The hydrogen landscape at a glance
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Production
production
11.33
8.23 Mt produced in total in 2022
19.59 kt by water electrolysis
14.97 kt by reforming with carbon capture
Production cost (LCOH)
Production cost
6.86
9.85 EUR/kg of grid-connected electrolysis
6.23 EUR/kg of SMR
6.38 EUR/kg of SMR with CC
Technology manufacturing
Technology manufacturing
3.11
61.87 MW of electrolyser sales in 2022
Demand
Demand
8.19
19.59 kt provided by clean hydrogen
Distribution
distribution
178
1581 km of perational hydrogen pipelines
Production
production
11.23
7.94 Mt produced in total in 2023
31.41 kt by water electrolysis
42.53 kt by reforming with carbon capture
Production cost (LCOH)
Production cost
6.61
7.94 EUR/kg of grid-connected electrolysis
3.76 EUR/kg of SMR
4.41 EUR/kg of SMR with CC
Technology manufacturing
Technology manufacturing
5.40
64.97 MW of electrolyser sales in 2023
Demand
Demand
7.93
26.86 kt provided by clean hydrogen
Distribution
distribution
187
1581 km of operational hydrogen pipelines
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13 August 2024
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Habeck, Lower Saxony’s Minister President Stephan Weil as well as Lower Saxony’s Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Protection were present when RWE commissioned its pilot electrolyser plant in Lingen.
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12 August 2024
RE firm Greenstat has begun the construction of its 20 MW green hydrogen production facility at Fiskå in Rogaland county, Norway. The upcoming plant is part of the Agder Hydrogen Hub in Kristiansand that the company is bullish about. The construction is expected to take two years to complete.
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5 August 2024
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has become the first airport worldwide to conduct live tests with a hydrogen-powered ground power unit (GPU)
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