Working with Norwegian producer Gen2 Energy and the Port of Amsterdam, vessels owned by CO2 shipper ECOLOG will transport liquid hydrogen into Amsterdam before conversion back to its gaseous state.
The partners plan to then feed the hydrogen into a planned pipeline network for delivery to Tata and other companies.
Currently planning four projects in Norway, Gen2 will use hydropower to produce green hydrogen.
Tata has major plans to clean up its Ijmuiden steel plant in the Netherlands, with hydrogen expected to play a central role.
Having said it would introduce direct reduced iron (DRI) in one or more of the plant’s furnaces in 2021, the steel major has ordered two DRI units from Danieli.
“Hydrogen-ready by design,” Danieli’s Energiron DRI plants can deliver DRI pellets with a carbon content of just 0.5% with “extensive use of hydrogen.”
In addition to the hydrogen plans, Tata has said it plans to capture the small amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from the cleaner steel production process.
Having signed a separate agreement alongside ECOLOG with Horisont Energie, the Port of Amsterdam, OCAP, Norway’s DNB and ABN AMRO, Tata plans to explore a CO2 corridor, where Dutch-captured CO2 could be exported to Norway.
