Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Germany should be connected by a 2,500-km green hydrogen corridor by 2040 and it should be used to transport up to 2.7 million tons of hydrogen fuel every year, according to a feasibility study done by the Nordic and Baltic gas transmission system operators, Lithuania’s Energy Ministry said on Monday.
“The National Energy Independence Strategy envisages that Lithuania will be among the leaders in the Baltic region in terms of the production and export of green hydrogen by 2050, and the planned corridor is one of the key measures to achieve this goal,” Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys said.
It is estimated that the corridor, which is expected to be one of the first operational cross-border hydrogen projects in Europe, could reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 37 million tons of CO2 equivalent per year by 2050.
According to Amber Grid, Lithuania’s gas transmission system operator, the green hydrogen pipeline would have a diameter of 1.2 meters, and the project would also include several compressor stations.
The project will also increase regional and European energy security and diversity of supply sources, the report said
In April 2023, the European Commission granted the project the status of a project of common interest (PCI), which allows it to receive EU funding and speeds up permitting.
Source: BNS
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