OX2 has entered into a cooperation with Norwegian consumer goods company Orkla to supply it with green hydrogen.
The cooperation concerns the provision of hydrogen produced with renewable electricity from OX2’s assets for supplying to Orkla’s Haraldsby factory in Saltvik, on the Finnish archipelago of Åland.
The aim of the cooperation is to assess and plan the supplying of hydrogen from 2025.
Orkla Group, which has over 100 factories worldwide, is aiming to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2025, invest in fossil-free energy and halve food waste.
On Åland, Orkla is aiming to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20% in order to achieve its targets.
The hydrogen would be supplied via OX2’s planned Energy Park at Möckelö, as well as from additional solar park projects and in the longer term also from the offshore wind power projects Noatun North and South, via planned hydrogen production in Långnäs (Mega Green Port).
The Energy Park at Möckelö is expected to be completed in 2024, with hydrogen production starting in 2025, which is also expected to be the first year for gas deliveries between the park and the factory.
The plan is to replace imported propane gas in the business operations with locally produced hydrogen.
“We have jointly concluded that the cooperation has great potential, and has quite natural upsides for both parties, as well as for Åland as a society in its quest to become CO2 neutral by 2035.
“We are now entering the next phase of the planning and are looking forward to being able to make use of our ongoing green energy projects to help local industry become greener.
“Orkla is a ground-breaking organisation regarding implementing a sustainable transition, and it is actually doing what others are still only talking about, which is the same philosophy that we have,” said Anders Wiklund (pictured, right), Country Manager OX2 Åland.
Euromekanik is the technical partner for the hydrogen project at OX2’s planned solar parks on Åland.
“Orkla’s factory in Haraldsby is a good example of how new green technology can have a direct impact on the local green transition.
“There is a strong trend in this area, and it is particularly pleasing that Orkla is so aware and proactive in its approach.
“This creates an opportunity to really get started with the transition that hydrogen can provide,” says Peter Rydebrink, Managing Director of Euromekanik.