The
facility,
in
Falkenhagen
in
northeast
Germany,
will
use
power
from
intermittent
renewable
sources
to
generate
about
360
cubic
metres
of
hydrogen
per
hour
through
electrolysis
–
the
process
by
which
hydrogen
and
oxygen
can
be
separated
out
of
water.
Hydrogen
produced
at
the
plant,
expected
online
in
2013,
will
be
blended
into
the
natural
gas
flowing
in
the
Ontras
pipeline,
making
the
grid
a
storage
system
for
renewable
energy.
"We
need
new
storage
capacities
so
that
we
can
further
increase
the
share
of
weather-dependent
wind
power
in
our
generation
portfolio
in
coming
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