Important contribution to reduction target Netherlands
Nouryon and Gasunie are investigating options for converting renewable electricity into green hydrogen at a 20-mW water electrolysis plant in Delfzijl. The companies expect to make the final investment decision for the project later this year. BioMCN will combine the hydrogen with CO2 from other processes to produce renewable methanol, a feedstock for biofuels and the chemical industry. Compared to methanol from fossil fuels, this will result in a CO2 reduction of 27,000 tonnes per year.
Søren Jacobsen, Managing Director at BioMCN: "This partnership is an important step towards a circular economy. Thanks to the supply of green hydrogen, we can replace natural gas as a feedstock and recycle CO2 emissions to produce new raw materials and fuels. This effectively turns CO2 emissions into savings and contributes to the Netherlands' reduction target."
Realistic alternative
Knut Schwalenberg, Executive Chairman of Nouryon Netherlands: "Green hydrogen is a realistic alternative to fossil raw materials and enables new forms of green chemistry. This cooperation supports long-term growth in this market."
Gerard van Pijkeren, Managing Director at Gasunie New Energy: "Gas infrastructure plays a connecting and facilitating role in the energy transition. In the future, we will increasingly transport different energy carriers, such as hydrogen and green gas, through our pipelines. As an independent network operator, we can connect hydrogen from different suppliers for transport to the main industrial clusters in the Netherlands. This network may have a capacity of 10 GigaWatts or more by 2030."
