Hege Økland has taken up her new roles as Head of Iverson eFuels and Head of Hy2gen Norge and lead the development of green ammonia production in Sauda, a renewable power centre in Western Norway.
The Sauda project, which is also known as “Iverson” is planned to have the capacity in the first phase to produce 600 tons of ammonia per day with an electrolysis capacity of approximately 250 megawatts. The plan is for the facility to be further scaled up becoming one of the largest production facilities for green ammonia in the world.
Økland has been appointed as head of Hy2gen Norge, which is one of three partners in the Iverson project in Sauda. The other partners are the trading company Trafigura and a fund managed by Copenhagen InfrastructurePartners (CIP).
“I am looking forward to leading this project with these partners who all have a strong will and ability to succeed in contributing to the green shift in shipping. Large-scale development is taking place on the ship technology side to be able to use ammonia as fuel. Now it remains to arrange the delivery of the fuel, which of course must be carbon-free,” says Økland.
In her role as head of Hy2gen Norge, Økland will also assess other locations in Norway and Scandinavia for similar investments in the production of green fuels. “We want to establish ourselves in locations together with local and international partners where we see a willingness to facilitate new green industrial workplaces, as we see in Sauda. Achieving the climate goals is more important than ever and this involves both huge investments and great industrial opportunities. We want to be a part of that.”
Økland has for more than 10 years built up and led the cluster organisation Maritime CleanTech and has had a central role in the development of several collaborative innovation projects in the Norwegian maritime cluster.
Hy2gen Norge was founded in 2019 and is 100% owned by Hy2gen AG, Germany. Hy2gen AG develops, finances, builds and operates plants for the production of green hydrogen and hydrogen-based e-fuels worldwide. The first plants are being built in France, Norway, Canada, Germany, and the US.
Hy2gen’s goal is to become the market leader in the production of green hydrogen and green e-fuels for mobility, agriculture, and industry. Founded in 2017, the company’s has a current project pipeline in planning and construction of 950MW and a project pipeline of over 12GW in development.
