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© Equinor

Hydrogen power plants, production, and pipelines: Equinor and RWE sign agreement

Equinor and RWE have revealed plans to develop a hydrogen value chain in line with Norway and Germany’s deepened hydrogen collaboration.

Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed today (January 5), the two companies aim to replace coal-fired power plants with hydrogen-ready gas-fired plants in Germany, build production of low-carbon and renewable hydrogen in Norway that is planned to be exported to Germany through a pipeline.

H2 View understands, Norwegian-based Equinor and German RWE will jointly own the new hydrogen-ready gas power plants (CCGTs), which will initially be fuelled by natural gas, with hydrogen gradually blended, ahead of ambitions for the plants to be run completely on hydrogen.

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