There is a need for a Danish hydrogen pipe faster and sooner than is currently planned, because otherwise it will help delay both the development of offshore wind and the establishment of the H2 Energy Europe PtX plant in Esbjerg, says Rasmus Bach Nielsen , who is a board member and spokesperson from H2 Energy Europe.
- It would be possible to land much more electricity from the North Sea with a hydrogen tube, says Rasmus Bach Nielsen at DOI.dk's conference in Esbjerg Musikhus.
Contrary to what news such as Everfuel's closure of the energy company's hydrogen filling stations and most recently Green Hydrogen System's downgrade and layoffs indicate, the hydrogen market is by no means finished.
- The hydrogen market is not dead at all. It has never been better than now, because German industry is committed to using hydrogen, says Rasmus Bach Nielsen and confirms that H2 Energy Europe is in negotiations with German industry to bid for hydrogen supply.
Although the parties are serious on both sides of the border, there is a problem, because a Danish hydrogen pipeline to the large customer in the south is missing. H2 Energy Europe's planned facility in Esbjerg is based on a GW power input, which must come from just the offshore wind on the North Sea.
- We cannot finish the commercial negotiations without a hydrogen pipeline, says Rasmus Bach Nielsen and concludes:
- We are willing to commit the entire facility's capacity, as long as we are not dependent on other actors' decisions to use the pipe.
Germany is much faster
Germany has just decided to build its own hydrogen pipeline, and the difference is significant compared to the first Danish stage.
- The Germans have allocated eight years to build 9,000 km of hydrogen pipes, of which 40 per cent. is newly built, while in Denmark it takes seven years to build 180 km, of which 80 km is newly built. Without a hydrogen tube, we cannot reduce the current, and right now the booking requirement is too high. It is because you are dependent on others booking capacity at the same time, says Rasmus Bach Nielsen and describes a protracted spiral with difficult conditions:
- It is a commercial premise that is impossible to act on, because we cannot bid on the power from the offshore wind supply.
It is not like building a PtX facility.
- It takes about three to five years to project a PtX plant. Unfortunately, it is simply not realistic for two players to be ready at the same time, so therefore the booking requirement is too high if you really want the hydrogen, he says.
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