Former head of the Austrian Oil and Gas Company OMV Rainer Zel urged Russia and Germany to create a hydrogen alliance. He stated this in an interview with TASS.
According to Selle, it must be done in order to ensure the growing needs of the European market in environmentally friendly fuels. He expressed confidence that the future behind renewable energy sources and hydrogen.
“In the short term, we will need to concentrate on the so-called” blue “hydrogen, when we produce hydrogen from natural gas, and CO2 keep underground,” he said. Ex-head OMV added that Russia has enough space in case Europe will insist on the “green” hydrogen, which should be done using electricity.
Sel also noted that Nord Stream 2, which is the Operator of the Northern Flow-2, studies the technical possibility of transporting hydrogen by pipeline.
Earlier, the head of the Committee of the Bundestag on Economics and Energy Claus Ernst said that the Gas Power Stream-2 gas pipeline is useful for Germany to achieve energy purposes aimed at reducing emissions.