UAE-Germany hydrogen transportation study nearing completion

UAE-Germany hydrogen transportation study nearing completion

The feasibility study for Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC) -based hydrogen supply chain that will carry 180,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of hydrogen exports from Abu Dhabi to Germany is nearing completion, the CEO and Founder of Germany-based Hydrogenious LOHC said.

Speaking at the Hydrogen Online Conference, Daniel Teichmann said the project will initially store and transport approximately 7 to 10 ktpa [Kilo-Tonnes Per Annum] of hydrogen, which will be scaled later to 180 ktpa.

In March 2022, Hydrogenious LOHC, Uniper, JERA Americas and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) had announced a joint study agreement to explore hydrogen transportation between the UAE and Germany using Hydrogenious’ LOHC technology.

Teichmann said the storage will be constructed in Abu Dhabi and the hydrogen will be shipped in the form of LOHC via crude oil carriers to Wilhelmshaven in Germany and Rotterdam in Netherlands.

The supply chain is expected to be commissioned in 2027, he added.

Germany has hastened its hydrogen procurement activities globally and is opening the funding tap as the country needs to import more than 50 percent of its 2030 targets, thereby providing a fillip to MENA projects.

On the side lines of COP27, the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had announced that Germany has quadrupled