The momentum for green hydrogen is growing fast. Almost every week, a new initiative is announced somewhere in Europe. Some EU Member States, including The Netherlands and Germany, announced a national hydrogen strategy with production capacity targets and supporting measures to realise their ambitions in line with the EU’s strategy.
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Dutch transmission systems operator, TenneT has announced that it will launch tenders for the development of grid connections with a transmission capacity of 2 GW. The project will ensure supporting infrastructure for the upcoming offshore wind projects in Europe. Under the first tender, transmission infrastructure for at least two projects will be developed in the Ijmuiden Ver wind area in the Netherlands which will be operational in 2028 and 2029. The following tenders will cover the BalWin 1 which will be operational in 2029 and also the BalWin 2 and BalWin 3 which will be operational by 2030.
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Momentum currently behind hydrogen is unprecedented, with more and more policies, projects, and plans by governments and companies in all parts of the world. Read the presentation by Noé van Hulst, Hydrogen Envoy, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, The Netherlands Presentation for OECD Development Centre
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After an 11% improvement in demand for solar in 2020, a 23% boost is predicted for Europe in 2021 with annual installations reaching 22.4 GW. This growth will continue into the later years with new annual additions reaching 27.4 GW in 2022. Despite a slight decrease in growth rates in 2023 and 2024, deployments of over 30 GW are expected in both years, with 30.8 GW in 2023 and 35.1 GW in 2024.
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Ørsted has announced that it has fully commissioned the Borssele 1 and 2 wind farms in the Dutch North Sea. The project is located 22 km off the coast of the Zeeland province and has a total capacity of 752 MW. The wind farm houses 94 wind turbines of 8 MW each which have been supplied by Siemens Gamesa.
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Road freight transportation accounts for around 8% of global CO2 emissions per year — 2.9 Gt CO2. Countries are increasing their efforts to decarbonise this sector. Among the options being considered, fleets of electric trucks are attracting more attention due to the availability of clean and low-cost renewable electricity.
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National Grid Ventures, the commercial development arm of National Grid, has teamed up with Dutch transmission system operator TenneT to explore the feasibility of transmitting power generated by offshore turbines using subsea electricity cables.
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