GEN-H Energy, a Spanish developer of decentralized energy systems, plans to build a power plant designed for balancing power in Kotka, Finland, which is to use hydrogen from methane pyrolysis. A capacity of 200 to 300 megawatts is envisaged. Hydrogen production using the technology of the Finnish cleantech startup Hycamite is to be integrated into a gas-fired power plant. The companies have signed a letter of intent to this effect. Methane pyrolysis separates the carbon (C) from the hydrogen (H) of methane, in its pure, solid form. The solid carbon can be used industrially, for example in the form of graphite for battery production. GEN-H aims to build up a hub for clean energy, hydrogen technologies and green industry in the Sunila industrial area in Kotka. A former pulp mill is located on the site. Planning and permitting procedures are currently underway in parallel with the dismantling of the old facilities. The large gas connection is already in place, and power generation is to be modernized. Gas turbines are to be used in order to be able to supply electricity in times of low wind and sun, typically cold, windless winter weeks. For Hycamite, this is the second letter of intent for a project of this magnitude within a few weeks. Only recently, the company signed a letter of intent with the British company
EnergyPathways, concerning 20,000 metric tons of hydrogen and 60,000 metric tons of graphite annually.
Finland: Hydrogen from methane pyrolysis to provide balancing power
