Plug Power Cancels 100 MW Antwerp Plant

What happens when one of Europe’s flagship green hydrogen projects hits a wall? The quiet at the old Opel site in Antwerp’s NextGen District says it all. What was once a promising endeavor for large-scale green hydrogen production has fizzled out, as Plug Power Inc. has now scrapped its plans for a 100 MW electrolyzer plant at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges. The fallout from this could seriously reshape the future of hydrogen infrastructure in the area.

Background: Plug Power’s European Dream

Not too long ago, Plug Power was on the upswing. The company made a bold shift from just making fuel cells for forklifts to creating a complete green hydrogen ecosystem. Their big move? Securing a 30-year deal to set up CHYMIA—a 100 MW plant set to produce 35 tonnes of hydrogen every day. To put that in perspective, that’s about 12,500 tonnes a year of liquid and gaseous hydrogen, enough to really shake up transport, logistics, and heavy industries throughout Belgium and beyond.

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