Emissions ambitions for hydrogen

The Hamburg Hydrogen Network could achieve potential annual CO2 savings of more than 1m tonnes to cut emissions in Hamburg and make it more sustainable. The network has applied to the EU-wide “Important Projects of Common European Interest” (IPCEI) funding programme. The application represents nine projects – all in the vicinity of the Port of Hamburg.

This network comprises Airbus, ArcelorMittal, Gasnetz Hamburg, GreenPlug, Hamburger Hafen and Logistik, Hamburg Port Authority, Stadtreinigung Hamburg and HADAG Seetouristik and Fährdienst, together with the companies behind the Hamburg Green Hydrogen Hub – Shell, Vattenfall, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Wärme Hamburg.

The network’s projects link hydrogen production, distribution and utilization across a range of applications. As of 2026, the network partners’ projects could reduce CO2 emissions in Hamburg by 170,000 tons each year. Thanks to local electrolysis, sea-side imports and connection to the emerging European hydrogen network, the Hamburg Hydrogen Network has the potential to reduce Hamburg’s current 16m tonnes in CO2 emissions by more than 1m tonnes annually by 2030.

The green hydrogen produced by the Hamburg Green Hydrogen Hub primarily would replace fossil fuels in industrial production as well as in the transport and logistics sector.

The planned conversion of a coal power plant in Hamburg-Moorburg into a scalable 100MW electrolysis plant for producing green hydrogen from renewable energy is seen as the foundation for building a complete hydrogen value chain in Hamburg.