Norwegian Hydrogen has expanded its renewable fuel of non-biological origin (RFNBO) capacity after its Hellesylt Hydrogen Hub was certified as Norway’s first compliant facility.
Located in northwestern Norway, the 3MW hub produces 1.3 tonnes of green hydrogen per day powered by local hydropower plants.
It adds to Norwegian’s Grøn Brint synthetic biogas plant in northern Denmark, a joint venture with Jens Peter Lunden, which it claimed received the first RFNBO certification “anywhere in the industry” in 2024.
The firm said Hellesylt’s certification positions it as a supplier for customers in regulated markets and qualifies it for European support schemes.
Acquiring RFNBO status requires compliance with strict EU rules on power sourcing, additionality, and temporal and geographical correlation, designed to ensure hydrogen delivers genuine emissions savings.
In a statement, Norwegian said that regulatory compliance is becoming “just as important as production capacity itself.”
“Getting to this point has meant tightening up documentation and traceability across every step of production,” added Hellesylt Site Manager, Kåre Nerem.
Norwegian could supply an annual 42,500 tonnes of gaseous RFNBO hydrogen to Germany’s Uniper via logistics partner Provaris’ H2Neo hydrogen carrier ships, under a January 2025 conditional Term Sheet.
It is also targeting 2027 commercial operation of its Rjukan 25MW liquid green hydrogen project.
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