Shell awards Worley contract for green-hydrogen facility in Rotterdam

The renewable hydrogen will replace the grey hydrogen used in Shell’s Energy and Chemicals Park in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, where Shell is building a 275 mgy renewable diesel and SAF manufacturing facility. (Photo: Shell)

Shell has awarded Worley a professional-services contract for a renewable hydrogen facility in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Worley announced March 11.

The services will support the delivery of the Holland Hydrogen 1 facility in the Port of Rotterdam, which, upon completion, will be Europe’s largest commercial green-hydrogen facility.

The renewable hydrogen will replace the grey hydrogen used in Shell’s Energy and Chemicals Park in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, where Shell is building a renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) manufacturing facility scaled at 275 million gallons per year.

Shell’s renewable diesel and SAF biorefinery in Rotterdam was first announced in 2021 and has been scheduled for completion this year.

Shell has awarded Worley several other contracts related to this project, including detailed design and procurement services for the biorefining project as well as an early engineering-services contract to support the development of a new 200-megawatt electrolysis-based hydrogen plant at the refinery site.

Under the new contract, Worley will provide detailed design, procurement and construction management support services including the integration of associated assets such as offshore wind, pipelines, electrical grids and the refinery.

Once operational, the Holland Hydrogen 1 facility is expected to produce approximately 60,000 kilograms of renewable hydrogen per day.

The production and use of renewable hydrogen will contribute to the partial decarbonization of fuels at the facility as well as supplying renewable hydrogen for use in the heavy-transportation sector.

Worley’s services will be delivered through its offices in the Netherlands, with support from its Global Integrated Delivery teams in India, while also leveraging its global hydrogen subject-matter expertise.

“We are pleased to continue partnering with Shell to support its journey to net-zero emissions by 2050, which is consistent with our own purpose of delivering a more sustainable world,” said Worley CEO Chris Ashton.