Worlds first blue hydrogen located in Norway
ZEG Power, provider of technology and systems for production of clean hydrogen, is going the build the world’s first blue hydrogen facility in Norway. The production facility is on Kollsnes in Øygarden, west of Bergen, and scheduled to start production Q4 2022/Q1 2023.
ZEG Power delivers technology to the pilot on Kollsnes and is based on a technology that was set to improve hydrogen production in the 1950s. Global warming and CO2 was not a topic at that time and was released into the atmosphere. Now, the CO2 will be sent to the reception facility Northern Lights, which sends the gas below the ocean floor through pipes. The Dutch company Zeton has received a building contract from ZEG Power to build the module-based facility and has started the construction.
Illustration of the facility on Kollsnes. Illustration: ZEG Power
Funding from Enova
The pilot facility is budgeted to cost around 200 million NOK, including 77,4 million NOK funding from the Norwegian financial support program Enova. The pilot facility is going to produce one ton clean hydrogen per day, with CO2 capture equivalent to 1000 cars.
ZEG Power also has big expansion plans, with a facility that can produce between 15 and 50 ton of blue hydrogen a day. A volume like this could supply a great amount of the maritime sector and long-distance transport.
About ZEG Power
ZEG Power was founded in 2008 and is a provider of technology and systems for the production of clean hydrogen and/or electricity from hydrocarbon gas, through its technology with integrated carbon capture. They offer cost-efficient solutions to replace the usage of fossil energy with clean hydrogen.
