Hydrogen will be the main fuel of the future and the Japanese Kawasaki group is prepared to deliver the technology necessary for this objective. The Group’s hydrogen roadmap includes the future hydrogen storage facilities, according to Cristian Athanasovici, representative of Kawasaki Gas Turbine Europe, at the conference “Regional Approach Sofia – Energy Goes Both Ways”, organized by Energynomics.
“Kawasaki developed a hydrogen road map in which hydrogen might be the main fuel of the future. The second stage of our plan is storage. We already have the equipment to store the hydrogen. Today we are ready to use a mixture of hydrogen and natural gas, but in the future, we are looking at 100% hydrogen. If we are going for the mixture of gas and hydrogen, it is better to provide carbon capture storage or carbon storage and usage”, said Athanasovici.
Kawasaki and RWE plan to build one of the world’s first 100% hydrogen-capable gas turbines on an industrial scale, in Lingen. The project is one of the first worldwide to use a gas turbine to convert 100% hydrogen into electricity on an industrial scale. The plant, with an output of 34 MW, could become operational in mid-2024. Kawasaki’s gas turbines can operate with 100% hydrogen, 100% natural gas and with any combination of both.
“The future of cogeneration plants is to run in a mixture with other technologies which produce electricity, like solar panels, like electrolyzes which will produce the hydrogen as fuel”, Athanasovici added.
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Kawasaki established its Romanian office in Bucharest in 2018 and currently has 67 employees. The office is responsible for promotion & sales activities in South-East Europe. The Japanese group operates in the EU’s energy market on three pillars, decarbonization, decentralization of energy production, and digitalization.
In the fiscal year of 2022, the Kawasaki group recorded total sales of 1.48 trillion yen (11.6 billion euros).
The conference “Regional Approach Sofia – Energy Goes Both Ways” was organized by Energynomics with the support of our partners: ABB România, Electro-Service RB, Kawasaki Gas Turbine Europe, Signify.