SEFE Securing Energy for Europe and marine infrastructure provider Höegh Evi have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop international supply chains for clean H₂ to be delivered to Germany and other locations in Europe. Together, SEFE and Höegh Evi will analyze the technical and commercial feasibility of various corridors for the supply of clean H₂ based on ammonia.

The objective of the agreement is to implement international supply chains for clean H₂. This includes sourcing of ammonia, transportation by ship, and delivery to floating import terminals where the ammonia is cracked into H₂ for delivery to SEFE customers through the German H₂ core grid. The cooperation will also identify possible locations for floating ammonia-to-H₂ terminals along Germany's Baltic Sea and North Sea coasts, as well as other potential locations in Europe.

SEFE will manage both the upstream supply portfolio and the downstream part of the supply chain, including global sourcing of clean molecules, the aggregation of H₂ demand in Germany and Europe as well as investment in the German H₂ core grid through its subsidiary GASCADE.

Höegh Evi will provide the midstream infrastructure to connect Germany with international H₂ markets including the transportation of ammonia by ship and the floating import terminal infrastructure. The terminals will provide a supply of dispatchable and baseload-ready clean H₂ for industrial customers using Höegh Evi's ammonia-to-H₂ cracker, the world's only floating solution to convert ammonia-to-H₂ at an industrial scale.

Hamead Ahrary, CSO of SEFE said, "In our relentless quest to provide our customers with competitive clean H₂, we are pleased to be partnering with Höegh Evi to explore the technical and economic viability of different supply chain opportunities. With Höegh Evi's pioneering technology in the field of floating import terminals including the cracking of ammonia-to-H₂ within the terminal and the deep customer understanding we have gained over the last decades; we have the best conditions to develop international clean H₂ supply chains to make the energy transition a reality."

Erik Nyheim, CEO of Höegh Evi said, "Establishing global supply chains for H₂ is a major step towards advancing the energy transition in Germany and Europe. SEFE is leading the way by investing in the German H₂ core grid and developing global and local partnerships for the production, sourcing and supply of cost-competitive clean H₂ for Germany and Europe. Höegh Evi is proud to contribute to this endeavor with its world-leading expertise in floating infrastructure and unique H₂ terminal solutions. In Germany and across Europe, we are developing infrastructure that creates new pathways to decarbonization via global market corridors for clean H₂."