{"id":595753,"date":"2023-10-27T18:11:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T15:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/netherlands-starts-building-e1-5bn-hydrogen-pipeline\/"},"modified":"2023-10-27T18:11:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T15:11:58","slug":"netherlands-starts-building-e1-5bn-hydrogen-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/netherlands-starts-building-e1-5bn-hydrogen-pipeline\/","title":{"rendered":"#Netherlands starts building \u20ac1.5bn hydrogen pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n Today, the Netherlands officially began constructing a 1,200km-long hydrogen pipeline \u2014 amid a continent-wide push to wean Europe off natural gas.<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>first section of the pipeline will run from <\/span>the Maasvlakte \u2014 a massive man-made extension of the Europoort in <\/span>Rotterdam (Europe\u2019s largest port) \u2014 some 30 kilometres inland to a gas refinery in Pernis, run by petrochemical giant Shell. This phase is scheduled to open in 2025 at a cost of <\/span>\u20ac100mn<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The ribbon-cutting ceremony was attended by the country\u2019s King Willem-Alexander, the <\/span>minister for climate and energy policy, Rob Jetten, and Han Fennema, CEO of state-run energy company Gasunie.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe start of the construction of the hydrogen network today is an important milestone,\u201d said Jetten earlier today. \u201cHydrogen is ideally suited to making our industry more sustainable and offers economic opportunities for the Netherlands as an important link in Northwestern Europe. I am proud that we are the first country to start building a national network.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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From 2030, the wider 1,200km network will connect import terminals and <\/span>hydrogen production facilities with<\/span> major industrial clusters in the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium. A large chunk of the network will be made up of repurposed gas pipelines, many of which are set to become redundant as the country looks to reduce its reliance on the fossil fuel. <\/span>The megaproject will cost about <\/span>\u20ac1<\/span>.5bn.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>The Dutch are building a country-wide hydrogen network that will link places of production with places of consumption, both within the country and beyond its borders. Credit: Gasunie\/S&P Global Commodity Insights<\/figcaption>