North-Baltic Hydrogen Corridor project receives European Union co-funding

The North-Baltic Hydrogen Corridor project promoters, European gas transmission system operators Conexus Baltic Grid (Latvia), Gasgrid Vetyverkot Oy (Finland), Elering (Estonia), Amber Grid (Lithuania), GAZ-SYSTEM (Poland), "ONTRAS (Germany) and the European Executive Agency for Climate, Infrastructure and the Environment (CINEA) have signed a grant agreement for European Union (EU) financial support for the North-Baltic Hydrogen Corridor project.

This cooperation reflects a shared commitment to building a sustainable and resilient energy future in the Baltic Sea Region. The Corridor aims to support the development of the renewable hydrogen market and integrate it into Europe's future energy system. 

The grant of €6.8 million will support the study phase of the North-Baltic Hydrogen Corridor. Co-funding from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for cross-border energy infrastructure projects under the Trans-European Energy Networks (TEN-E) will enable the partners in the North-Baltic Hydrogen Corridor project to carry out in-depth technical, economic, regulatory and environmental studies assessing the feasibility of a large-scale hydrogen pipeline network in the Baltic Sea region. 

"The North-Baltic Hydrogen Corridor is a promising area of activity where we see potential both in the development of the Latvian energy system and as part of the future European hydrogen backbone. It will connect production capacity in the Nordic countries with consumption centres in Central Europe, also crossing Latvia for more than 270 kilometres. This project will not only contribute to the creation of a renewable hydrogen market, but will also create new investment and innovation opportunities, supporting the EU's Clean Industrial Deal, which aims to strengthen industrial competitiveness and resilience," said Uldis Bariss, Chairman of the Board of Conexus Baltic Grid ("Conexus"), the operator of the common gas transmission and storage system. 

The study phase is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2027 and its results will serve as a basis for further investment decisions in the project. As the study phase begins, public and private stakeholders will be involved in the process to ensure that the project meets local needs, environmental standards and long-term strategic objectives.