In the Netherlands, Offshore Energy reported that Energiequelle Finland, a part of German energy company Energiquelle, has received planning consent for its Oulu Green Hydrogen Park project from Finland’s city of Oulu. The first phase of the company’s first public hydrogen project in Finland includes the construction of a hydrogen production plant with a maximum capacity of 5 MW and a hydrogen refueling station for buses and heavy commercial vehicles, according to the report. Karl Schultheis, Head of New Business Development at Energiequelle Finland, said: “If the right market conditions are met, we expect the first phase to be ready by 2028. However, this is a major industrial project and investment, so the planning reservation we have now received is only one of the first steps towards making concrete investment decisions. In projects of this size, planning and studies are always carried out carefully.” In the next phase, the capacity of the plant would be increased to 10-50 MW and hydrogen exports via the planned hydrogen pipeline and the Port of Oulu could be an option, if the needed infrastructure is available, Energiquelle revealed, adding that in the third phase, production would be further increased to an additional capacity of 100-500 MW.
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