The EU Hails Plan to Build a Hydrogen Pipeline from North Africa to Europe
The European Union (EU) is backing a plan to build a hydrogen pipeline from North Africa to nations in the EU. The subsea pipeline would transport green hydrogen from Tunisia and Algeria to Germany, Italy, and Austria by the end of the decade, but many experts are apprehensive about the plan’s feasibility.
Ministers from Tunisia, Algeria, Italy, Austria, and Germany recently had a meeting in Rome to confirm their home countries’ intentions to build a 2,174 to 2,485 kilometers pipeline beneath the Mediterranean Sea. The plan is to connect hydrogen production facilities in Tunisia and Algeria with consumer hubs in Germany, Austria, and Sicily by reusing a large chunk of the gas infrastructure that already exists along the Southern Hydrogen Corridor.
However, an analysis of Tunisia and Algeria’s green hydrogen plans has revealed that both nations aren’t in a position to export any meaningful amounts of the fuel once the subsea pipeline becomes operational in 2030. Experts say North Africa still has a lot of challenges to overcome before it can become a major green hydrogen exporter, especially by the end of the decade.
Some have questioned whether the subsea pipeline from North Africa to the EU should even be constructed in the first place. The production facilities intended to supply green hydrogen to the EU still haven’t been constructed, and both Tunisia and Algeria estimate that full-scale hydrogen production is at least 10 years away.
Additionally, the two North African nations currently have zero green hydrogen output, meaning they’ll have to start from scratch and begin producing millions of tons of green hydrogen in just half a decade. Hydrogen exists at the fringes of the renewable energy industry and hasn’t received as much investment as solar or wind, especially in emerging markets like Tunisia and Algeria.
Aside from Toyota’s efforts to develop a hydrogen car, there has been little mainstream interest in hydrogen and its potential to aid the green transition. As such, the EU-North Africa deal has the potential to be one of the globe’s largest investments in green hydrogen as well as one of the European Union’s most important green energy projects if it is successful.
According to the consortium of firms tasked with constructing the pipeline, the SoutH2 Corridor will be crucial to developing a diversified and interconnected ‘hydrogen backbone’. German State Secretary for the Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Philipp Zimmermann said Germany could tap into North Africa’s vast potential for green energy to ramp-up green hydrogen adoption and support the European Union’s climate targets.
However, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research scientist Adrian Odenweller says neither Algeria nor Tunisia will be exporting green hydrogen in the near future. The researcher said he doesn’t expect to see any green hydrogen imports through the Southern Hydrogen Corridor by the end of the decade. Green hydrogen production is often fraught with delays and has a pretty bad track record, Odenweller said, even more so for expansive infrastructure projects such as subsea pipelines.
The energy transition is happening on several fronts, with electric vehicles from firms like Mullen Automotive Inc. (NASDAQ: MULN) providing one front while other fronts involve green energy like hydrogen energy, nuclear energy and other renewable forms of energy. Over time, these different solutions will trigger a mass adoption of clean energy.
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The European Union (EU) is backing a plan to build a hydrogen pipeline from North Africa to nations in the EU. The subsea pipeline would transport green hydrogen from Tunisia and Algeria to Germany, Italy, and Austria by the end of the decade, but many experts are apprehensive about the plan’s feasibility.
Ministers from Tunisia, Algeria, Italy, Austria, and Germany recently had a meeting in Rome to confirm their home countries’ intentions to build a 2,174 to 2,485 kilometers pipeline beneath the Mediterranean Sea. The plan is to connect hydrogen production facilities in Tunisia and Algeria with consumer hubs in Germany, Austria, and Sicily by reusing a large chunk of the gas infrastructure that already exists along the Southern Hydrogen Corridor.
However, an analysis of Tunisia and Algeria’s green hydrogen plans has revealed that both nations aren’t in a position to export any meaningful amounts of the fuel once the subsea pipeline becomes operational in 2030. Experts say North Africa still has a lot of challenges to overcome before it can become a major green hydrogen exporter, especially by the end of the decade.
Some have questioned whether the subsea pipeline from North Africa to the EU should even be constructed in the first place. The production facilities intended to supply green hydrogen to the EU still haven’t been constructed, and both Tunisia and Algeria estimate that full-scale hydrogen production is at least 10 years away.
Additionally, the two North African nations currently have zero green hydrogen output, meaning they’ll have to start from scratch and begin producing millions of tons of green hydrogen in just half a decade. Hydrogen exists at the fringes of the renewable energy industry and hasn’t received as much investment as solar or wind, especially in emerging markets like Tunisia and Algeria.
Aside from Toyota’s efforts to develop a hydrogen car, there has been little mainstream interest in hydrogen and its potential to aid the green transition. As such, the EU-North Africa deal has the potential to be one of the globe’s largest investments in green hydrogen as well as one of the European Union’s most important green energy projects if it is successful.
According to the consortium of firms tasked with constructing the pipeline, the SoutH2 Corridor will be crucial to developing a diversified and interconnected ‘hydrogen backbone’. German State Secretary for the Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Philipp Zimmermann said Germany could tap into North Africa’s vast potential for green energy to ramp-up green hydrogen adoption and support the European Union’s climate targets.
However, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research scientist Adrian Odenweller says neither Algeria nor Tunisia will be exporting green hydrogen in the near future. The researcher said he doesn’t expect to see any green hydrogen imports through the Southern Hydrogen Corridor by the end of the decade. Green hydrogen production is often fraught with delays and has a pretty bad track record, Odenweller said, even more so for expansive infrastructure projects such as subsea pipelines.
The energy transition is happening on several fronts, with electric vehicles from firms like Mullen Automotive Inc. (NASDAQ: MULN) providing one front while other fronts involve green energy like hydrogen energy, nuclear energy and other renewable forms of energy. Over time, these different solutions will trigger a mass adoption of clean energy.
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