{"id":2453,"date":"2021-01-28T18:57:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T17:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodnewenergy.enagas.es\/?p=2453"},"modified":"2024-09-23T14:45:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T12:45:47","slug":"norway-joins-the-european-interest-in-renewable-hydrogen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodnewenergy.enagas.es\/en\/innovative\/norway-joins-the-european-interest-in-renewable-hydrogen\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway joins the European interest in renewable hydrogen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Norway\u2019s hydrogen strategy seeks to exploit the energy advantages of a country that produces more energy than it consumes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is it possible for a country to commit to clean energies when oil has represented, for some years, 80% of its economy? That country is Norway and the answer is yes.<\/p>\n

Norwegian oil was discovered in 1969 with the drilling of the first North Sea oil well and today it is the seventh largest oil producer in the world. It is managed through the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund, channelled through the country\u2019s Central Bank.<\/p>\n

The profits obtained are invested in different businesses. In fact, in recent years Norway’s National Bank has acquired stakes in more than 9,000 companies around the world from a variety of sectors, but always with a non-negotiable premise: it monitors the sustainability of the businesses in which it invests and also their code of ethics. In Spain, Norges Bank has almost 10 billion euros invested in shares alone. Of the 35 Ibex companies, it holds stakes in 34.<\/p>\n

Investment in technological development<\/h3>\n

Despite the fact that oil and gas represent one of its main economic activities, last June the Minister for Petroleum and Energy, Tina Bru, confirmed that her country would be joining the European<\/a> and global plans to promote the development of a proper hydrogen strategy. In this context she presented the national hydrogen plan.<\/p>\n

Within this forward-looking policy, the Norwegian government has found a motivating path that leads it to promote the technological development that favours the widespread use of green hydrogen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Norwegian government is aware that a major investment will be needed to develop this technology, but it also sees green hydrogen as “a story of hope for a new world with low emissions”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

During the presentation, Bru acknowledged that a major investment will be necessary to develop this technology. A few days earlier, the Norwegian government had proposed granting 11 million euros to the Norwegian Research Council\u2019s ENERGIX programme. Hydrogen technologies and solutions will play a key role in this programme.<\/p>\n

The minister said her government sees green hydrogen as “a story of hope. A hope for a new world with low emissions. A hope for disruptive change. A hope for a new industry and new jobs in a green future”.<\/p>\n

Its target is ambitious and has recently been strengthened: to reduce emissions by at least 50%, and by 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels, and by 90-95% by 2050.<\/p>\n

To achieve this, Norway already has considerable advantages over other countries:<\/p>\n