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96 percent of Europe's gas grid convertible for hydrogen

Transmitting hydrogen through the existing gas network would be four times cheaper than by semi-truck, concludes Trans-European partnership Ready4H2.
Today, Europe's gas grid mainly contains natural gas, but with minimal modifications as much as 96 percent of the network could support transmission of hydrogen. | Photo: Finn Frandsen
Today, Europe's gas grid mainly contains natural gas, but with minimal modifications as much as 96 percent of the network could support transmission of hydrogen. | Photo: Finn Frandsen
BY VICTOR EMIL KRISTENSEN, TRANSLATED BY DANIEL FRANK CHRISTENSEN

A decarbonized society has no room for a fossil energy form such as natural gas. The EU plans to achieve as much from 2050, and the continent's gas distributors are now working out how the thousands upon thousands of kilometers of buried gas lines can be converted for new utility, says Chief Strategy Officer Peter Kristensen from Danish state gas company Evida.

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