Paving the way for
fossil-free transportation
in the Nordic region
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The Nordic Hydrogen Corridor project will demonstrate that renewable hydrogen is essential to the Swedish 2045 net zero greenhouse gas emission target and the build-up of an alternative fuel infrastructure.
Accelerating the uptake of renewable hydrogen through Nordic Hydrogen Corridor is vital and will facilitate the establishment of refueling stations for fuel cell electric vehicles as well as the creation of a hydrogen supply chain and highly skilled jobs and competence across the sector.
The need
for immediate
change
Climate changes are now a fact and every extra tonnes of CO₂ emission affects the climate negatively. Transportation represents 25% of Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions and is the main cause of air pollution in the cities. Emission free transport is crucial to reach net zero CO₂ and will have benefits both for the health and climate.
Hydrogen is a key enabler for decarbonizing the transport sector. The benefits of hydrogen as a fuel are receiving increasing attention and a research report from the University of Gävle shows that hydrogen-powered trucks could reduce emissions from transport to and from the port of Gävle in Sweden by 70 percent.
The Nordic Hydrogen Corridor (NHC) consortium will pave the way for a hydrogen infrastructure in the Nordics. We are pleased to develop the business case for hydrogen in transportation and keen to support both industry as well as government in further developing clear and immediate action for the hydrogen transport sector.
We are pleased to develop the business case for hydrogen in transportation and keen to support both industry as well as government in further developing clear and immediate action for the hydrogen transport sector.
Hydrogen is a key enabler for decarbonizing the transport sector. The Nordic Hydrogen Corridor (NHC) consortium will pave the way for a hydrogen infrastructure in the Nordics.
Enabling zero emission transport
The new Nordic HRS network will enable long distance travel between the metropolitan areas. From Norway, through Sweden to Denmark and Finland and further via Germany to other parts of Europe with a fleet of fuel cell electric vehicles. An increased use of fuel cell electric vehicles has been pointed out by the European Commission as an important step to reach an emission free transport sector. By using hydrogen in conjunction with fuel cell technology one gets emission-free vehicles with clean water vapor as the only emission. The hydrogen will cause no greenhouse gas emissions since it will be produced from renewable energy in Scandinavia.
8 new hydrogen refueling stations (HRS) to transition into a zero emission replacement of current fossil-based fuel.
hydrogen production unit to produce renewable hydrogen
fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) produce only water vapor as emissions and clean the air while driving
How will it work?
- The Nordic Hydrogen Corridor is a study with pilot deployment of 8 hydrogen refuelling stations (HRS), 100 fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) and one production unit (electrolyser) to secure dedicated pure green hydrogen production capacity. It is implemented in Sweden along the Scandinavian-Mediterranean Core Network Corridor.
- Create broad awareness of opportunities offered by green hydrogen transports and identify suitable locations for hydrogen refueling stations placed along the pre-defined road network corridors.
- Initiate dialogue with future customers of fuel cell vehicles within public transport as well as among private vehicle fleet owners.
- Identify authorities responsible for applicable permits.
- Create alignment with suitable partners in selected locations and perform in-depth analysis of business viability for planned infrastructure investments.
- Define technical specifications for production site for green hydrogen and for refuelingstations.
- Ensure support for the necessary investment decisions in all locations and for allinvolved customers.
- Establish contact with suitable permitting authorities and initiate permit processes.
- Finalise technical and legal preparations for establishing the infrastructureand carry out all construction work.
- Ensure ordering fuel cell vehicles according to customers’ requirements.
- Ensure spreading information about new hydrogen refuelingnetwork in collaboration with partners and customers.
- Prepare for commercial operations and for user evaluations.
Perform commercial go-live for the infrastructure and deployment of fuel-cell vehicle fleets. Follow up and analyseuser experience and define recommendations for further steps. Evaluate business case for the entire value chain and analyse business-client relationship to facilitate broad roll-out of hydrogen transport in the future.
