The Estonian seaport and its partners want to contribute to Estonia's climate neutrality by creating infrastructure that would support the uptake of renewables, including wind energy and green hydrogen.
Specifically, the Paldiski LNG terminal is to house a hydrogen import & export facility with a 25k m3-big storage (planned in cooperation with Alexela).
Tallinn would also like its Paldiski harbour to become a service base for offshore wind farms, with wind energy used for producing hydrogen.
Bunkering hydrogen or other green fuels is to be possible at another of Tallinn's harbours, Muuga.
The port is also looking into using hydrogen for electricity generation for ships at berth.
Tallinn has also entered into a co-op with the Port of Hamburg to jointly develop a hydrogen infrastructure value chain.
Together with the Dutch Embassy and the company Flux, the Port of Tallinn has conducted a study on the possibilities of using green hydrogen in the port sector.
"The European Green Deal, ambitious climate goals and hydrogen strategy create a very good opportunity to build climate-friendly green infrastructure in Estonia with the support of the European Union. This would contribute to full transformation of the transport sector on the one hand and give a further boost to the renewable energy sector on the other hand, which will provide an incentive to produce green hydrogen, especially in the situations where there is a lot of cheap electricity at the market," Margus Vihman, the Port of Tallinn's CCO and Member of its Management Board, commented.
Photo: Argo Viikvald/Port of Tallinn