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Maritsa East Hydrogen Pipeline

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Maritsa East Hydrogen Pipeline is a proposed Hydrogen pipeline in Bulgaria.

Location

The pipeline is proposed to connect the Maritsa East Coal Region to the Bulgartransgaz gas network.[1]


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Project details

  • Operator: Bulgartransgaz EAD
  • Owner: Bulgartransgaz EAD
  • Parent company: Bulgarian Energy Holdings EAD[2]
  • Capacity:
  • Length: 175 km[3]
  • Diameter:
  • Status: Proposed[3]
  • Start year: 2025[4]
  • Cost: 16690748 EUR

Background

This pipeline is intended to be suitable for the transportation of natural gas, hydrogen and other low-carbon gaseous fuels and their mixtures in the Maritsa East coal region. It will connect both to the Bulgartransgaz Transmission Network and the IGB.[5]

50 of the 175 km will be repurposed from existing pipelines, but the remaining 125 km will be built specifically to carry Hydrogen and other gases.[3]


Articles and resources

References

  1. "Bulgaria and Greece to build a hydrogen pipeline - CEENERGYNEWS". CEENERGYNEWS. 2022-06-24. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  2. "The European Hydrogen Backbone - A 2022 Snapshot - Prospero Events Group". Prospero Events Group. 2022-06-28. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "2021-2030 TEN-YEAR NETWORK DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF BULGARTRANSGAZ EAD" (PDF). Bulgartransgaz. Mar, 2021. Retrieved Oct 6th, 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help); line feed character in |title= at position 19 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Bulgartransgaz Chief on Future of Natural Gas, Hydrogen". BTA Bulgarian News Agency. 06/21/2022. Retrieved Oct 6th, 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (October 2020). "TYNDP 2020 - MAP – Transmission" (PDF). ENTSOG. Retrieved December 4, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)