Equinor has entered into a partnership with Open Grid Europe to produce hydrogen in Germany using natural gas from Norway . The German project will generate 8.6 TWh per year of hydrogen by 2030 , serving 450,000 households with a 95 % less carbon - intensive gas . The blue hydrogen gas supplied from Norway will be 95% less carbon-intensive than natural gas. As part of Germany 's commitment to be carbon - neutral by 2050 , gas pipelines would be upgraded to handle pure hydrogen or a hydrogen - natural gas mix . As such , roughly 1.9 million mt of CO2 a year could be produced by the scheme .
Equinor has entered into a partnership with Open Grid Europe to produce hydrogen in Germany using natural gas from Norway . The German project will generate 8.6 TWh per year of hydrogen by 2030 , serving 450,000 households with a 95 % less carbon - intensive gas . As part of Germany 's commitment to be carbon - neutral by 2050 , gas pipelines would be upgraded to handle pure hydrogen or a hydrogen - natural gas mix . As such , roughly 1.9 million mt of CO2 a year could be produced by the scheme .