Plug Power has completed the first hydrogen fill of Hynetwork’s 32‑kilometre hydrogen pipeline in Rotterdam, Netherlands, supplying 32 tons of RFNBO‑certified renewable green hydrogen and a bespoke unloading infrastructure for the initial pipeline purge and commissioning. The operation marks a practical milestone for the Netherlands’ national hydrogen backbone and the broader European hydrogen network.
Hynetwork, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gasunie, is rolling out the Dutch hydrogen network to connect port and industrial demand centres in Rotterdam, with the segment designed to integrate into a wider European hydrogen transport system based on repurposed and expanded gas infrastructure. Plug Power won the public tender for the complex delivery and engineering scope, working with Hynetwork’s team to design a modular skid capable of unloading three MEGC trailers in parallel at high throughput.
The hydrogen is sourced from Hy2Gen’s Atlantis facility, which supplies RFNBO‑certified green hydrogen, with Plug Power securing 100% offtake via a tooling agreement and delivering it via its 40‑ft MEGC trailers, each carrying over 1,000 kg of compressed hydrogen. This vertical integration supports continuous supply during the commissioning phase and reinforces Plug Power’s full‑stack role in European hydrogen projects, following earlier deliveries for the H2CAST salt‑cavern storage project in Germany.
Jose Luis Crespo, President and Chief Revenue Officer at Plug Power, said the Rotterdam pipeline underscores the company’s ability to execute end‑to‑end hydrogen solutions, from certified supply and logistics to custom engineering and on‑site commissioning. Sietse Wijnstra, Project Director at Hynetwork, described the first fill as a transition from concept to reality, boosting market confidence in the network’s reliability.
