H2 Energy seeks to link 1-GW Danish hydrogen plant to German network

Swiss hydrogen ecosystems developer H2 Energy Europe and German gas pipeline operator Ontras Gastransport GmbH will collaborate on potentially transporting green hydrogen from H2 Energy’s planned 1-GW production facility in Denmark to German industrial areas, the two firms said.

The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore ways to deliver hydrogen from the facility in the Danish seaport city of Esbjerg to industrial areas around the German cities of Salzgitter, Berlin, Eisenhuettenstadt, Magdeburg and Leipzig-Halle. The parties will particularly evaluate the potential transportation via planned infrastructure such as the proposed German hydrogen core network and Ontras’s Green Octopus Central Germany (GO!) pipeline.

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H2 Energy and Ontras will initially determine the technical and commercial transport requirements. After that, the parties intend to enter into a long-term capacity contract.

“By linking our planned 1GW green hydrogen production project in Denmark with Ontras’s robust gas transport network in Germany we plan to contribute to the development of an integrated, reliable hydrogen economy that spans across Europe," H2 Energy’s CEO, Cyril Cabanes, commented in the statement.

H2 Energy received in June the building permit for its plant, which is expected to produce about 90,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year when completed.

The collaboration with Ontras is in line with Germany's goal to establish a hydrogen infrastructure that integrates domestic and international production sources. Germany expects that hydrogen demand will surge to between 95 TWh and 130 TWh annually by 2030, with 50% to 70% of it covered by imports.