica plans to produce green hydrogen using a hydrolyzer that will use Danube water and renewable energy generated by a dedicated photovoltaic park as resources.
As a backup to the photovoltaic park, the feasibility study must determine if it is possible to connect the hydrogen production facility directly to the Portile de Fier II hydroelectric plant.
Mehedinti County’s Ostrovu Mare village will be home to the hydrogen production facility. Offers must be submitted no later than December 28th.
80.06 percent of Hidroelectrica is owned by the Romanian government, with the remaining 19.94 percent being held by investment fund Fondul Proprietatea The company’s portfolio includes 209 hydroelectric power plants with a combined installed capacity of 6,482 MW.
Rusatom Overseas, a subsidiary of the Rosatom Group, and Russian oil and gas giant Lukoil signed a memorandum of intent last week to produce and supply green hydrogen at Petrotel-Ploiesti Lukoil’s refinery in southern Romania.
