About H2Sines.Rdam
H2Sines.Rdam will transport liquid hydrogen via ship as part of the largest project of its kind to date. This will support the development of key technologies across the liquid hydrogen supply chain and allow the decarbonisation of hard-to-reach sectors in the Netherlands including heavy-duty road transport, maritime, and aviation.
H2Sines.Rdam aims to be the largest project of its kind to date with 100 tonnes/day liquefaction capacity and a ship with capacity for 13,000m3 of liquid hydrogen. The project spans the entire value chain, shipping liquid hydrogen produced in Portugal to the Netherlands.
Liquid hydrogen has the benefit of being ready for use in fuel cell applications without requiring reconversion to hydrogen (unlike other hydrogen carriers such as ammonia). It is particularly useful in mobility sectors where liquid hydrogen offers the benefit of increased density over compressed gaseous hydrogen.
H2Sines.Rdam will import renewable hydrogen, produced by solar energy in Sines, Portugal, to cater to the demand in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. The journey will take just 8.5 days, with the first voyage planned to take place in 2027.
with the project expected to create a total of 3,360 jobs in construction and operation, drawing investment, and building up the hydrogen supply chain in Europe.
including maritime, heavy-duty mobility, and port operations. H2Sines.Rdam is expected to prevent 512 ktonne/year of CO2 emissions by supplying renewable hydrogen to sectors currently dependent on fossil fuels. This drives the EU Net Zero agenda and supports long-term energy independence in Northern Europe by negating the need for energy imports from outside Europe.
to allow projects to scale and contribute to the wider energy transition. This project will allow real world experience with shipping liquid hydrogen which will provide crucial learnings for future targets. The EU currently targets 10 million tonnes per year of hydrogen imports from outside the EU by 2030.
H2Sines.Rdam could play an invaluable role in using innovative technologies and establishing import routes and infrastructure needed for longer distance imports in the future.
H2Sines.Rdam is a first of its kind project within the hydrogen value chain. It aims to deliver high volumes of hydrogen to the mobility market, and as such needs to be cost competitive with other fuel options.
Anthony Veder, ENGIE, Shell, and Vopak are eager to proceed with this innovative project, they expect early technology development and deployment at scale to be key to establishing future hydrogen import projects and end use of hydrogen in hard-to-abate sectors, and hope to pave the way for future work. The project has been submitted to various grant schemes on both a national and European level in order to de-risk the financial side of the project and unlock investment. Member investment in the project is subject to and contingent upon the availability of capital subsidies.