Marubeni Injects "Renewable Hydrogen" into Gas Pipes, Demonstrating it in Portugal
Commemorative ceremony held in Seixal
(Source: Marubeni)
On March 17, Marubeni announced that it will inject renewable energy-derived hydrogen into an existing natural gas pipeline (pipeline) in the city of Seixal, Portugal through the country's gas distribution company, Floene Energias. announced that it has started a demonstration project to mix and use
The demonstration will use solar-derived electricity to produce green hydrogen produced by a local company, which will be injected into existing natural gas distribution pipelines using Floene's newly constructed hydrogen distribution pipelines, to serve commercial, commercial and industrial customers. We deliver to about 80 locations. The total length of the existing pipelines will be 7.7km, and the new dedicated hydrogen pipeline that will connect the existing pipelines from the hydrogen production base will be 1.4km.
The Portuguese government has set a target of 10-15% hydrogen injection rate into gas distribution pipelines by 2030 in its national hydrogen strategy. In this demonstration, the hydrogen injection rate will be increased to a maximum of 20% over two years. The amount of green hydrogen delivered when 20% is achieved is assumed to be 10,687 Nm3/h.
Floene has a market share of over 70% in gas distribution within Portugal. The total length of pipelines is 13,498 km, and the delivery destinations are approximately 1.13 million households and businesses. Marubeni will jointly invest 22.5% with Toho Gas.
Marubeni is also conducting a demonstration project for injecting hydrogen derived from renewable energy in Chile from November 2022. Going forward, we will continue to promote decarbonization and energy conversion using renewable gases such as green hydrogen and biomethane through demonstrations in Portugal and Chile.
