We at Airco Process Technology are excited to hear today’s announcement that the Hydrogen pipeline project has been approved and is expected to be operational shortly after 2030. In the first step, the Esbjerg “7-step”, and then later the Fredericia “Lower T-step”.
At Airco Process Technology, we specialize in manufacturing CO2 capture units for various applications, such as biogas plants. For our customers to build a viable business case for CO2 capture, having a reliable outlet for the captured CO2 is crucial.
There are three main potential outlets for captured CO2:
1. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): However, storage capacity is limited until 2030.
2. Carbon Capture Utilization (CCU) or Power-to-X (PtX): This option requires significant amounts of hydrogen (H2) available.
3. Industrial uses, such as in soft drinks and dry ice production. However, this is a smaller, more mature market.
The approval of a hydrogen pipeline is a major step forward, as it will accelerate investment decisions (FID) for many hydrogen plants, and thereby strengthen the overall business case for CO2 capture projects.
The new pipeline announced will generate FID on H2-projects as well as enable availability for H2 in larger amounts along this geography ….. and if the timeline is shortened again, we will be even happier as the Airco business potential will grow even faster!
