U.S. midstream giant Williams has partnered with Denmark’s Ørsted A/S to co-develop hydrogen or synthetic natural gas facilities powered by renewable energy.

The companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to identify ways to leverage Ørsted’s renewables and hydrogen expertise with Williams’ natural gas infrastructure and processing experience to develop the projects. In particular, they are exploring a large-scale wind energy, electrolysis and synthetic gas-via-methanation project in western Wyoming, where Williams owns land and natural gas infrastructure.

Williams’ Chad Zamarin, senior vice president for Corporate Strategic Development, said the company’s large-scale energy infrastructure network and gas assets “are ideal partners for facilitating the...