Large-scale supply of green hydrogen

To make industry greener, we need to be able to rely on a stable, large supply of green hydrogen. Such a large-scale supply is only possible if we tackle the entire supply chain simultaneously.

Given this realisation, the consortium comprising Groningen Seaports, RWE, Equinor, Shell and Gasunie, and with the support of the province of Groningen, is investigating how we can achieve this large-scale supply by working together on all aspects of the supply chain – from wind energy and electrolysis to transmission and storage.

The aim is to be able to supply industry with 4GW of green hydrogen by 2030. But the ambition goes further than that. NortH2 wants to upscale to more than 10 gigawatts of green hydrogen production capacity by 2040. By then, green hydrogen output, which will initially be produced in Eemshaven and later possibly offshore as well, will total around 1,000,000 metric tons on an annual basis, cutting carbon emissions by 8 to 10 megatonnes a year.  In this way, NortH2 can make a significant contribution towards achieving the goals set under the Dutch Climate Agreement, as well as towards the even more ambitious European hydrogen targets.