Laanila hydrogen project
Oulun Energia is planning to build a 100 megawatts (MW) hydrogen production plant in Oulu, northern Finland. When completed, the plant would be a big step towards clean energy production and thus a natural part of Oulu Energia’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2030.
Partner for the project planning is the Finnish P2X Solutions, which is already operating Finland’s first industrial-scale production plant of green hydrogen in Harjavalta, western Finland.
According to the preliminary plan, the whole project planned in Laanila industrial area, would include an electrolysis plant with a capacity of up to 100 MW, a carbon capture plant, a hydrogen and carbon dioxide storage, and a further processing plant whose final product could be methane or methanol, for example.
The products created by the hydrogen plant could be used to replace fossil fuels in road, maritime and air transport. According to the preliminary estimate, approximately 200–400 gigawatt hours (GWh) of heat energy per year would be created as a by-product, which could be transferred to the district heating network, while the oxygen could be recovered for industrial use.
In addition, the project aims to investigate the possibilities of recovering the biogenic flue gases from local industry and power plants in the further processing of hydrogen.
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Project phases
Illustrative images of the planned hydrogen production facility
Image 1: Illustration as a 3D model of the planned hydrogen production facility for the Laanila industrial area.
Image 2: Illustration as a 3D model of the planned hydrogen production facility for the Laanila industrial area. Carbon capture units in the foreground and the electrolysis unit further back.
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