Danish climate minister Lars Aagaard and German counterpart, Minister for the Economy and Climate Robert Habeck, briefed press on Friday after signing a declaration which could see a hydrogen pipeline between the countries completed by 2028.
“A big thank you to Germany when it comes to questions of energy and climate,” Aagaard said.
“We have the same interests in so many areas. Today we are taking it one step further,” he continued.
The declaration means the countries will work on an underground hydrogen pipeline between the Danish region of West Jutland and northern Germany.
The agreement sets out the general framework for the plan and who will lead it, according to Danish news wire Ritzau.
A Danish-German partnership over a hydrogen pipeline can be seen in a broader context of the Danish government’s plans relating to Power-to-X technology.
Power-to-X is the process by which electricity and water are converted into hydrogen using electrolysis. The hydrogen which is produced can be used as fuel in a number of ways, including as power for ferries, trucks and industry.
An agreement passed by the Danish parliament last year aims to build electrolysis capacity in the Nordic country to 4-6 gigawatts by 2030.
Germany already uses a large amount of hydrogen in its industry and will eventually need to convert from fossil fuel-produced hydrogen to hydrogen produced from sustainable sources such as wind and solar.
Demand for hydrogen power in Denmark is currently more limited.
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