European Hydrogen Backbone
Specification of a European Offshore Hydrogen Backbone
There is sufficient offshore wind generation planned for the North Sea to support round 300 TWh of offshore hydrogen:
In the North Sea, there is at least 66 GWel of offshore wind potential advertised in development zones and
another 13 GWel in an early planning phase which will be coming to life before 2050 and matches the
criteria of being a distance of at least 100 km from shore. An offshore hydrogen backbone could support
the production of around 300 TWh of offshore hydrogen in the North Sea, enabling a significant
portion of Europe’s hydrogen production.
The H2 core grid includes the AquaDuctus Hydrogen backbone into the NorthSea
AquaDuctus capacity increased from 10GW to 20GW !
400km length and 120bar pressure
Offtake H2 from Offshorewind produced in the SEN1 zone (1GW)
Landing point Wilhelmshaven with connections to inland industrial centers
Pipeline allows inexpensive transport of H2 for 0.1-0.2 €/kg H2
Plans to expand into EEZ to include H2 from Offshorewind from neighboring countries
In the Baltic Sea, an offshore backbone could be a more logical and cost-effective alternative to two parallel onshore
North-South pipelines to transport green hydrogen from Sweden
