With a floating wind capacity installed in Italy of 5.5 Gw by 2032, Renantis Blue Energy can produce hydrogen to "power the former Ilva". This was stated by the general director KseniaBalanda at an Il Sole 24 conference on green hydrogen.
According to Balanda "without offshore wind, the EU objectives on green hydrogen, equal to 6 Gw of electrolysers by the year and 40 Gw by 2030, would be further away and much more difficult to achieve". In fact, hydrogen can be used "as an energy source in various sectors, including mobility, industry, heating and electricity and can also be used as a form of renewable energy storage". "During periods of high solar or wind energy production - explains Balanda - excess energy can be used to produce green hydrogen through the electrolysis of water". The latter "can therefore" be stored and used when renewable energy is not available, such as during winter periods or when plants are shut down, ensuring a constant and reliable energy supply. "
Our installed capacity of 5.5 Gw in Italy by 2030-2032 - concludes the manager - it will allow a saving of Co2 equal to 11 million tons per year, with a production of green hydrogen of 400 thousand tons, sufficient to power millions of cars, 30/40 thousand buses or to cover almost annual production of a steelworks like the former Ilva".