Air Products, a US industrial gases company, has unveiled plans to construct, operate, and own a carbon capture technology at its Rotterdam hydrogen plant, transforming grey hydrogen into blue hydrogen. While the exact plant capacity remains undisclosed, it is set to become Europe’s largest blue hydrogen facility by 2026. The captured CO2 will be stored as part of the Netherlands’ Porthos carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, transporting 2.5 million tons of CO2 annually to offshore depleted gas fields for storage. This initiative aims to mitigate emissions and meet decarbonization goals, notably supported by joint ventures between state-owned entities like EBN, Gasunie, and the Port of Rotterdam Authority. The Porthos CCS project, backed by a €2.1 billion grant from the…