NortH2 Consortium1 appoints Mott MacDonald as contractor for green hydrogen project
Published by Sarah Smith,
Assistant Editor
Energy Global,
Mott MacDonald has been appointed by the as its technical integration and optimisation contractor for the NortH2 project, a global flagship project for large scale green hydrogen production. The consultancy will develop conceptual designs that will be carried forward to a final investment decision.
NortH2 wants to play a major role in achieving the European, Dutch and German climate goals and accelerating the development of an international hydrogen market. The project aims to achieve this through large-scale production, storage and transport of green hydrogen to industrial sectors that are difficult or unable to electrify. New offshore wind farms would generate the green power and could gradually grow in capacity from 1 GW in 2027, to 4 GW by 2030, to more than 10 GW in 2040. These wind farms would be additional to the already planned wind farms for the renewable electricity supply. They would be directly linked to the hydrogen plant and all power would be used for the production of green hydrogen. With this, the consortium aims to produce 1 million tpy of green hydrogen by 2040. This would avoid about 8 to 10 Mtpy of CO2.
As lead technical integration consultant, Mott MacDonald will collate, evaluate and develop the potential technical solutions required to realise the project. The company will also provide cost, scheduling and risk management services associated with the technical implementation, to provide a clear path to the consortium for investment decisions and further development for the project. The management and control of risks and opportunities will play a key part during the development of the concepts and inform the optimisation process to achieve the target levelised cost of hydrogen.
NortH2 aims to integrate 4 GW of offshore wind energy into the green hydrogen value chain by 2030 and more than 10 GW by 2040. The project is set to complete a feasibility study by mid-2021, with project development scheduled to start in 2H2021.
NortH2 consortium is made up of some of Europe's largest energy and port organisations: Shell, Gasunie, Groningen Seaports, Equinor and RWE.
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