Croatia Hopes To Become Hydrogen Supply Hub Via Azerbaijani Project Ministry
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 3. Croatia hopes to
become a hydrogen supply hub via the Ionian Adriatic Pipeline
(IAP), Croatian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development
told trend .
"EU plan for REPowerEU is to have at least 20 million tons of
low carbon hydrogen until 2030. At least half of it will be
imported. As IAP is one of potential route, Croatia would like to
become the hub for clean technologies and clean hydrogen," the
ministry said.
As for the project update, the ministry said the work on IAP is
in progress and all the important information will be communicated
in a timely manner.
"Croatia in 2022 adopted Croatian Hydrogen Strategy till 2050
with the full description of the kind of hydrogen economy that will
be developed in Croatia. Croatia would like to build up production
of low carbon hydrogen, transport and storage, usage and deployment
and research and innovation. Croatia started the North Adriatic
Hydrogen Valley Project together with Slovenia and Autonomous
Region Friuli-Venezia-Giulia with the intention to develop hydrogen
economy at all three territories. That is why this project will be
transformed in institution in next 12 months. One of the tasks of
future institution North Adriatic Hydrogen Valley is to boost
policy and regulatory framework for hydrogen economy within all
three territories," said the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable
Development.
Ionian Adriatic Pipeline can be connected to the Trans Adriatic
Pipeline (TAP) to transport gas to many countries in South-East
Europe. The pipeline with total length of 516 kilometers will
stretch from Albania through Montenegro, and Bosnia and
Herzegovina, to split in Croatia.
The capacity of the pipeline will amount to five billion cubic
meters of gas per year. Currently, studies are underway to reveal
the hydrogen mix transportation opportunities for TAP.
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