Norway’s Equinor is planning to jointly develop a 1GW blue hydrogen project in the Netherlands with industrial gas firm Linde, shortly after Germany’s state-owned gas company stated its ambition to buy ‘giga-scale’ volumes of blue H₂ from the Norwegian firm.

H2M Eemshaven would produce around 210,000 tonnes of blue hydrogen made with fossil gas per year, much of which would be delivered to customers in steel production, chemicals and power production, Equinor said.

Gas for the scheme in the northern Netherlands would be sourced from Norway, with production scheduled to begin in 2028.

Equinor and Linde would joint own the hydrogen and CCS facilities, with Linde building and operating the blue hydrogen production and carbon capture plants, and Equinor shouldering the transport and storage of carbon dioxide under the seabed of the Norwegian continental shelf.