ADNOC partners with German firms to expand hydrogen strategy

The agreements will accelerate and deepen collaboration in clean energies to amp the oil company’s hydrogen production and export.

ADNOC has announced it has signed a series of new memorandum of understanding and joint study agreements with German companies to accelerate and deepen collaboration in clean hydrogen. The oil company plans to significantly grow its production of the alternative fuel by expanding into Europe.

“The UAE and Germany have a deep, longstanding bilateral relationship and a growing partnership in clean energy, helping to enable and accelerate the global energy transition. At ADNOC, we have ambitious growth plans for clean hydrogen, a critical tool in efforts to decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors, which we are actively delivering on to meet demand in Asia, and through today’s partnerships, Europe as well,” said Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and ADNOC Managing Director and Group CEO.

The partnerships announced include: Individual cooperation agreements and low-carbon demonstration cargos with German companies Aurubis, RWE, GETEC and STEAG to explore opportunities for collaboration in low-carbon and renewable hydrogen derivatives; a joint study agreement between ADNOC, Hydrogenious, JERA and Uniper to explore hydrogen transportation between UAE and Germany; and a memorandum of understanding between ADNOC, HHLA and AD Ports Group to work on realising Hamburg’s ambition to become a hydrogen import hub in Germany.

The announcements took place during the visit of Dr. Robert Habeck, German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, to the UAE. The German government’s National Hydrogen Strategy expects clean hydrogen demand of up to 3 million tons per annum by 2030, of which around 60% is expected to be imported.