The CONVEY project aims to establish an integrated hydrogen ecosystem at the Port of Hirtshals in Denmark. The project will utilize renewable energy from local wind turbines to produce green hydrogen and help decarbonize the operations in the port.

The project includes the construction of a 5 MW electrolyzer, a large-scale hydrogen refueling station for heavy-duty transport, and distribution networks for hydrogen, oxygen & heat – and through this build a replicable model for green ports.

The hydrogen will be used for fuel cell powered trucks and for biorefinery. Oxygen released as a by-product from the electrolysis, and excess heat produced during the electrolysis will be used for marine nutrition production.

CONVEY is led by a consortium of ten partners: Norwegian Hydrogen, Port of Hirtshals, Greenport North, Hirtshals Transport Center, Vireon, biomega, Onnest, Vendelbo Spedition, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Next Consult and Hydrogen Valley.

The project is supported by the Clean Hydrogen Partnership and its members and is co-funded by the European Union.

CONVEY will demonstrate green hydrogen as a key enabling technology for coupling several sectors and building synergies among them, leading to the efficient use of both hydrogen and its by-products within the same ecosystem, under a circular economy and closed-loop concept. The renewable energy produced in excess from Port of Hirtshals’ onshore wind power will be converted into green hydrogen, to flexibly store and steadily channel it to a wide range of end-users, joining the CONVEY consortium as use-cases for the provision of both hydrogen and its by-products.