Everfuel and Greenstat will in a joint venture establish a hydrogen hub in Kristiansand, Norway. Following up on the cooperation agreement entered in July 2021, Greenstat and Everfuel now announce that they are actively pursuing to establish a hydrogen hub in Kristiansand, Norway. In a collaboration between the two parties and the industry companies Elkem and Glencore Nikkelverk, they will work towards a hydrogen production facility in Kristiansand which will be accompanied by a distribution centre targeting the fast-growing shipping segment as well as offtake opportunities from partners in the construction, trucking mobility and green energy supplies to industrial clients.

The project partners are collaborating with Elkem for the lease of land at the seafront on the Fiskaa industrial compound near the harbours. The construction is planned to consist of two phases, where the first phase is a hydrogen production facility with a 20 MW electrolyser producing around 8 MT of green hydrogen per day. The second phase, anticipated commissioned in 2027, expands the PtX facility to a 60 MW electrolyser.

The location close to the harbours in Kristiansand, Norway, makes it ideal for maritime hydrogen supplies using both container swapping and cascade fuelling. A group of ambitious partners, some of which wish not to be disclosed at this point, have entered into intention agreements to offtake hydrogen in Kristiansand. Holland-Norway Lines, FFS Marine and Arriva Shipping have all signed letters of intent, expressing their interest in offtaking hydrogen from the facility.

As Kristiansand is also a logistics hub for multiple companies, the location is attractive for partners in the mobility segments. Here, Asko Agder and Implenia, among others, have signed letters of intent to offtake hydrogen from the project.