European Hydrogen Backbone: HOW A DEDICATED HYDROGEN INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BE CREATED
Anthony Wang, Kees van der Leun, Daan Peters, Maud Buseman, Gas For Climate
Abstract
This paper, authored by eleven gas infrastructure companies and supported by Guidehouse, describes how a dedicated hydrogen infrastructure can be created ina significant part of the EU between 2030 and 2040, requiring work to start during the 2020s. The hydrogen infrastructure as proposed in this paper fits well with the ambitions of the EU Hydrogen Strategy and the Energy System Integration Strategy, plus it aligns well with the goals of the recently announced Clean Hydrogen Alliance to scale up hydrogen, enabled by hydrogen transport. Hydrogen clearly gains momentum and this paper aims to provide a contribution towards accelerating a large scale-up of hydrogen by enabling its transport from supply to demand across Europe.This paper analyses the likely routes across Europe by 2030, 2035 and 2040. The included maps show the suggested topology of hydrogen pipelines in ten European countries: Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland.You can download the whole report by clicking this link