VINCI Energies Spain develops the engineering for DEUTZ Spain’s green hydrogen plant in Extremadura

VINCI Energies Spain develops the engineering for DEUTZ Spain’s green hydrogen plant in Extremadura

Madrid, February 27, 2025. The POWERtoDEUTZ project, implemented by DEUTZ Spain at its facilities in Zafra (Extremadura), is scheduled to start operating on February 26, making the goal of producing and supplying green hydrogen to a combustion engine integrated into the plant’s generator set a reality….

• The pilot plant has been built on land adjacent to the DEUTZ Spain component production facilities in the town of Zafra.
• The launch is scheduled for February 26, beginning the production of hydrogen that will feed the new six-cylinder TCG 7.8 H2 engine, marking a milestone in the use of this zero-emission fuel in combustion engines. 

Madrid, 27 February 2025. The POWERtoDEUTZ project, implemented by DEUTZ Spain at its facilities in Zafra (Extremadura), is scheduled to start operating on 26 February, making the goal of producing and supplying green hydrogen to a combustion engine integrated into the plant’s generator set a reality. VINCI Energies Spain, through INOVE INGENIERÍA, has been responsible for the basic and detailed engineering of the pilot unit, as well as the technical management of the project’s execution.  

Desiree Bragado, Head of Plant Engineering and Green Manager at DEUTZ Spain, said:

POWERtoDEUTZ is a project that strengthens DEUTZ Spain’s commitment to sustainability and the responsible use of energy.

“We will continue to work to showcase this incredible technology and the uses that can be made of it.”

Antonio Ros Mateo, Head of Renewable Gases Engineering at VINCI Energies Spain, said :

The first challenge, from an engineering perspective, has been to understand the project in an integrated manner, defining and validating the different components and equipment that form part of the overall process,

Stages of the green hydrogen project

During the basic engineering phase, VINCI Energies Spain was responsible for establishing the bases for the plant design, the layout of the equipment and the general structure, as well as drafting the project for the City Council and defining the selection of equipment. In the detailed engineering phase, the technical documentation was developed, including the electrical, process and civil engineering plans, as well as safety studies (HAZOP). The tests and acceptance of equipment in the factory were also carried out, the detailed engineering project was drafted for public bodies and the architecture of the control system was designed.

Finally, during the construction management stage, INOVE INGENIERÍA managed the entire construction process, implementing modifications to the project, reviewing the designs and adjusting the final details for the correct start-up of the unit.

Antonio Ros Mateo, Head of Renewable Gas Engineering at VINCI Energies Spain, stressed that,

Given that innovation is essential in this type of project, engineering provides an overall view, defines and integrates components, some of which have never been used for hydrogen production, and guarantees the correct operation of the plant from a technical and safety perspective.

Based on a global concept of the project, VINCI Energies Spain has defined and integrated the different processes involved in a hydrogen production plant, from the supply of renewable energy, with surplus energy from the photovoltaic plant located at DEUTZ Spain’s own facilities, the coupling with the alkaline technology electrolyser, and subsequent compression, storage and supply processes.

In addition to VINCI Energies Spain, the project also involved ARIEMA, as supplier of the latest generation alkaline electrolyser, and AEM (Alternativas Energéticas de Murcia), which provided the generator set. In addition, CIIAE (Iberian Centre for Research in Energy Storage) supported the research area, through a cooperation with FUNDECYT-PCTEX.

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