The energy company Sefe and Höegh Evi want to jointly develop supply chains for clean hydrogen in Germany and Europe.
Sefe, which since 2022 is no longer owned by a Russian company of the Gazprom Group but by the federal government, and Höegh Evi will jointly analyse and develop the technical and commercial feasibility of various hydrogen corridors, among other things. The hydrogen is to be supplied to Germany and other locations in Europe. The two companies have now signed a letter of intent to this end.
Partnership supports decarbonisation
The aim of the agreement is to establish international supply chains for clean hydrogen. This includes the procurement of clean ammonia, transportation by ship and delivery to floating import terminals where the ammonia is converted into hydrogen. The hydrogen will then be delivered to Sefe’s customers via the German hydrogen core network. The collaboration will also identify potential sites for floating ammonia-to-hydrogen terminals on the Baltic and North Sea coasts of Germany as well as in other regions of Europe.
Sefe will be responsible for the global sourcing of clean molecules and the aggregation of hydrogen demand in Germany and Europe and is already investing in the German hydrogen core network through its subsidiary Gascade.
Höegh Evi will provide the infrastructure to enable the connection of the joint projects and Germany to the international hydrogen markets. This includes the transportation of ammonia by ship and the floating import terminal infrastructure. The terminals will deliver on-call and base-load clean hydrogen thanks to the intermediate storage of ammonia at the terminal and the use of Höegh Evi’s ammonia cracker, the world’s only floating solution for the industrial conversion of ammonia into hydrogen.
Hydrogen supply chains from source to customer
“This partnership with Höegh Evi to establish supply chains supports our ambition to provide competitive clean hydrogen to our customers,” emphasises Hamead Ahrary, CSO of Sefe. “With Höegh Evi’s pioneering technology in floating import terminals, especially with integrated ammonia cracking, and our extensive customer expertise, we are ideally placed to develop international supply chains for clean hydrogen and make the energy transition a reality.”
Erik Nyheim, CEO of Höegh Evi, says: “Building global value chains for hydrogen is a crucial step in driving the energy transition in Germany and Europe.” Sefe is leading by example by investing in the German hydrogen core network and building global and local partnerships for the production, procurement and supply of competitive clean hydrogen.
“At Höegh Evi, we are proud to contribute to this endeavour with our world-leading expertise in maritime infrastructure and unique hydrogen terminal solutions,” Nyheim continues. “In Germany and across Europe, we are developing infrastructure that opens up global market corridors for clean hydrogen and thus new paths to decarbonisation.”
