Green hydrogen study for German ports

The Bremen Senate will commission bremenports with the €643,000 hydrogen study to create a basis for short term decision-making for the development of an appropriate infrastructure for the bremenports-managed ports of Bremen (Bremen and Bremerhaven ports). The first results are expected in twelve to 15 months.

Dr Claudia Schilling, senator for science and ports, said: “As part of their ‘Greenports strategy’, the Bremen ports are working on making the ports climate-neutral in the foreseeable future. The use of green hydrogen is essential for this project. With this investigation, we want to create an important basis for decision-making for the development of a hydrogen infrastructure in the Bremen ports in the short term.”

The study aims to clarify, among other things, which transport routes will become established in the event of an increasing demand for hydrogen, which role the ports of Bremen will play in this new transport and which requirements will be placed on the port location with regards to the expected ships, port and handling facilities as well Security precautions become recognizable. The question of which solution approaches can be used for the ports of Bremen will also be investigated.

Dr Schilling noted the Bremen ports have already been looking at hydrogen role energy transition in the maritime industry. She added: “However, there is still no basis for decision-making for setting up a hydrogen import infrastructure. This information must be made available at short notice so that the ports can position themselves well in this future technology.”

The implementation proposals are anticipated to pursued as independent projects. The aim is to start concrete implementation of the projects from 2023 using funding programmes.