The European Hydrogen Backbone (EHB) initiative has today announced a collaboration with LLC Gas TSO of Ukraine to pave the way towards an integrated European hydrogen infrastructure. The EHB initiative consists of 31 gas infrastructure companies across Europe, that collaborate on studies on the development of an integrated hydrogen infrastructure in Europe.
“The EHB vision is to build an integrated pan-European hydrogen infrastructure to supply hydrogen to end-users at a low cost. The large demand volumes identified in previous EHB work, and the acceleration anticipated as part of RePowerEU, will need as much European domestic supply and imports from neighbouring regions as possible. In our assessment of supply potential from countries neighbouring the EHB, we identified among others also Ukraine as essential. I am happy to announce that today EHB entered into an MoU with the TSO of UA. It is the basis of future collaborations to establish the right environment to connect Ukrainian assets to the EU hydrogen infrastructure. We are very close to the Ukrainian TSO and all those affected by the war” – says Daniel Muthmann, Chairman of European Hydrogen Backbone.
“Ukraine could be a great partner of the EU when it comes to implementing the “Hydrogen Strategy. Our system of gas pipelines should be of service for the hydrogen transportation to EU. We are happy to announce that TSO of Ukraine entered into an MoU with the European Hydrogen Backbone. We expect that collaboration with other European gas TSO’s will support a more rapid implementation of this vision” – says Pawel Stanczak, Deputy General Director for Development and Transformation, Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine / Оператор ГТС України.
About LLC Gas TSO of Ukraine
Gas TSO of Ukraine is a natural monopoly that provides sufficient and diversified capacity for gas transmission to Ukrainian and European consumers to ensure energy security and uninterrupted supply in any circumstances.
Gas TSO of Ukraine in numbers:
Cross-border interconnection points with the TSOs of 6 adjacent countries; Almost 11 000 high skilled and educated employees; More than 33 thousand km of pipeline length, 57 compressor stations, 33 gas metering stations and 1,389 gas distribution stations; Among TOP-50 best employers in Ukraine according to Forbes Ukraine and Work.ua
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