H2Tech - Q4 2021 - 8

PROJECTS UPDATE
EUROPE
Central European Hydrogen
Corridor to develop H2
transport system
A. BLUME, Editor-in-Chief
mill in Sweden. Full implementation of
H2
-fueled heating will further reduce
process emissions by a total of 80% from
the 2015 baseline-an additional 50%
from today's already low levels.
Ovako aims to be at the forefront
of the transition toward a sustainable
society with no carbon emissions. In
line with this goal, it is initiating 100%
carbon-neutral steel production from
2022. Ovako's climate initiatives have,
so far, contributed to a reduction of its
carbon footprint by 55% since 2015.
Beginning in January 2022 and
EUSTREAM, Gas TSO of Ukraine
(GTSOU), NET4GAS and OGE have
joined forces to develop an H2
highway
through Central Europe. The focus of
the joint initiative, called the Central
European Hydrogen Corridor, is
developing an H2
Europe for the transport of H2
will be transported from promising
future major H2
" highway " in Central
. The H2
that offer excellent conditions for largescale,
green H2
supply areas in Ukraine
production, via Slovakia
and the Czech Republic, to large H2
demand areas in Germany and the EU.
The H2
transport of H2
facilities and H2
corridor will also enable the
between H2
production
consumers in the Czech
Republic and Slovakia. The two countries
are operating a large natural gas pipeline
corridor connecting Ukraine with
European demand areas. The Slovak,
Czech and German gas pipeline systems
can be repurposed to transport H2
.
Germany is expected to become a
major demand area of H2
in Europe.
Importing a significant amount of
H2
is essential to meet the projected
demand in this region. The partners have
already started to explore the technical
feasibility of creating a Central European
Hydrogen Corridor for the transportation
of up to 120 GWh/d of pure H2
from
Ukraine to Germany by 2030.
Ovako to decarbonize steel
production with H2
Ovako to build on the success of its
pilot project to heat steel with fossilfree
H2
production installation at its Hofors
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by preparing the first full-scale
until the goal is met, the company will
counterbalance the remaining carbon
emissions in production through carbon
offsets. The use of offsets will gradually
decrease as the company continues to
invest in new technology and improve
its processes.
Nel to deliver 5-MW
electrolyzer to SGN
in Scotland
Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser AS
received a purchase order for a 5-MW
alkaline water electrolyzer from SGN
for the world's first 100% H2
-to-homes
heating network on the east coast
of Scotland.
The 5-MW alkaline electrolyzer is a
fully redundant system, and the contract
includes installation and commissioning,
as well as a service and maintenance
contract. The electrolyzer will deliver up
to 2,093 kg/d of green H2
at 30 barg to
SGN's H100 Fife project in Scotland.
The project is the first-ever 100% H2
network of scale supplying green H2 from
electrolysis to end users for the purposes
of heating and cooking. The system
will be powered by a nearby offshore
wind turbine and grid electricity.
The newly built H2
gas distribution
network will supply up to 300
households initially with zero-carbon
heat; however, both the electrolyzer
and network have been sized to have
the capacity to supply up to 900
homes as part of the planned future
expansion of the H100 Fife project.
The H100 Fife project is a
groundbreaking demonstration in
evidencing the role that H2
can play
in decarbonizing heat as alternative
to natural gas. SGN is one of the
UK's largest gas distribution network
companies, operating across Scotland,
southern England and in Northern
Ireland and supplying gas to 5.9 MM
homes and business.
Repsol to start up
first electrolyzer at its
Petronor refinery
Repsol will start up the first
electrolyzer in the northern Spanish
region of Basque country in the second
half of 2022, to produce renewable H2
at its Petronor refinery. The electrolyzer
will have a capacity of 2.5 MW and
will involve an investment of €8.9
MM, covering the construction of the
necessary infrastructures for the use
and distribution of the renewable
hydrogen produced.
The project is included in the
Basque Hydrogen Corridor (BH2
C)
Initiative, which will accelerate the
economic recovery of the Basque
Country and Spain, while advancing the
decarbonization of the economy and
promoting strategic sectors such as
energy, mobility, industry and services.
Blue H2
development
planned for Slovakia
EP Infrastructure (EPIF), Eustream,
NAFTA and RWE Supply & Trading
signed an MOU to jointly explore the
potential development of blue H2
production facilities in eastern Slovakia.
The partners aim to help accelerate
the ramp-up of the H2
economy and
significantly contribute to Europe's
decarbonization ambitions.
RWE Supply & Trading could
offtake and import the produced H2
to
Germany and other RWE core markets
in Western Europe. The H2
could then
be transmitted through a repurposed
Eustream gas pipeline to Germany.
The CO2
captured during H2
generation could be stored within
depleted natural gas fields in Slovakia or
neighboring Central Eastern European
countries, including Ukraine.
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