Nordic Baltic Hydrogen Corridor Receives EU Funding for Feasibility Phase
Key Ideas
- Six project partners in the NBHC have secured a €6.8 million grant from the EU to support the feasibility phase of a large-scale hydrogen pipeline network in the Baltic Sea region.
- The project aims to reduce carbon emissions by up to 37 million tons of CO2 equivalent per year by 2050, enhancing energy security and supply diversity while connecting renewable hydrogen production to demand centers.
- The feasibility phase is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2027, with subsequent project development phases leading to corridor commissioning in the early 2030s.
- Stakeholders from public and private sectors will be involved in the process, contributing to the integration of renewable hydrogen and the decarbonization of hard-to-abate sectors across six EU member states.
The Nordic Baltic Hydrogen Corridor (NBHC) project partners, including Gasgrid Finland, Elering Estonia, Conexus Baltic Grid Latvia, Amber Grid Lithuania, GAZ-SYSTEM Poland, and ONTRAS Germany, have secured a grant agreement with the European Climate, Infrastructure, and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) for EU financial support. The grant of €6.8 million will facilitate the feasibility phase of building a large-scale hydrogen pipeline network in the Baltic Sea region. This initiative, part of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) under the Trans-European Networks for Energy (TEN-E), aims to conduct studies on technical, economic, regulatory, and environmental aspects. The project's goal is to support the EU's decarbonization targets by integrating renewable hydrogen production, potentially reducing carbon emissions by 37 million tons of CO2 equivalent annually by 2050. The partners anticipate enhancing energy security, supply diversity, and connecting renewable hydrogen production centers to demand hubs, contributing to the region's decarbonization and energy transition. The stakeholders anticipate completing the feasibility phase by early 2027, paving the way for subsequent project development phases leading to corridor commissioning in the early 2030s. Stakeholders from public and private sectors will be engaged throughout the process, underscoring collaboration in achieving renewable energy goals and decarbonizing challenging sectors.
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