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The factory will have a capacity of 270 MW when it is fully developed, with a production capacity of 40,000 tonnes of green hydrogen annually. A capacity of 20MW has been granted, and an application for a further 250MW capacity has already been submitted and is being processed.

Norwegian Hydrogen collaborates with Provaris Energy for this project, an Australian company that has developed a solution for storing and transporting compressed hydrogen by ship.

Project

FjordH2: Hydrogen production in Ørskog

The plant will be able to produce 4 tonnes of hydrogen per day in the first construction phase. There are plans for possible scaling up of production in line with developments in the market. 

In addition to producing green hydrogen, there will also be established infrastructure for distribution. This will enable refueling of hydrogen for vehicles at filling stations both at the plant and elsewhere in the region. At Tau Business Park and several other places in the surrounding area, there are currently large construction machinery that in the long term can make use of locally produced hydrogen as fuel.

Norwegian Hydrogen has initiated the establishment of the plant and is now working with the municipality to prepare the detailed regulation. The start-up of production is expected in 2025.

Hydrogen production at Tau

The collaboration is based on an innovative technology, used for the first time in a full scale production by GrønGas A/S, where green hydrogen is used directly in the production of liquid biogas.

Norwegian Hydrogen and Jens Peter Lunden have established a 50/50 joint venture under the name Grøn Brint ApS. The company will own and operate electrolysis plants for the production of green hydrogen, primarily for use in the production of LBG.

Collaboration

Grøn Brint

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 2024. 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.

Hellesylt Hydrogen Hub

Norwegian Hydrogen has submitted a planning initiative to Dovre municipality to regulate a site that has previously housed a fire station and gas station in detail. 

The hydrogen will be produced using renewable energy, and thus be completely emission-free. This will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Dovre and nearby areas.

Dombås 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.

Developing a complete hydrogen value chain for maritime sector

In January 2023, Provaris and Norwegian Hydrogen entered a collaboration to bring together the skills, experience and ambitions of both companies to accelerate the development of a hydrogen value chain covering large scale production and export of hydrogen from the Nordics to the key ports of Europe. 

Completing the pre-feasibility study has identified a low-cost project for exporting green hydrogen from Norway to Europe using Provaris’ compressed hydrogen floating storage and carriers.

The project scale is 50,000 tonnes of green hydrogen. commencing in 2027, with a competitive delivered cost of hydrogen that includes a marine transport cost range of EUR 1.00-1.50/kg, based on the use of compression, Provaris’ recently launched floating storage (H2Leo) and two H2Neo carriers. 

Partners will now develop a program to advance permitting, and key agreements for an export project in Norway to be used as a blue-print for multiple bulk-scale compressed hydrogen export sites in Europe.

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.

In December 2022 we received grants of NOK 450,000 from “Skaparkraft” to carry out a feasibility study, as part of the project "Hydrogen on the Rauma Railway".