To develop a new green hydrogen energy plant in Alby, Sweden, the renewable energy company RES is collaborating with Ånge Municipality. 

The aim is to generate enough green hydrogen energy to supply the local industry and fast-track the switch to using completely renewable energy.

The partnership plans to achieve their aim by making use of current available grid capacity with a goal of providing the local industry with green hydrogen energy by 2024.

“Ånge Municipality continues to make great progress towards its goal of becoming a hub for green energy,” said Magnus Igel, Development Manager of RES.

“With industry’s increased need for green energy and conditions such as available land, locally produced electricity, process water and hydrogen, Ånge is well placed.”

Ånge Municipality has a vast amount of renewable electricity available from both current and planned wind projects in the local Tovåsen cluster; this electricity will be used during electrolysis to split water, producing only green hydrogen and water with no negative impact on the environment.

The new plant could aid in establishing Ånge Municipality as a centre for the development of sustainable energy and attract new industries to the area, creating new jobs and making the locality more economically stable and sustainable.

“We are now seeing the results of the sustained work we have been doing over the last few years,” said Erik Lövgren, Chairman of the City Council.

“My three priorities are: jobs, jobs and jobs and it is the green transition that will be one of the biggest enablers for our municipality moving forward.”

With a preliminary estimate of around 200 MW of generation, the intension is to gradually expand the project through new grid connections, increasing the amount of green hydrogen energy that the plant can produce.