Norway’s Hyon partners with two firms to develop hydrogen hub shipping

Norway’s hydrogen bunkering company Hyon has partnered with Gen2 Energy and ASCO Norway to develop a hydrogen hub for maritime transport in Nordland.

PHOTO: Bunkering of a bulk carrier. Getty Images

The trio have sought soft funding from Enova for the project called the Green Artic HyHub, which would enable large scale production of compressed hydrogen in Mosjøen and bunkering sites.

Enova is a government enterprise that works for promotion of green energy.

The facility will supply hydrogen to vessels in Sandnessjøen and Mosjøen ports.

The new project is in response to the Norwegian government’s call to halve maritime emissions by 2030 and achieve net zero by 2050.

The project also aims to set up a facility to swap containers onboard vessels.

Gen2 Energy will set up the green hydrogen plant with a production capacity of 15,250 mt/year. With suppliers’ collaboration it will also develop 20/40 feet containers for fuelling or swapping.

Hyon will develop bunker technologies for large vessels to enable faster refilling of fuel tanks with hydrogen, while logistics and materials management company ASCO will lead setting up processes and infrastructure for the project.