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project info
Start date: 25 October 2023
End date: 31 December 2025
funding
Fund: Just Transition Fund (JTF)
Total budget: 20 555 869,75 €
EU contribution: 10 000 000,00 € (48,65%)
programme
Programming period: 2021-2027
European Commission Topic
European Commission Topic

Project VoltH2 Terneuzen 1

With an annual production and consumption of almost 600 ktonnes of hydrogen, the Zeeland industry is a leader in the Benelux. Since most of this hydrogen is still made with natural gas, a lot of CO2 is released. With the Green Deal, the European Commission is aiming for a climate-neutral Europe by 2050. Within this energy transition, green hydrogen will play a crucial role in drastically reducing CO2 emissions from industry and heavy transport. On the Axelse Vlakte, VoltH2 is developing a green hydrogen plant with an initial production capacity of 25 MW, which will enter into force in 2026. In a first phase, this plant will produce around 2,000 tonnes of green hydrogen annually and thus avoid around 17 kton CO2 emissions. VoltH2 will be the first company in the region to implement the emission reduction targets of Smart Delta Resources, the industry's partnership in the South-West Netherlands within the Hydrogen Delta programme. In a second phase, starting in 2028, we will expand to 125 MW, with which we will produce approximately 10,000 tonnes of green hydrogen annually. This also saves around 85 ktonnes of CO2 per year, and the pure oxygen released from green hydrogen production in combustion processes can also serve to reduce existing nitrogen emissions. The green hydrogen plant also has an important regional and national function to prevent grid congestion and balance the electricity network. Because the factory runs on green electricity from windmills or solar parks, it only consumes electricity when it is sustainably generated. The hydrogen plant is thus smoothing out the production peaks that are already appearing on the power grid, and which will become much larger in the future through more sustainable generation. A necessary precondition for the production of green hydrogen is an electricity connection with sufficient capacity. In order to make the Axelse Vlakte accessible for own consumption and for the use of third parties, VoltH2 Terneuzen B.V. requests support for the realization of a 150 kV connection to a substation. The construction of the required field on the high-voltage station, the high-voltage cables, the transformer and the substation require high investments that VoltH2 itself must carry. Because the project location and the existing high-voltage station are located on different sides of the canal, the connection must cross the Ghent-Terneuzen canal and the costs are high. The basic design of the 150 kV field, the concept design of the cable connection and the 150 kV and 30 kV substation are already in preparation. If JTF grants the subsidy, VoltH2 will purchase the components in 2024. The work can then start at the end of 2024 and will be completed by the end of 2025. This means that the connection will be available in early 2026, both for the operation of the hydrogen plant and for the connection of third parties.

Flag of Netherlands  Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen, Netherlands