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Shell Advances Europe’s Largest Green Hydrogen Project in Rotterdam

Shell has completed key engineering tests at its Holland Hydrogen I facility in Rotterdam, keeping the renewable hydrogen project on track to produce up to 60,000 kilograms of hydrogen daily using offshore wind energy.
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