The Danish Energy Agency, Evida and Energinet are planning to jointly conduct a market dialogue regarding interest and needs for hydrogen infrastructure.
The dialogue is expected to start in mid-August, with the inputs received aiming to create the basis for understanding the need for the development of hydrogen infrastructure in Denmark.
Transmission system operator Energinet has initiated a feasibility study of a hydrogen ‘backbone’ in Jutland with connections to Germany and future hydrogen storage in Torup.
The study will also investigate whether the existing methane infrastructure can be recycled for both storage and transport of hydrogen.
Energinet expects to complete the feasibility study in the first quarter of 2023.
Meanwhile, Evida has published a report ‘Will the energy factories of the future have a sea view?’ that provides an overview of and examples of where future energy production may take place and what role infrastructure may play in that context.
Evida’s assessment indicates that local hydrogen and CO2 infrastructure can be established in two to three years and longer regional stretches within four to five years.
The report also says that there will be major synergies in the simultaneous development and operation of distribution networks for methane (natural gas/biogas), hydrogen and CO2.