BalticSeaH2 – Demonstrating hydrogen economy with the largest cross-border Hydrogen Valley in Europe

Energy Valley joins 40 partners in the Baltic region in demonstrating the hydrogen economy with the first large-scale cross-border Hydrogen Valley in Europe

BalticSeaH2 builds the first significant, cross-border hydrogen valley in Europe. The goal is to create an integrated hydrogen economy around the Baltic Sea to enable self-sufficiency of energy and minimise carbon emissions from different industries. The project includes 40 partners from nine Baltic Sea area countries. Combining local areas into a broader valley supports creating a genuinely integrated, interregional hydrogen economy, which has not been done previously on this scale in Europe.

The area between Finland and Estonia is an optimal location for a cross-border hydrogen market. The necessary infrastructure – natural gas pipelines, electricity grids, and active marine traffic – already exist in the Gulf of Finland. The project will also support the reduction of the carbon emissions from existing marine traffic. In addition, Gasgrid Finland is already preparing hydrogen infrastructure: Nordic-Baltic Hydrogen Corridor, Baltic Sea Hydrogen Collector and Nordic Hydrogen Route enable strong growth for hydrogen economy and hydrogen markets in the Baltic Sea region.

BalticSeaH2 projects enables over 20 use cases and over 10 investment cases to showcase the different sectors of hydrogen economy, adding up to 3 billion euros in total investments. The production potential for hydrogen will reach 60 000 tonnes of hydrogen annually by the end of the project. The hydrogen and its derivatives can be utilised or sold by different industries brought together by the project.

The project started in June 2023 and lasts five years. The consortium includes 40 partners from nine Baltic Sea region countries: Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. The total volume of the project is 33 million euro, with a 25 million funding from the EU. Clean Hydrogen Partnership supports European hydrogen valley projects with RePowerEU funding from the commission.

BalticSeaH2 partners on the map

Contact

Head of Strategy & Innovation ＩEU Advisor

Knut Linnerud

E-mail: knut.linnerud@energyvalley.com

Phone: +47 9222 5432

Northern European Alliance for Sustainable Energy

Energy Valley has joined the Northern European Alliance for Sustainable Energy to work on speeding up hydrogen strategies across Europe, development actions, and establishing the first, large-scale interregional hydrogen valley in Europe.

The Northern European Alliance for Sustainable Energy consists of members from seven Northern European countries, i.e., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Scotland/UK, and Sweden.

Position Paper

Northern European Alliance for Sustainable Energy has published a position paper, The Northern European Hydrogen Opportunity – to capture the opportunity through cooperation. The paper calls for fast implementation of the hydrogen strategies across Europe and suggests concrete actions to speed up the process.

Renewable hydrogen is expected to play a key role in the clean energy transition for solving the climate challenge. The estimated potential for production in Northern Europe is big enough to enable establishment of carbon-neutral societies in the Northern Europe and beyond. The full utilisation of the clean hydrogen potential also introduces an opportunity to reduce imported carbon through coordinated use of local resources and by implementing sector integration possibilities.

Reaching the full potential of hydrogen economy requires tight cooperation in Northern Europe. This includes pilot and demonstration projects, innovation capacities across borders for all parts of the hydrogen value network, shaping the common operational environment, system-level studies about the role of hydrogen in the future energy and industrial systems, and building competence through training.

Read the whole position paper here.

Funding opportunities & Projects

We work continuously on identifying funding opportunities for cross-border collaboration projects.

We have successfully secured €25M on project funding for our first project: BalticSeaH2.

The focus for the next year is hydrogen calls, including RDI, regulation, safety, and education, amongst other topics.

If we have not already reached you and you are interested on hearing more about the current funding opportunities, please get in touch with our contact below.