BalticSeaH2

Country
Finland

BalticSeaH2 is Europe’s largest cross-border Hydrogen Valley, building an integrated hydrogen economy around the Baltic Sea. With a main valley linking southern Finland and Estonia and replication sites across the region, 40 partners from 9 countries develop the full hydrogen value chain – from production and storage to distribution and end use in industry, energy and transport – across over 20 investment cases.

Lead developer CLIC Innovation Oy, Gasgrid Vetyverkot Oy
Project partner

Overarching / General

European Commission and local and national authorities

H2 production

P2X Solutions Oy, Helen Oy, Green North Energy Oy

H2 transportation, storage & distribution

Gasgrid Vetyverkot Oy, Helen Oy, P2X Solutions Oy, ABB Oy

H2 end use

Helen Oy, Green North Energy, P2X Solutions Oy, Rigas Brivostas Parvalde, PowerUP Fuel Cells Ou, Borealis Polymers Oy, Neste Oyj

Locations
Finland | Helsinki
Estonia | Tallinn

Project details

Production volume

H2 production from electrolysis

45,000 H2 tons/year

Final products

3000.00 tons/year of H2
E-methane

H2 color

Green

Total electrolyser capacity

20.00 MW

Total investment (CAPEX)

1,500 EUR m

Value chain coverage

Primary energy sourcing

Grid

H2 production

Alkaline water (ALK) electrolyser – 20.00 MW

H2 Storage

Artificial

H2 transport

Pipeline Trucking

H2 distribution for mobility

700 bar (for trucks and similar vehicles)

End use

Mobility

Road Aviation Shipping

Industry

Refineries Chemical industry (incl. fertilizer production) Other

Project timeline

Current status: In operations

Planned timeline for First built out stage

Q1 2022 Final Investment Decision taken
Q2 2022 Construction started
Q1 2025 In operations

Current main activities

First volumes delivered to offtakers or injected into the network