France's GRTgaz to study hydrogen supply to Dunkirk
09/03/2023 10:19
PARIS, March 9 (Reuters) - French gas transmission
operator GRTgaz will conduct a feasibility study into
transporting low-carbon hydrogen fuel to the industrial and port
area of Dunkirk after 11 companies expressed an interest in
using such infrastructure.
GRTgaz said on Thursday the study would look into a
potential 20 kilometre (12 mile) structure with the capacity to
transport between 600 and 1,000 megawatts along a route
connecting the projects of co-financiers of the study, including
ArcelorMittal, Imerys and producer H2V.
Five producers of hydrogen and six consumers responded to
the call for interest, GRTgaz said.
"The major role that hydrogen will play in the future in the
decarbonisation of the economy is confirmed .... Tomorrow, this
new infrastructure could also be interconnected with Belgium,"
GRTgaz CEO Thierry Trouvé said.
(Reporting by Forrest Crellin
Editing by Mark Potter)
((Forrest.Crellin@thomsonreuters.com;))