In the UK, The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) has been awarded $244,000 from Scottish Government to advance research to demonstrate the feasibility and economic opportunity of exporting hydrogen from Scotland to Germany and solidify the case for infrastructure investment.
The research will analyze and integrate work already undertaken at NZTC as well as several notable European projects currently underway. Examples of these include NZTC’s Hydrogen Backbone Link, which focuses on the hydrogen transport infrastructure required to deliver a cost-effective pipeline solution between Scotland and Europe. As well as AquaVentus’s ‘AquaDuctus’ initiative, a GW-scale offshore hydrogen pipeline located in the German North Sea that aims to connect green hydrogen obtained offshore with the European mainland and the emerging onshore hydrogen infrastructure.
The research will outline the benefits of an integrated pan-North Sea offshore hydrogen pipeline network to efficiently harvest NW Europe’s offshore wind resource.
The research will estimate green hydrogen production from Scottish hubs and its alignment with industrial demand in Germany. Various export-import scenarios will be explored, examining multi-sector end-use applications, technology requirements, and regulatory considerations, said NZTC.
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