In the Netherlands, Offshore Energy reported that the Dutch government, through Energie Beheer Nederland (EBN), has joined the PosHYdon project, a pilot which aims to produce green hydrogen on an operational gas platform in the North Sea. The project, which will integrate three offshore energy systems – offshore wind, offshore gas, and offshore hydrogen – for the first time, will take place on Neptune Energy’s Q13a-A platform. This production platform is the first fully green electrified platform in the Dutch North Sea and is located approximately 13 kilometers off the coast of Scheveningen, according to the report. The green hydrogen will be blended with the gas and transported to the coast via the existing gas pipeline. To this end, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy has increased the blending specifications from 0.02% to 0.5% hydrogen. Jan Willem van Hoogstraten, CEO of Energie Beheer Nederland, said: “PosHYdon plays a key role in the realization of the green hydrogen economy. An ambitious, but also challenging project with an undeniable public interest. EBN feels a great responsibility to help ensure the success of PosHYdon. For the energy transition in the Netherlands and in Northwest Europe.”
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