OKG signs pink hydrogen supply deal

Swedish nuclear firm will sell pink hydrogen produced at Oskarshamn nuclear plant after overhauling hydrogen facility

Swedish nuclear power firm OKG—a joint venture between utilities Fortum and Uniper—has signed a contract to sell pink hydrogen produced at its Oskarshamn nuclear plant to a commercial offtaker. OKG has been producing pink hydrogen from an electrolyser at the site for some time to assist with cooling the generators. But the firm has had an oversupply of hydrogen since closing two of the three reactors at the site. It is this oversupply that OKG will sell at first, according to CEO Johan Lundberg. “Initially, it is about relatively small volumes. But as we have the expertise as well as the plant and the infrastructure, I see a very good potential to expand this business,” he says. The hydrogen