Mott MacDonald has secured a contract with Gasunie to carry out a feasibility assessment of a green hydrogen infrastructure in the Dutch North Sea.
Being the winning bid in the first lot of Gasunie’s recent engineering services framework, Mott MacDonald will undertake a year-long project. The project is aimed at investigating the technical and economic feasibility of both offshore and onshore hydrogen compressor infrastructure.
Gasunie, which manages and maintains the infrastructure for large-volume gas transport and storage in the Netherlands and northern Germany, envisages this project as part of its larger green power vision for the North Sea.
The goal of Gasunie’s vision is to tap into the North Sea’s potential as a green power source, producing sufficient wind energy and green hydrogen. The ambition is to supply over half of Europe with carbon-neutral energy by 2050. Mott MacDonald supported this project as it aligns with the North Sea Wind Power Hub’s (NSWPH) concept since 2021.
The comprehensive feasibility study extends beyond the technical and economic perspectives to consider regulatory, policy, safety, and organisational aspects of an offshore hydrogen network in the Dutch North Sea. The proposed network would facilitate the transmission and storage of green hydrogen produced by offshore wind farms and integrate the existing natural gas infrastructure.
This European decarbonization project will contribute to increasing the Dutch North Sea’s energy production to 70GW by 2050 and ultimately achieving climate neutrality within the next 30 years.
