ACME Group and Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies have joined forces to explore the feasibility of a large-scale hydrogen supply chain from Oman to Europe, as well as a hydrogen value chain between the US and Europe.
Unveiled today (8th April) with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the partnership will look to develop the supply chains from ACME’s projects in Oman to supply hubs in Europe using liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) technology.
The green hydrogen produced by ACME at its project sites will be stored in LOHC and transported to Europe for industrial off-takers as well as the energy and mobility sectors.
Hydrogenious believes its LOHC technology to be perfectly suited for large-scale hydrogen imports via maritime supply chains, enabling viable and cost-effective import vectors to Europe.
By safely binding hydrogen to the thermal oil benzyltoluene (LOHC-BT) in a chemical process, the volatile green molecules can be efficiently stored and transported at ambient pressure and temperature using the existing liquid fuel infrastructure.
Toralf Pohl, Chief Commercial Officer at Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies, added, “Due to its inherent safety, LOHC-BT is particularly suited for handling hydrogen in ports and urban environments, as it is hardly flammable, very stable, and has a competitive volumetric storage density, enabling large-scale, long-distance hydrogen value chains without hydrogen losses.”
ACME further notes the collaboration’s opportunity to make clean hydrogen from the MENA region and the US available to European off-takers in the mid- to long-term.
Ashwani Dudeja, Group President and Director for ACME Group, believes green hydrogen is a real opportunity that can transform global energy systems and meet various decarbonisation goals set by both industry and governments.
He added, “While some will continue to challenge the economic and technical feasibility, we have taken conclusive decisions on our Oman project, and partnering with Hydrogenious to develop efficient logistics using LOHC is the next step in delivering a cost-effective value proposition for our customers.”
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