H₂era is a planned flagship green hydrogen project in the Port of Amsterdam. With the project, HyCC wants to enable the decarbonization of industry and mobility to contribute to a cleaner living environment.

Green hydrogen

H₂era will produce hydrogen from water and green electricity in a process called electrolysis. No CO₂ or harmful substances are released. The only products are oxygen and hydrogen.

The hydrogen is needed, among other things, to make industry in the more sustainable and for green mobility. For example, hydrogen can be used for the production of green steel or sustainable aircraft fuels. Ships and trucks can also sail and drive on hydrogen, without CO₂ emissions.

Hydrogen hub Amsterdam

The hydrogen factory will be built in the Port of ​​Amsterdam -  a central location close to the industry in the port area and between the largest airport in the Netherlands and the main steel factory in the country.

The factory is designed with a maximum capacity of 500 megawatts. This can produce enough hydrogen each year to allow 30,000 inland vessels to sail to the Ruhr area or, for example, to produce sustainable aviation fuel for 1,200 flights from Amsterdam to New York.

In the future, the factory will also be connected to the national hydrogen network of Hynetwork (Gasunie) in order to supply other industrial areas in the Netherlands with hydrogen. In this way, H₂era plays a central role in the energy transition of the Amsterdam region and beyond.