The Q13a offshore platform in the Dutch North Sea. Source: Neptune Energy
European hydrogen projects make progress
Pilot schemes are moving forward as ambitions for the fuel grow
Norwegian power firm Statkraft became in early June the latest energy player to outline hydrogen plans, as momentum around the fuel builds across western Europe. The company has signed two deals—one with steel manufacturer Celsa and the Mo industrial park in northern Norway and the other a collaboration with Norwegian regional utility Tronder Energi and hydrogen technology firm Hyon. Its first agreement targets the development of a complete value chain for green hydrogen for industrial use in high-temperature metal processes. The ambition is to build an electrolysis facility to produce green hydrogen that can replace the fossil fuels currently used in Celsa’s production process—with ‘green s
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