Cummins to supply electrolyser for Florida's first green hydrogen plant

• United States utility Florida Power & Light (FPL) has actually chosen Cummins to provide a 25MW electrolyser system wherefore's asserted to be the first green hydrogen plant in Florida.

The plant will utilize solar energy to power the electrolysis facility, which will be made up of 5 Cummins HyLYZER 1000 PEM electrolysers.

Eric Silagy, FPL president and CEO, stated: "At FPL, we are always evaluating the horizon as well as focused on making smart, lasting financial investments to build an extra modern, more powerful and cleaner power grid that future generations can depend on."

Amy Davis, VP and head of state of New Power at Cummins said it was an amazing project for the company to establish green hydrogen as a "viable way to decarbonise the economic situation" in the US.

"An electrolyzer installment of this size better strengthens PEM technology as a key to getting to no discharges in energy-intensive markets," stated Davis.

Last May, Cummins added Spanish energy business Iberdrola to its list of green hydrogen companions with the construction of a 500MW electrolyser manufacturing facility in Castilla-La Mancha, that could be scaled approximately more than 1GW.