For the first fully emission-free drilling powered by green hydrogen, A.Hak receives the NSTT No-Dig award.
NSST Award for A.Hak
On November 6, 2024, colleagues Guus Scheeren and Richard van Beers received the award. Together with TenneT and Genpower, they found the collaboration to realize this drilling project. Never before had hydrogen been applied on a large scale within a construction project. Until January 2024. Then A.Hak and TenneT, together with Genpower and Kuster Energy, realized the world’s very first ‘H2DD’: a fully emission-free drilling powered by green hydrogen (H2).
How does hydrogen drilling work?
The principle in hydrogen drilling is that the hydrogen generator supplies directly to the drilling rig. During higher power demand, the battery pack supplements, and during lower power demand, the battery pack is recharged. The collaborations on this project are with Kuster and Holthauzen for green hydrogen and with Genpower for the hydrogen generator.
With this machine and this drilling, we are focusing on the future with a focus on safety, sustainability, and efficiency.
For the future
The pilot in Bergen op Zoom contributes to the learning process about emission-free and low-emission work. TenneT and A.Hak therefore explored together the conditions and challenges in this area. Think, for example, of the – still – limited availability of electric equipment. Nevertheless, TenneT emphasized its commitment to deploy low-emission or even emission-free equipment on multiple projects in the coming years.
