AFRY Management Consulting is to prepare a pre-feasibility study for the Nordic-Baltic Hydrogen Corridor. The document will define, among other things, the corridor’s route, scope, costs and capacity.

Gaz-System, the operator of the national gas transmission system, announced that together with the gas transmission system operators: Gasgrid Finland (Finland), Elering (Estonia), Conexus Baltic Grid (Latvia), Amber Grid (Lithuania) and ONTRAS (Germany) in January 2024 signed an agreement to develop a pre-feasibility study for the Nordic-Baltic Hydrogen Corridor (NBHC) project.

The NBHC project involves the implementation of a cross-border infrastructure to transport hydrogen from Finland through Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania to customers in Germany and Poland. The aim is to create a link between areas in Northern Europe, where there is significant potential for renewable hydrogen production, and the main centres for its use in Central Europe.

“A pre-feasibility study will be prepared by AFRY Management Consulting within the first six months of 2024. The study will define the main parameters of the project, including in particular its route, scope, costs and capacity. Based on the results and recommendations of the pre-feasibility study, the project partners will make further decisions on the next steps of its implementation”, announces Gaz-System.

The Nordic-Baltic Hydrogen Corridor is expected to strengthen the region’s energy security, reduce dependence on imported fossil fuel energy. In addition, it is expected to play an important role in the decarbonisation of societies and energy-intensive industries located along the corridor.

The 100 % state-owned Gaz-System is responsible for the transmission of natural gas, manages the most important gas pipelines in Poland and owns and operates the LNG terminal in Świnoujście.

Arkadiusz Słomczyński