Estimated Investment & Cost

The 53,000 km European Hydrogen Backbone for 2040 as proposed in this report requires an estimated total investment of €80-143 billion, based on using 60% of repurposed natural gas pipelines and 40% new pipeline stretches.

This investment cost estimate, which is relatively limited in the overall context of the European energy transition[GLG2], includes subsea pipelines and interconnectors linking countries to offshore energy hubs and potential export regions such as Norway. Taking into account offshore pipelines, the levelised transport cost for the entire EHB amounts to €0.11-0.21 per kg of hydrogen when transporting over 1,000 km.

Investment cost

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