Holland is building a H2 network
Gasunie starts building Dutch H2 network
Netherlands’ domestic hydrogen pipeline network will span 1,200km of largely existing gas pipelines from 2030
Dutch gas network operator Gasunie has begun construction of the Netherlands’ domestic hydrogen network that will span some 1,200km of largely existing gas pipelines converted to carrying hydrogen from 2030 and also connect to Germany and Belgium. In late October Dutch King Willem Alexander helped kick off construction work on the 30-km long pipeline connection between Rotterdam’s Tweede Maasvlakte, where Shell is developing its 200MW Holland Hydrogen 1 electrolyser, and the oil major’s Pernis refinery. The pipeline will form the first part of the Dutch domestic hydrogen network and is scheduled for completion in 2025. Gasunie had given the green light for the €100m ($105.86m) project in Jun
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