- Cummins intends to produce 500 MW electrolyzers at a factory in Minnesota.
- Green hydrogen can be stored as a compressed gas or a liquid.
Renowned engine maker Cummins intends to start producing electrolyzers at a factory in Minnesota, starting at 500 MW of capacity annually, scalable to 1 GW at a future date.
The company plans to dedicate 89,000 sq. ft. of its existing facility in a suburb of Minneapolis to electrolyzer production. Initially, the facility will manufacture its HyLYZER-500 and HyLYZER-5000 Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzers, with the potential to manufacture other electrolyzer products. The company said these products could accommodate power needs from 1.25 MW to more than 200 MW for both small- and large-scale hydrogen generation projects.
An electrolyzer separates water into oxygen and hydrogen. When the electrolyzer system is operated using renewable electricity – such as solar, wind or hydropower – the hydrogen it produces is “green” and carbon-free. Green hydrogen can be stored as a compressed gas or a liquid and used as an energy-dense, clean power source to help decarbonize various hard-to-abate sectors, such as heavy-duty transportation and industrial processes.
Cummins is also building two new electrolyzer factories in Spain and China, similar to that in Minnesota.