A ‘hydrogen backbone’ - a pipeline for Scotland to export green hydrogen straight to Germany could be worth billions to the Scottish economy and help boost Europe’s move to net zero.
A forthcoming report by the Net Zero Technology Centre, an industry-funded think tank based in Aberdeen, calculates that the hydrogen export market could be worth £26 billion a year to Scotland.
Investing in a direct pipeline direct from Flotta terminal in Orkney to the German city of Emden will help Germany fill its growing demand for supplies of sustainable energy to replace its former reliance on Russian gas.
Additional ‘spurs’ of the £2.7 billion pipeline would link to hydrogen production centres at Sullom Voe, the Cromarty Firth and St Fergus gas terminal in Aberdeenshire.