2021-05-25 12:10:00
RENEWABLE FOR GERMANY 2 GW
ENERDATA - 25 May 2021 - RWE and BASF are considering developing a new 2 GW offshore wind project in the German North Sea, which could supply up to 7.5 TWh/year of renewable power to BASF's Ludwigshafen chemical site and enable RWE to produce CO2-free hydrogen. The offshore wind project would be developed, built and operated by RWE, with BASF having a stake in the project. Most of its power generation (80%) would be supplied to BASF, which aims to electrify its production processes for basic chemicals (currently based on fossil fuels), such as electrically-heated steam cracker furnaces to produce petrochemicals, methane pyrolysis and power-to-heat. BASF estimates that it could save up to 2.8 MtCO2/year. The remaining 20% would be used by RWE to produce green hydrogen.
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