Media: Germany may use Nord Stream 2 pipeline for hydrogen imports

The now-defunct Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which has been inactive since it was damaged in sabotage attacks, could soon be repurposed to transport hydrogen from Finland to Germany and other Baltic Sea nations.

According to German newspaper Handelsblatt, companies from Denmark, Sweden, and Finland are currently collaborating on a new project called the Baltic Sea Hydrogen Collector, Caliber.Az reports.

This initiative would utilize the pipeline to deliver Finnish-produced hydrogen into Germany.

Experts have stated that building a new pipeline would be "extremely costly." As a result, officials in Helsinki, Stockholm, and Copenhagen have deemed the reactivation of Nord Stream 2 to be "a reasonable" solution, the report notes.

However, the German government has officially denied any plans to utilize the damaged pipeline. Despite this, sources have told Handelsblatt that Berlin is unwilling to leave the future of the infrastructure to chance.

Sources within the German government have also suggested that the pipeline could potentially have a broader role in the future, with some advocating for it to be used for Russian gas supplies once the conflict in Ukraine has been resolved.

By Aghakazim Guliyev