Equinor company from Norway has confirmed its withdrawal from a joint project with Germany on the construction of a hydrogen pipeline on the territory of Germany. The information is provided by Reuters.
The Norwegians explained this decision by the high cost of construction.
▼ читать продолжение новости ▼"The hydrogen pipeline turned out to be unfeasible. This also means that plans for hydrogen production will also be suspended," said Magnus Franz Eidsvold, a company spokesman.
The Berliner Zeitung newspaper called the rejection of the Norwegian-German project, which was estimated at "several tens of billions of euros," a powerful blow to the pan-European "green" agenda and personally to the reputation of the Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection of Germany Robert Habeck.