The project aims to import green hydrogen from Sweden to Germany by 2026 at the latest
October 12 (Renewables Now) – Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies GmbH plans to transport up to 8,000 tons of green hydrogen per year from Sweden to Germany and the Netherlands by 2026, using liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) technology.
The industrial hydrogen import is being targeted as part of the Northern Green Crane project where the German hydrogen specialist is partnering with Dutch tank storage company Royal Vopak and the Get H2 initiative at home.
The hydrogen will be produced in Sweden, which has great potential for wind and hydropower production, says Hydrogenious in a press release. There, Hydrogenious will build a hydrogenation plant with 24 tons of hydrogen per day to store hydrogen. From Sweden, the green fuel will be transported by ship to Rotterdam, where half of the hydrogen gas will be released and delivered to industrial customers in the port and inland.
The other half of the hydrogen will be delivered to Lingen in Germany by barge via the river Ems. There, the fuel will be delivered to local industry and fed into a pipeline as part of the GET H2 initiative.
In addition, the excess heat from the hydrogenation plant in Sweden, which is not shipped to Germany and the Netherlands, will be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the heat supply in the Scandinavian country.
Hydrogenious noted that the project is awaiting IPCEI designation by the European Commission (EC).
The project was originally called Green Crane and the partners planned to buy the green hydrogen from Spain before the decision was made to move the production facility to Sweden.
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