Kamfanonin Italiya, Austria da Jamus sun bayyana shirinsu na hada ayyukansu na bututun hydrogen, domin samar da bututun shirya bututun hydrogen mai tsawon kilomita 3,300, wanda a cewarsu zai iya isar da kashi 40% na bukatun hydrogen da ake shigowa da su Turai nan da shekarar 2030.
Kamfanonin Snam na Italiya, Trans Austria Gasleitung(TAG), Gas Connect Austria (GCA) da kuma Bayernets na kasar Jamus sun kulla kawance don bunkasa abin da ake kira Southern Hydrogen Corridor, bututun shirye-shiryen hydrogen da ke hada Arewacin Afirka zuwa tsakiyar Turai.
Aikin na da nufin samar da hydrogen da ake sabuntawa a Arewacin Afirka da kudancin Turai da kuma jigilar shi zuwa ga masu amfani da Turai, kuma ma'aikatar makamashi ta kasar abokantaka ta sanar da goyon bayanta ga aikin don samun matsayin Project of Interest Interest (PCI).
Bututun wani bangare ne na cibiyar sadarwa ta kashin bayan Hydrogen na Turai, wanda ke da nufin tabbatar da tsaron wadata kuma zai iya saukaka shigo da sama da tan miliyan hudu na hydrogen daga Arewacin Afirka a kowace shekara, kashi 40 cikin 100 na shirin REPowerEU na Turai.
Aikin ya ƙunshi ayyukan PCI guda ɗaya na kamfani:
Snam Rete Gas ta Italiyanci H2 cibiyar sadarwa ta kashin baya
Shirye-shiryen H2 na bututun TAG
GCA's H2 Kashin baya WAG da Penta-West
HyPipe Bavaria ta bayernets - Cibiyar Hydrogen
Kowane kamfani ya shigar da nasa aikace-aikacen PCI a cikin 2022 a ƙarƙashin ƙa'idar Cibiyar sadarwa ta Trans-Turai don Makamashi (TEN-E).
Rahoton Masdar na 2022 ya kiyasta cewa Afirka na iya samar da tan miliyan 3-6 na hydrogen a kowace shekara, inda ake sa ran fitar da tan miliyan 2-4 a duk shekara.
A watan Disambar da ya gabata (2022), an sanar da shirin bututun H2Med tsakanin Faransa, Spain da Portugal, tare da shugabar Hukumar Tarayyar Turai Ursula von der Leyen ta ce ta ba da damar ƙirƙirar "cibiyar sadarwar kashin bayan hydrogen ta Turai". Ana sa ran zai zama babban bututun hydrogen na farko a Turai, bututun zai iya jigilar kusan tan miliyan biyu na hydrogen a shekara.
A watan Janairun wannan shekara (2023), Jamus ta sanar da cewa za ta shiga aikin, bayan da ta karfafa alakar hydrogen da Faransa. A karkashin shirin REPowerEU, Turai na da niyyar shigo da tan miliyan 1 na hydrogen da za a sabunta a shekarar 2030, yayin da take samar da karin tan miliyan 1 a cikin gida.
Lokacin aikawa: Mayu-24-2023