Plan to establish Spanish-Dutch hydrogen corridor mooted

Iberdrola, ACE Terminal and Hynetwork Services have signed two agreements to bolster the establishment of the green hydrogen maritime corridor between Spain and the Netherlands.

The agreements were signed on 13 June when the Executive Chairman of Iberdrola, Ignacio Galan, received His Majesty the King of the Netherlands at the Puertollano plant.

Through this new partnership, Iberdrola aims to transport green ammonia to ACE Terminal’s import facilities in the Port of Rotterdam, to handle and store, and convert ammonia into green hydrogen, for end use in industry, or direct use in shipping and other industries in northwestern Europe.

Transport and distribution will be carried out through the Dutch national hydrogen network of Gasunie’s subsidiary Hynetwork Services in the European market to customers in the chemical, steel, refining and fertilizer industries.

Iberdrola further explained that these entities are established in clusters such as those in Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Zeeland and Chemelot in the Netherlands and northwestern Europe.

Last December, Iberdrola reached an agreement with the Port of Rotterdam to export green hydrogen and its derivatives to the Netherlands and now takes a step forward in its commitment to promote the decarbonisation of industrial consumers in northern Europe with the newly signed agreements.