Creos Luxembourg S.A. joined the European Hydrogen Backbone initiative consisting of now 23 European gas infrastructure companies, working together to plan a pan-European dedicated hydrogen transport infrastructure.

Renewable gas used in existing gas infrastructure can play an important role to archive net zero greenhouse gas emissions in the EU by 2050.

A European hydrogen infrastructure is needed for Europe to achieve its climate and energy objective. Next to electrification, Green and blue hydrogen are seen as important parts of the solution. Major clusters of future supply and demand are spread out over Europe.

The European Hydrogen Backbone report, published in July 2020, demonstrated that this can be achieved based primarily on repurposed existing gas infrastructure, combined with targeted investments in new dedicated hydrogen pipelines and compressor stations.

This enables dedicated hydrogen transport over long distances at an affordable cost. Dedicated hydrogen infrastructure will be developed from the 2020s onwards, leading to an interconnected dedicated hydrogen transport infrastructure stretching to all parts of Europe around 2040.

This infrastructure will allow for hydrogen imports from outside Europe as well.

Current activities:

• Discussing the European Hydrogen Backbone plan with key stakeholders in the value chain, and with gas infrastructure companies from other European countries
• Expanding the European Hydrogen Backbone map with the countries covered by the new members joining the group
• Assessing the supply side. What would be the renewable electricity capacity required to provide the green hydrogen demand foreseen in the European energy transition?

This work will lead to new publications in the spring of 2021.

More information can be found here : Gas For Climate - The European Hydrogen Backbone Vision