{"id":265,"date":"2026-08-21T09:54:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T01:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/port-of-antwerp-bruges-installs-0-5-mw-aem-electrolyser\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T09:54:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T01:54:35","slug":"port-of-antwerp-bruges-installs-0-5-mw-aem-electrolyser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/port-of-antwerp-bruges-installs-0-5-mw-aem-electrolyser\/","title":{"rendered":"Port of Antwerp-Bruges installs 0.5 MW AEM electrolyser"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Power to Hydrogen (P2H2) has begun installing a 0.5-megawatt anion exchange <\/p>\n

membrane (AEM) electrolyser at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, with commissioning <\/p>\n

scheduled for September.<\/p>\n

\"Port<\/p>\n

The system is P2H2\u2019s first commercial deployment of its M-Class hybrid AEM <\/p>\n

technology and uses 250-kilowatt electrolyser stacks. According to the company, <\/p>\n

it will be the first AEM installation using stacks of this size and is intended <\/p>\n

to demonstrate renewable hydrogen production under operating conditions at an <\/p>\n

industrial port.<\/p>\n

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The M-Class platform has been designed to scale to 25 megawatts for larger <\/p>\n

industrial applications. P2H2 said the system can respond to changes in <\/p>\n

renewable electricity supply in less than 50 milliseconds and operates under <\/p>\n

pressure, reducing the need for downstream compression.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The company also said its AEM technology uses materials including steel and <\/p>\n

nickel instead of the more expensive precious metals found in proton exchange <\/p>\n

membrane (PEM) electrolysers. P2H2 claims this approach can reduce capital <\/p>\n

expenditure by up to 65 per cent compared with equivalent PEM systems.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Rob Smeets, CEO of Port of Antwerp-Bruges, said: \u201cPort of Antwerp-Bruges is <\/p>\n

a hub where ambition and action come together. By welcoming Power to Hydrogen\u2019s <\/p>\n

commercial-scale AEM electrolyzer, we take another concrete step in supporting <\/p>\n

the demonstration of scalable, flexible technologies in Europe that are needed <\/p>\n

in Europe\u2019s energy transition. It\u2019s through these partnerships that we <\/p>\n

accelerate the shift toward a resilient, strong European future.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Following commissioning, the installation is expected to provide a <\/p>\n

configuration that can be replicated for future multi-megawatt projects and <\/p>\n

allow the technology to undergo third-party validation.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The hydrogen produced will target demand from mobility and industrial users <\/p>\n

in the region. Holthausen, a supplier of industrial gases and hydrogen-powered <\/p>\n

trucks, will be the main offtaker when operations begin, while the system has <\/p>\n

been designed to serve additional customers over time.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

P2H2 expects the project to generate commercial revenue during its first <\/p>\n

year of operation.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The deployment follows P2H2\u2019s selection as the winner of the Free Electrons <\/p>\n

innovation programme in 2022. The programme required a commercial demonstration <\/p>\n

under real operating conditions, which provided a route for the project to be <\/p>\n

developed at the port\u2019s NextGen District.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Paul Matter, CEO of Power to Hydrogen, said: \u201cBringing our system to the <\/p>\n

Port of Antwerp-Bruges is a tangible step toward financeable deployment: it <\/p>\n

proves we can build and ship industry-ready hardware, integrate into a live <\/p>\n

site, and commission a megawatt-class AEM platform designed for renewable <\/p>\n

load-following.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Power to Hydrogen (P2H2) has begun installing a 0.5-megawatt anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolyser at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, with commissioning scheduled for September.The system is P2H2\u2019s first commercial deployment of its M-Class hybrid AEM technology and uses 250-kilowatt electrolys…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"hj_lang":[3],"class_list":["post-265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265"},{"taxonomy":"hj_lang","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hj_lang?post=265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}