Updated route plan for the Finnish hydrogen network published
Gasgrid Finland has published an updated route plan for the national hydrogen network in Finland. The planned route will run along the west coast from Sea Lapland towards southern Finland and will initially be built in areas with significant potential for hydrogen production and/or use.
The update is based on signals from market players on hydrogen production and consumption, as well as planned and under construction wind power generation, electricity grid, CO2 production and existing methane and rail networks and ports. The combined effect of all these plays a role, including on electricity consumption.
Feedback from all municipalities along the route of the national hydrogen pipeline published in April has been taken into account in the route design as far as possible. The route design is based on taking into account the geographical need for hydrogen transmission, which will allow for large-scale exploitation of hydrogen production and market scaling. The role of the transmission network is to link hydrogen production and consumption points in an economically efficient way and to contribute to sustainable development. In addition to progress on route planning, Gasgrid said that the next steps in the planning of the hydrogen network will be to proceed with the environmental impact assessment process and to work on the interconnection capacity of regional hydrogen valleys.
