The Hamburg-based H₂ company Eternal Power is developing a production plant for green H₂ in Dummerstorf, ten kilometers south of Rostock. The company has now secured the usage rights for around five hectares of land. An electrolysis plant with an output of 80 megawatts is to be built on the site by 2028. The project is considered a flagship project for the German market, as around 8,000 tpy of green H₂ are to be produced. According to Eternal Power, an expansion to 400 megawatts is planned later. On the buyer side, the company has already secured initial commitments and signed a preliminary contract with a volume of over €2.3 B. The purchase is considered a key element in realizing projects of this size and ramping up the market for green H₂.

Germany's climate goals depend to a large extent on how quickly a green H₂ market is established, as Andreas Rimkus, H₂ representative of the SPD parliamentary group, emphasizes said, "We need green H₂ in Germany to sustainably promote energy-intensive sectors such as shipping, air traffic, the chemical and steel industries. Domestic production gives us the opportunity to promote the energy market and industry at the same time. In this context, young companies like Eternal Power are important."

In July, Federal Minister of Economics Habeck once again demonstrated how serious the federal government is about its commitment to Germany as a green H₂ location: his ministry approved funding decisions totaling half a billion euros for projects in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania alone.

According to Eternal Power, the good cooperation with the municipality was also a key factor in the decision to choose the Dummerstorf production site. The municipality had already taken green H₂ into account when planning a new industrial area, thereby creating ideal conditions. Dummerstorf's mayor Jürgen Sprank said, "Dummerstorf is pushing for the development of the new industrial area with green energy for climate-neutral production in order to be able to offer a particularly attractive, future-proof location. We are delighted to be playing a pioneering role on the European energy market together with Eternal Power."

According to Eternal Power, competitive green H₂ can be produced in Dummerstorf. "Hardly any other location covers all the important requirements in the immediate vicinity: offshore wind farms, connection to high and extra-high voltage, industrial areas, the H₂ core network and of course water," said Robert Meitz, co-founder and COO of Eternal Power. The direct connection to the H₂ core network connects the project with solvent purchasing centers throughout the country and thus creates an important basis for further project scaling.

The direct connection of offshore wind farms and PV systems to the planned plant means that green electricity is available in abundance. This represents the largest cost factor for green H₂. In order to reduce these costs, Eternal Power has developed its own software solution that can be used to identify the ideal combination and dimensioning of various renewable energy sources. The software optimizes electricity procurement on an hourly basis for the next 20 years in order to achieve high utilization of the plants while keeping electricity prices low.

The site is expected to grow strongly to 400 MW in the coming years. The electrolyzer is scheduled to go online at the end of 2028 with the commissioning of a new H₂ pipeline. The next expansion stage is already being planned. A further 320 megawatts of power are to be available from 2030. This will first require the expansion of a high-voltage line. An expansion by the network operator 50 Hertz is already being planned. According to Eternal Power, there is already demand on the consumer side, so the necessary space for the expansion has been secured.