bp has been granted funding, provided jointly by BMWK and Lower-Saxony Government, as part of the European IPCEI Hy2Infra wave for a green hydrogen project in Germany.
The funding will help support the development of a 100 MW green hydrogen project next to bp’s Lingen Refinery.
German Federal Minister of Economics, Robert Habeck, handed over the official letter for the grant on behalf of the German government and the state of Lower Saxony at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) in Berlin.
Robert Habeck, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, said: "The energy transition remains one of the greatest challenges facing our country, even in the face of further crises and conflicts.
“By funding hydrogen projects, we are taking an important step towards a climate-neutral and sustainable economy in Europe and beyond.
“We are giving the go-ahead for the construction of electrolysers in the three-digit megawatt class, thereby enabling important progress to be made in the domestic production of green hydrogen. An efficient hydrogen infrastructure plays a key role in enabling the decarbonisation of industry and the energy sector. Hydrogen pipelines will be the lifelines of industrial centres. This will create the conditions for climate-neutral growth.”
Olaf Lies, Lower Saxony Minister for Economic Affairs, Transport, Building and Digitisation, said: "The development of a hydrogen economy is an important building block for the energy transition in Germany and Europe. We want to form the central core of this hydrogen economy in Lower Saxony, because this is where good, future-proof jobs are created. bp's Lingen green hydrogen project will be a milestone in the production of green hydrogen.”
Funding paves way for bp’s Lingen green hydrogen project
