IN Brief:
- EcoLog’s Amsterdam terminal has moved into FEED and owner’s engineer delivery.
- First-phase throughput is planned at 200,000 tonnes of hydrogen and 1.8 million tonnes of CO2 a year.
- The project combines hydrogen import, CO2 export, and multi-modal distribution in one hub.
EcoLog has moved its Amsterdam hydrogen and CO2 terminal scheme further into delivery, with front-end engineering and owner’s engineer appointments now in place for the project targeted to enter service by the end of 2030.
The terminal is being developed in the Port of Amsterdam as a dual-purpose facility designed to import liquid hydrogen and export liquid CO2. KBR has been appointed to carry out front-end engineering design, while Mott MacDonald is acting as owner’s engineer with oversight across planning, design, construction assurance, risk, and project progress.
In its first phase, the terminal is planned to handle 200,000 tonnes of liquid hydrogen and 1.8 million tonnes of liquid CO2 a year, with expansion capacity to 600,000 tonnes and 4.25 million tonnes respectively. The facility is being developed as an open-access, third-party terminal and is intended to receive, store, and distribute both gaseous and liquid hydrogen for industrial and mobility demand across Northwest Europe.
The engineering profile is substantial. The design includes high- and low-pressure hydrogen pipeline connections, a dedicated CO2 pipeline, truck loading facilities, a barge jetty, and rail access, alongside integration with purpose-designed liquid hydrogen carriers. One of the more distinctive process features is the plan to use cold energy released during hydrogen regasification to liquefy CO2, improving energy efficiency across the terminal’s operations.
That gives the scheme more weight than a conventional port-side storage job. It is being positioned as a piece of heavy industrial infrastructure that links import logistics, cryogenic handling, pipeline interfaces, and carbon management in one asset. With FEED due to complete in 2026, the next stage will be to turn that concept into an investable and buildable package for a project that sits well beyond demonstration scale.
