Mundus Nordic Green News – 20 January, 2021

Ørsted launches first hydrogen project near Copenhagen

Ørsted has made a final investment decision on H2RES, a demonstration project for renewable hydrogen production at Avedøre Holme in Copenhagen. H2RES will be Ørsted's first renewable hydrogen project in operation, with a capacity of 2 MW. The plant will produce around 1 tonne/day of renewable hydrogen, which will be used as fuel for road transport in Greater Copenhagen and Zealand. 

 

Ørsted  says it sees renewable hydrogen and other sustainable fuels “as the cornerstone on the road to CO2 neutrality by 2050, and H2RES will contribute important experience that can help make Europe's ambitious development goals for renewable hydrogen a new industrial success story.”

 

Separately, Ørsted’s partners, Everfuel and Green Hydrogen Systems announced that they had finalized agreements with Ørsted  for their participation in the venture. Everfuel A/S has signed a contract with Ørsted for the offtake and distribution of green hydrogen to zero emission mobility. Everfuel will build and operate a compression and trailer-fill facility next to the electrolyser. The hydrogen will be distributed to end-users via Everfuel’s network of fueling stations in Copenhagen and Zealand. Green Hydrogen Systems is a supplier of electrolysis systems.

 

Over the past 18 months, Ørsted has entered into partnerships with various consortia for seven projects within renewable hydrogen in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

 

Vattenfall and Preem investigate a refinery in Lysekil

Vattenfall's and Preem's collaboration to produce fossil-free hydrogen for biofuel production is taking the next step, with a study to investigate the possibilities of building a large-scale production facility at the Lysekil refinery. Preem's goal of producing 5 million cubic meters of biofuels by 2030 can reduce transport emissions by up to 12.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, corresponding to about 20% of Sweden's total emissions. This change in production requires large-scale supply of hydrogen.

 

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