LIHYP brings hydrogen demand-supply and stakeholders together and raises potential for future aligned collaboration. The project initiates opportunities to accelerate market introduction of hydrogen applications, leading to regional hydrogen value chains connected in the North Sea Region. The project will realise different pilots for the use of hydrogen such as hydrogen cargo bikes, hydrogen driven freight train, hydrogen bus station and living labs in the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, France and Germany. A North Sea Region hydrogen platform marketplace will be held up for linking relevant stakeholders and a solid database for demand, production and supply of hydrogen will be created. Different Roadmaps for business modelling will help entrepreneurs, investors and public authorities to plan hydrogen in the North Sea Region. Together all partners will take first steps for cross-border system integration for hydrogen infrastructures, harmonization and standardization.

Ingrid Klinge, (Lead partner Stichting New Energy Coalition - NL), project coordinator of LiHYP: ‘International collaborations are the only way forward for the energy transition, which has become more urgent than ever before. Aligning willpower, knowledge and practices through the LIHYP project will establish the necessary tools that will effectively contribute to a sustainable, secure and autonomous energy future. European cooperation at its best!’

Roland Hentschel, Chairman of the Board of Oldenburg Energy Cluster OLEC e.V.: ‘OLEC has been supporting projects to increase cross-border value creation for many years. In the development of the hydrogen economy, these long-standing cooperations are now bearing fruit. The LIHYP project now opens up the opportunity to shape the "Energy North Sea Region" more concretely with several countries and to position this hydrogen hub as a leader in Europe.’

The project consortium consists of the following companies and institutions:

Belgium: WaterstofNet, Urban Waterway Logistics, P&E Lowlands

Denmark: Hydrogen Valley/Cemtec Fonden, Eurowind Energy

France: Centre de Conseil et d’Innovation en Logistique, Institut du Droit International des Transports, Communautaire Urbaine du Havre

Germany: Oldenburger Energiecluster OLEC e.V., Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Energy Hub Emsland Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, Carl-von-Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Bremer Mineralölhandel GmbH, Bentheimer Eisenbahn, atene KOM GmbH

Netherlands: Stichting New Energy Coalition (Lead Partner), Kiwa Technology B.V., Provincie Drenthe, Groningen Airport Eelde, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Caption: The Project consortium representatives in front of a hydrogen driven cargo bike from RytleX, provided by the project partner Bremer Mineralölhandel (BMÖ). Picture: OLEC e.V.