Klaipėda port set to start green hydrogen production in weeks

Lithuania’s Port of Klaipėda has completed construction for its green hydrogen production and bunkering project, with operations set to begin in the coming weeks.

IMAGE: Klaipėda’s green hydrogen production project. Port of Klaipėda

Final equipment installation is now in progress at the site. Testing is scheduled to be completed, with regular production set to begin by mid-year.

A portion of the green hydrogen produced at the port will be supplied to a newly built hydrogen-powered waste collection vessel commissioned by the Port Authority, which will also operate within the port area.

At the production and supply facility, hydrogen will be produced using a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyser, with full capacity estimated at around 127 mt/year.

“The Port of Klaipėda will soon become the first producer of green hydrogen in Lithuania and among the Baltic states, as well as a creator and part of a new sustainable fuel ecosystem,” Klaipėda State Seaport Authority’s chief executive Algis Latakas said.

The €12 million ($14 million) project is partly funded by the European Union’s NextGenerationEU programme.

By Tuhin Roy

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