Energy infrastructure company, Gasunie, offers market parties for H₂ the opportunity to easily connect with each other via the platform Match & Connect. The platform was launched today at the World Hydrogen Summit in Rotterdam, after a successful pilot. Through this pilot, users from seven countries are now active on the platform. Match & Connect helps potential end-users, producers or traders (shippers) from around the world to bring H₂ supply and demand together. The goal is to kick-start the international H₂ chain for the benefit of the energy transition.

H₂ will play an important role in the future energy system, especially for making industry more sustainable. It is easy to use as a feedstock and as a fuel, as well as being easy to store and transport. Meanwhile, Gasunie has started developing large-scale H₂ infrastructure in the Netherlands and northern Germany. In the Netherlands, Gasunie subsidiary Hynetwork Services has started developing the national H₂ network, which connects the main industrial regions in the Netherlands and surrounding countries. Part of this national network also includes H₂ storage facilities, domestic production and import terminals at ports. Together with the H₂ network Hyperlink in northern Germany it creates a cross-border connection between different north-western European countries. In both the Netherlands and Germany, Match & Connect is a low-threshold way to bring H₂ supply and demand together.

To stimulate the development towards a well-functioning H₂ market, it is crucial that H₂ supply and demand know how to find each other. As market parties have indicated that they could use help in this respect, Gasunie has developed a platform for this purpose. Match & Connect easily connects (international) market parties, active on both the supply and demand side. Match & Connect is accessible to anyone from anywhere in the world: from producers of H₂ to large consumers who need (large) quantities of H₂ to become more sustainable.

Market parties can contact each other via Match & Connect, for example if their supply and demand 'match'. Registration is easy and relevant (project) information can be added to an account. Through the platform, initial contact takes place. After the contact, it is up to the market parties themselves to make arrangements outside Match & Connect. Contracts are concluded bilaterally without the intervention or interference of this platform. Neither does Gasunie. Gasunie only helps to connect supply and demand by facilitating the functionality of Match & Connect, without having access to chat and profile data.