Activities

With a daily production of up to 1,3 tons of hydrogen a day, Hellesylt Hydrogen Hub will be the largest producer of green hydrogen in Norway when it opens production in Q4 2023. This is well in advance of the zero-emission requirement for the UNESCO World Heritage Geiranger fjord that takes effect in 2026.

The plant will have an energy requirement of 3 MW and will primarily be powered by the local hydropower plants. These power plants have a combined production capacity of 17 MW, and local consumption will reduce the strain on the power grid and allow the power plants to operate closer to their capacity. 

The three Hellesylt power plants will supply the hydropower energy to the electrolyzer. Most of the energy needed during the summer season is expected to be so-called "closed in power", due to limitations in the grid net system out of Hellesylt.

The regional natural resources of clean and falling water, and great engagement from the public and local businesses contribute to the phasing in of a sustainable zero-emission solution, new value creation, and regional growth.

Project

Hellesylt Hydrogen Hub

Norwegian Hydrogen has great ambitions and is in the process of building a network of hydrogen fueling stations aimed at heavy transport throughout the entire Nordic region. 

The station in Gotland is the beginning of a new network of hydrogen filling stations in Sweden. When the station opens, it will have a capacity of at least 1500kg of hydrogen per day, which is enough to fill 30-40 heavy-duty trucks.

Gotland refueling station

The partners comprise zero-emission cruise venture Northern Xplorer AS, hydrogen provider and owner of infrastructure Norwegian Hydrogen AS, high-capacity hydrogen transfer system supplier HYON AS, ship designers Multi Maritime AS, and hydrogen storage system provider Hexagon Purus Maritime AS.

Collaboration

Developing a complete hydrogen value chain for maritime sector

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between Provaris Energy and Norwegian Hydrogen AS to collaborate on the identification and development of green hydrogen value chain projects in the Nordics. 

The collaboration will accelerate the development of green hydrogen export supply chains, using Provaris’ GH2 Carriers and storage solutions, and Norwegian Hydrogen’s proposed hydrogen production and export sites across the Nordics, including Norway.

Provaris’ compressed H2 supply chain provides a flexible, cost-competitive solution that supports giga-watt scale generation capacity to be transported as gaseous hydrogen.

A joint Design Concept Study will be completed in the March quarter of 2023 to identify a preferred production and export site and determine the technical and economic viability of a fast-track green hydrogen supply chain connected to the key ports in Germany and the Netherlands.

Development of green hydrogen value chain projects in the Nordics

Norwegian Hydrogen and FirstElement Fuel will work together to accelerate the expansion of the hydrogen network throughout the entire Nordic region. The team will be joined by Mitsui, adding their strength in global infrastructure expansion to leverage the vast experience gained by FirstElement Fuel in California USA. The co-operation agreement struck by the three parties outlines how each plan to leverage their best-in-class experience and know-how to develop hydrogen refuelling infrastructure in the Nordic countries, with a focus on the end-user.

Read more here in our news section about the collaboration.

Collaboration with FirstElement Fuel Inc and Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

Glocal Green will produce bio-methanol based on biological waste and residual industrial raw materials that can also be used as fuel for internal combustion engines, and as a hydrogen carrier for fuel cells. Norwegian Hydrogen will produce and deliver green hydrogen to be mixed in to the final product. This combination allows every energy substance in the biomass to be utilised and transited in a very efficient way. The product obtained when mixing green hydrogen into the bio-methanol production process is called bio-e-methanol.

Bio-methanol produced from biomass combined with the supply of green hydrogen will have a very positive effect on the production and volume of this highly efficient liquid energy and hydrogen carrier. In fact, to such an extent that if you connect an electrolysis facility at the methanol factory, productivity will be approximately doubled.

The project focuses now on Glocal Green's first factory on Øyer, and will establish a plan to locate an electrolysis facility in close proximity to this.

Hydrogen and bio-methanol as a green energy carrier 

Inseanergy have developed a patented floating solar power plant that can help aquaculture plants without shore power connection produce their own green electricity, thereby cutting a large proportion of their C02 emissions. In periods when solar power production is low, there is a need for alternative zero emission energy. By combining the solution for local energy production from floating solar cells with a hydrogen fuel cell system and green hydrogen from Norwegian Hydrogen, we can offer a complete emission-free solution to all off-grid fish farms.

Other Initiative

Zero emission energy solutions for the aquaculture industry 

The company will develop projects within production, distribution and delivery of green hydrogen in order to drive the zero-emission energy transition for a number of transport and industry players in the region.

Narvik Hydrogen AS

 currently operates freight trains between Oslo and Åndalsnes/Rauma and will during 2022 start operating a new freight train between Fauske and Oslo with five weekly departures in each direction.

Onrail and Norwegian Hydrogen have entered into a co-operation agreement which means that they will make a joint effort to clarify the technology available and what is technically possible when it comes to using hydrogen as an energy carrier on Norwegian railways. The transition to the use of hydrogen on trains requires innovation and we are committed in this project to drive the development of technical solutions forward.

Rauma line will be the first pilot for the project. Norwegian Hydrogen have secured areas for production of green hydrogen in Rauma and have great ambitions to help cut emissions by delivering green hydrogen to the railway.