Norwegian marine infrastructure provider Höegh Evi has teamed up with Berlin-based Securing Energy for Europe (SEFE) to develop clean hydrogen supply chains for Germany and Europe.
The company formerly known as Höegh LNG has signed a memorandum of understanding that will see the duo jointly analyse the technical and commercial feasibility of various corridors for the supply of clean hydrogen based on ammonia.
The deal includes sourcing ammonia, shipping, and delivery to floating import terminals where the ammonia is cracked into hydrogen for delivery to SEFE customers through the German hydrogen core grid.
The cooperation will also identify possible locations for floating ammonia-to-hydrogen terminals along Germany’s Baltic Sea and North Sea coasts, as well as other potential locations in Europe.
Under the agreement, SEFE, which is already investing in the German hydrogen core grid through its subsidiary GASCADE, would manage both the upstream supply portfolio and the downstream part of the supply chain.
Meanwhile, Höegh Evi would provide the midstream infrastructure, including the transportation of ammonia by ship and the floating import terminals.
The terminals would supply dispatchable and baseload-ready clean hydrogen for industrial customers by storing the ammonia at the terminal and using Höegh Evi’s ammonia-to-hydrogen cracker.
Höegh Evi was launched under its current brand last September to reflect its focus beyond liquefied natural gas terminals and toward energy transition infrastructure. The company has since inked a memorandum of understanding with the port of Port-La Nouvelle to develop a floating hydrogen import terminal targeting up to 210,000 tonnes of volumes annually by 2030 and a deal with German terminal operator Deutsche ReGas to develop a hydrogen import terminal in the industrial port of Lubmin on the German Baltic Sea coast by early 2026.
