Head of the Sakhalin Region Valery Limarenko in a conversation with RBC told about the plans of the Danish company Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Rent a Schosha Island, which belongs to the Northern Kuril Islands.
Potential tenant specializes in investments in renewable energy sources and plans to produce hydrogen on the island using wind energy. In the project, the company from Denmark plans to invest from 2 to 2.5 billion dollars.
“They want to produce 1.5 GW, 120 thousand tons of hydrogen. They ask for rental Island Schosh, because there is better wind. This does not mean that the project will accurately take place, but there are serious negotiations, and I report this to the country’s leadership “,” Limarenko pointed out.
According to the governor, the Northern Kuril Islands do not belong to the disputed territories, therefore there are no obstacles to building long-term relationships in the energy sector.
previously became known that Rosneft and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (Meti) implement low carbon projects, and exchange experience and technological solutions for promising areas. The parties plan to estimate the potential of new low carbon technologies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as well as to improve business energy efficiency, including in the field of drilling and oil resource.