TENP III: Modern Infrastructure for Gas and Hydrogen Transport from Western to Southern Germany

The European Commission has published the drafted Terms & Conditions for the third auction round of the European Hydrogen Bank. Until mid-September interested parties can submit their comments. The draft is available on the website of the Directorate-General for Climate Action. Low-carbon hydrogen eligible for funding The (…)

Hintco, project company of the H2Global Foundation, has started the application phase for the regional lots of its auction for renewable hydrogen and its derivatives. This marks the second round of Hintco’s hydrogen program. Germany and the Netherlands are jointly providing 2.5 billion euros for (…)

The three participating transmission system operators have announced significant progress for the H2med project. Enagás (Spain) – through its subsidiary Enagás Infraestructuras de Hidrógeno (EIH) –, NaTran and Teréga (France) have signed the shareholders‘ agreement for BarMar. This agreement provides for the establishment of a (…)

As part of an exclusive and flexible agreement, SEFE has been supplying Pfalzgas with approximately 1.2 TWh of natural gas per year since January 2025. Pfalzgas has now decided to extend this contract for an additional two years, through to 2027. As part of the (…)

As part of the new “H2 Initial Network Mainz” project, Mainzer Netze GmbH – a subsidiary of the municipal utility Stadtwerke Mainz – is planning to establish an initial hydrogen network in the industrial areas of Mainz-Neustadt and Mombach, in collaboration with its partner Hy2gen (…)

The energie schwaben Group will build a total of three electrolysers with a capacity of five megawatts each for the production of green hydrogen in its supply area. The possible expansion has already been planned. From 2027, the electrolysers in Allmannshofen, Illertissen and Rohrenfels or (…)

ANDRITZ opened its new electrolyzer gigafactory in Erfurt, Germany, in the presence of Thuringia’s Minister President Mario Voigt. The new plant has an initial production capacity of around one gigawatt – equivalent to around 160 to 200 electrolyzers per year. Key components for the production (…)

OMV officially opened the new ReOil and electrolyzer plants at the Schwechat refinery near Vienna. The new 10 MW electrolysis plant has a production capacity of up to 1,500 tons of green hydrogen per year and is the largest of its kind in Austria. Together (…)

German transmission system operator GASCADE Gastransport GmbH and UK transmission system operator National Gas have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the feasibility of a hydrogen corridor between the UK and Germany in the North Sea through an offshore pipeline connection – an important (…)

The project Underground Sun Storage 2030 (USS2030) has been successfully completed. It shows that Hydrogen can be safely stored and reused underground in large quantities – and over long periods of time. At the Rubensdorf/Gampern site, around 500,000 cubic meters of hydrogen were stored in (…)

Höegh Evi, a global leader in marine energy infrastructure, and Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, part of technology group Wärtsilä, have successfully completed development of the world’s first floating ammonia-to-hydrogen cracker. This breakthrough technology enables floating import terminals to produce hydrogen at industrial-scale volumes from transported ammonia, (…)

The new federal government faces the immense challenge of making Germany’s energy supply secure, affordable, and climate-neutral in the long term. Hydrogen will play a central role in this transition, as a reliable energy supply in the future will require both molecules and electrons – (…)

Against a backdrop of intensive policy debate on the legal framework for financing urgently needed investment in dispatchable power plant capacity, EnBW has officially commissioned one of Germany’s first hydrogen-ready gas turbine power plants at its Stuttgart-Münster site. The project is an important signal for (…)

At the Bad Lauchstädt Energy Park (EBL), a 25-kilometre-long transport pipeline has now gone into operation, connecting the electrolyzer currently under construction with the TotalEnergies refinery in Leuna. With the initial filling of the pipeline, several milestones have been reached at once: Firstly, work on (…)

A new business alliance is driving the ramp-up of the hydrogen economy to secure Germany as an industrial location. Participating companies are urging swift political decisions to ensure the successful ramp-up of the hydrogen market. Hydrogen Germany: “Together, we are making Germany a hydrogen nation – because (…)

The transmission system operator Open Grid Europe GmbH (OGE) plans to build the Nordsee-Ruhr-Links I (NRL I) from Wilhelmshaven to Dykhausen. The project was presented to the public for the first time. The 21 km long pipeline with a pipe diameter of 1400 mm and (…)

GASCADE Gastransport GmbH has reached an important milestone in the energy transition: the first filling of a pipeline section with hydrogen as part of the Flow – making hydrogen happen program has been successfully launched. This ambitious project marks a decisive step towards converting the (…)

The Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Affairs (BMDV) is investing in hydrogen technology and funding the establishment of decentralized hydrogen innovation and technology centers (ITZ-H2). In Berlin, Federal Minister Dr. Volker Wissing handed over funding decisions for 154 million euros to representatives of the (…)

The Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector is supporting the local production of renewable hydrogen through water electrolysis with the new “ELY” funding program. The aim is to achieve a sufficient nationwide supply of hydrogen in the medium term and to (…)

The PtX Development Fund initiated by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has agreed a start-up investment in Morocco for the development of green hydrogen production and the conversion of fertilizer production to renewable energies. The aim is to build up (…)

The EU Commission’s decision will significantly advance the development of a European hydrogen infrastructure. In the competition for EU infrastructure funding, this decision is proof of the quality and necessity of the NBHC project and demonstrates its potential to contribute to the EU’s energy self-sufficiency (…)

As part of the first ministerial conference for the Southern Hydrogen Corridor, Germany, Algeria, Italy, Austria and Tunisia signed a declaration of intent (JDol) on the development of the Southern Hydrogen Corridor in Rome today. The conference was attended by ministers, high-ranking delegations and representatives of (…)

SEFE Securing Energy for Europe and marine infrastructure provider Höegh Evi have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop international supply chains for clean hydrogen to be delivered to Germany and other locations in Europe. Together, SEFE and Höegh Evi will analyse the (…)

In the beginning of Janury on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), KfW signed an agreement with the Republic of Chile, represented by the Chilean Ministry of Finance, and the Chilean Economic Development Agency Cooperación de Fomento de la (…)

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), DH2 Energy España, Elyse Energy, Hydrogène de France, HYNAMICS, Moeve, Qair, Securing Energy for Europe (SEFE), SHS – Stahl-Holding-Saar GmbH & Co KGaA, thyssenkrupp nucera, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe (energy and technology companies), and the promoters of the H2med project—Enagás, GRTgaz, OGE, (…)

The European transmission system operators (TSOs) from Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and ONTRAS Gastransport GmbH (ONTRAS) are launching the feasibility phase for the Nordic-Baltic Hydrogen Corridor (NBHC). Following the successful completion of the pre-feasibility study earlier this year, the project partners will now conduct (…)

The Leipzig-based energy company VNG AG, its wholly-owned gas trading subsidiary VNG Handel & Vertrieb GmbH (VNG H&V) and the Dutch hydrogen company HyCC are planning to jointly develop an electrolyzer to produce green hydrogen in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany. The green hydrogen is intended to help (…)