Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and Siemens have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to pilot the Gulf’s first solar-driven hydrogen (H2) electrolysis facility.
Located at DEWA’s outdoor testing facilities at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, the facility will test and showcase an integrated MW-scale plant to produce H2 using renewable energy from solar photovoltaic at the park, store the gas and then deploy for either re-electrification, transportation or other industrial uses.
H2 technologies will accelerate renewable energy integration and deployment in the region and pave the way for the transition to a sustainable and green economy in the UAE. DEWA and Expo 2020 Dubai intend to use fuel-cell vehicles powered by the green H2 generated at the facility.
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