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The necessary agreements for the construction of a cross-border hydrogen pipeline running between Zelzate and Sas van Gent were made by CEO Pascal De Buck of Fluxys, CEO Daan Schalck of North Sea Port, and Manager Business Development Hydrogen Helmie Botter of Gasunie.
A leap forward for hydrogen Fluxys/Gasunie In 2026 a first major hurdle for the creation of a workable market for hydrogen within the whole North Sea Port area will have been cleared. Energy infrastructure operators Fluxys and Gasunie will then have installed a cross-border pipeline that will link the open-access hydrogen networks they are each developing on their side of the port area.
Fluxys, Gasunie, and North Sea Port will work closely together to construct within about four years a pipeline between Zelzate and Sas van Gent to connect the Dutch and Belgian hydrogen networks in the port area. With its concentration of industrial players, its existing hydrogen hub – the largest in the Benelux with 580,000t of yearly production and consumption – and its ambition to become an international hub for green and low-carbon hydrogen, the cross-border port offers a perfect platform to establish one of Europe’s first open-access crossborder networks for this new energy vector.
Linking clusters Studies have shown that hydrogen demand could double or even triple by 2030. To make that happen, Fluxys and Gasunie
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