While Qatar doesn’t provide a huge proportion of European gas, it’s not insignificant either. A disruption in the supply of Qatari gas could very easily cause prices to go up by a lot.
Edit: It’s almost as if we should do everything in our power to rid ourselves of the dependency on fossil fuels.
Also not the 13.1% Russian share. This is the last year Russian LNG imports are allowed and imports using short term contracts are banned in two months.
At full capacity (10GW), the island is expected to produce around 1 million tonnes of green hydrogen, corresponding to roughly 7% of Europe’s expected hydrogen demand
10GW = 87.6 TWh / year (even assuming 100% efficiency of the P2G process). That’s 10% of Germanys gas consumption of last year (864TWh). The EU consumes something like 5000TWh per year.
So while this might be a cool project and a much needed one, it’s not nearly enough to replace our gas imports. We should really stop using gas to heat our homes and use the miniscule amount of green gas we can produce for the processes that really require it.
In other news: Our (German) government wants to go back to gas heating and combustion engines, hoping to find some e-fuels in the attic.
The European Commission has a website listing the top gas suppliers to Europe
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/infographics/where-does-the-eu-s-gas-come-from/
Our main suppliers are, as of 2025:
While Qatar doesn’t provide a huge proportion of European gas, it’s not insignificant either. A disruption in the supply of Qatari gas could very easily cause prices to go up by a lot.
Edit: It’s almost as if we should do everything in our power to rid ourselves of the dependency on fossil fuels.
Also not the 13.1% Russian share. This is the last year Russian LNG imports are allowed and imports using short term contracts are banned in two months.
https://www.cip.com/projects/our-projects/hydrogen-island/
10GW = 87.6 TWh / year (even assuming 100% efficiency of the P2G process). That’s 10% of Germanys gas consumption of last year (864TWh). The EU consumes something like 5000TWh per year.
So while this might be a cool project and a much needed one, it’s not nearly enough to replace our gas imports. We should really stop using gas to heat our homes and use the miniscule amount of green gas we can produce for the processes that really require it.
In other news: Our (German) government wants to go back to gas heating and combustion engines, hoping to find some e-fuels in the attic.