Who will provide green hydrogen?

26 November 2021

Ukraine wants to be a key European provider of green hydrogen. If the plans with hydrogen will work, Ukraine may become main energy centre of the Three Seas Initiative area, building the economic power of the region.

We think of new opportunities for Ukraine which will enhance its energy security, economy and overall safety. Green hydrogen gives this possibility. Development of hydrogen energy industry in Ukraine is not just creating alternative energy source but a big European project which could definitely change the balance of power and alliances on the European continent. We should not consider the green hydrogen as a purely economic project. It is a political project and a very serious instrument of the European integration with Ukraine. With export of green hydrogen we will indissolubly bind the economies of Ukraine and the European Union– says Ukrainian Minister for Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba.

The thing is that for the time being there are several obstacles. A prosaic hindrance to a wide scale plans might be lack of water. According to calculations carried out by the Ukrainian Science Academy, as much as 288 billion m³ of hydrogen would come from freshwater biological resources. To make one cubic metre of hydrogen, 1.5-2 litres of water is needed, which means 432-576 million m³ of freshwater will be taken from the Ukrainian ecosystem per year.

What is more, what has left is difficult to be called water. The concentration of toxic compounds in the Ukrainian rivers exceeds maximum tolerances. Therefore, according to the forecast of the Institute for Water and Melioration, until 2050 Ukraine will have had to be forced to import drinking water.

Just in case, Germany has started to work on taking over the control of hydrogen supply from the Dnieper river area to the European Union markets.

In September, the operators of gas pipes from Ukraine, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Germany – Operator GTS, EUSTREAM, NET4GAS and OGE presented a joint initiative “Central-European Hydrogen Corridor”. According to assumptions of the project, in 2030 120GWh of hydrogen per day would flow through Slovakia and Czech (bypassing Poland).
(source: forsal.pl)

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The 6th edition of the Three Seas Local Government Congress will take place May 27-28, 2026, in Lublin. It is a forum that brings together the visions, experience, and potential of the Central and Eastern European countries.

The Three Seas Local Government Congress is a prestigious international event organised by the Lubelskie Voivodeship. The Congress serves as a platform for cooperation among 13 countries of the Three Seas Initiative and associated members (Ukraine, Moldova, Albania, and Montenegro), focusing on infrastructure development, security, innovation, and cross-border cooperation. Over the past five editions, the Congress has gathered more than 5000 participants from over 25 countries, including representatives of governments, local and regional authorities, business, and academia. The event is held under the Honorary Patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland. Representatives of more than 350 regions from the Three Seas Initiative are invited to attend the Congress. It is a multidimensional event. Its accompanying activities include the Economic Forum, a scientific session of the Three Seas Universities Network, and the 3Seas Youth Forum. The upcoming edition of the Congress will be expanded to include a Security Forum addressed to local governments from the Three Seas region.

The Economic Forum comprehensively supports the offer of SMEs from the Lubelskie Voivodeship. Its aim is to create conditions for the development of entrepreneurship and investor services, as well as to build lasting economic relationships and facilitate the exchange of experience and inspiration in the field of the economy. Topics addressed during the Forum will include, among others: Feminine Lubelskie, Innovation, entrepreneurship (B2B Zone / Exhibition Zone), the 20th anniversary of Marka Lubelskie, and international cooperation. The Economic Forum is a unique platform for networking, signing agreements, and presenting technologies and solutions that create real opportunities for regional economic cooperation in times of global tension.

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