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These infrastructure projects are so-called Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI), which the German government and states support with approximately 4.6 billion euros. As around half of these 23 projects are based in Lower Saxony (ten) and Bremen (two), the two German states will receive 1.28 billion euros and 65 million euros respectively. \u201cWith this major investment in climate action, we\u2019re taking an important step in accelerating development of a sustainable hydrogen economy and therefore securing the future of green hydrogen in Lower Saxony,\u201d says Christian Meyer, Lower Saxony\u2019s Minister for the Environment and Energy. And Kristina Vogt, Bremen Senator for Economic Affairs, Ports and Transformation, adds: \u201cThis investment will boost Bremen\u2019s role as an industrial hub. Climate-friendly energy infrastructures are under construction and will be accessible to other industries in the state of Bremen.<\/p>\n
The activities of both states described here are embedded in northern Germany\u2019s hydrogen strategy. Besides the generation of green hydrogen on an industrial scale, the development of a sufficient number of \u201chydrogen motorways\u201d for transporting the fuel, and the establishment of the corresponding storage capacities, there are other projects that focus on the use of green hydrogen as well as technical development projects for innovations like green flying.\n<\/p>\n
The ten infrastructure projects in Lower Saxony can be broken down into three large-scale electrolysis projects, six hydrogen pipeline projects and a project for renovating a storage cavern for hydrogen. \u201cWe\u2019re well on our way to becoming an important hydrogen generation and storage centre as well as a hub for the import and distribution of green hydrogen in Germany,\u201d says Christian Meyer. \u201cLower Saxony will be the no. 1 green hydrogen state.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of the three aforementioned large-scale electrolysers for use in the production of hydrogen, two are being built in Lingen and one in Emden. \u201cEmden is already a hotspot for renewable energies in Lower Saxony,\u201d says Meyer. \u201cThat reputation will be further reinforced by the IPCEI project \u2018Clean Hydrogen Coastline\u2019 with the 320-megawatt electrolyser.\u201d Through the two electrolyser projects in Lingen \u2013 \u201cLGH2 Lingen Green Hydrogen\u201d and \u201cGET H2 Nukleus\u201d \u2013 four production units will be built for green hydrogen, with a combined total of around 400 megawatts. <\/p>\n
Lower Saxony\u2019s second pillar is the six pipeline projects \u2013 \u201cClean Hydrogen Coastline\u201d, \u201cHy Per Link Niedersachsen\u201d, \u201cGreen Octopus Mitteldeutschland\u201d, \u201cGET H2 OGE NI\u201d, \u201cGET H2 Nowega NI\u201d and \u201cGET H2 Thyssengas NI\u201d \u2013 with many kilometres of hydrogen pipelines planned across Germany. The projects for promoting the use of green hydrogen will be rounded off with a large-scale development of storage options, which is why the storage salt cavern in Huntorf (Elsfleth) is being converted. The \u201cH2S Huntorf\u201d storage facility there should offer space for up to 70 gigawatt hours of hydrogen from 2027.<\/p>\n
\u201cHalf of the electrolysis capacity now funded throughout Germany \u2013 720 megawatts \u2013 and 40 per cent of the hydrogen pipeline length \u2013 around 800 kilometres \u2013 will be based in Lower Saxony,\u201d says Meyer. \u201cSufficient availability and the use of green hydrogen are absolutely essential for achieving climate targets and transforming the energy supply and industry.\u201d And that makes it even more fitting that \u201cAqua Ductus\u201d, another IPCEI pipeline project implemented in collaboration with Lower Saxony, is in the planning stage. This project, too, is likely to receive funding from the German government and the state. The plan is to build a hydrogen pipeline some 300 kilo-metres in length in the North Sea, with a landing in Lower Saxony and a connection to the future hydrogen core network. That would also enable integration of hydrogen generated at sea in the future as well as potential hydrogen imports from neighbouring countries in the North Sea.\n<\/p>\n
Also in July, Habeck and Maike Frese, Bremen\u2019s State Councillor for Economic Affairs, issued grants to participating companies EWE and Gasunie for the Bremen projects \u201cClean Hydrogen Coastline\u201d and \u201cHy Per Link\u201d. The two projects call for the development of a sustainable hydrogen infrastructure in Bremen \u2013 much like the corresponding subprojects in Lower Saxony. In the Bremen stretch of \u201cClean Hydrogen Coastline\u201d, the idea is to establish hydrogen electrolysis at a scale of 50 megawatts at the Mittelsb\u00fcren location, close to the steelworks there. And through the \u201cHy Per Link\u201d project, a pipeline infrastructure will be built in Bremen to connect the city to the national hydrogen network currently under development.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven beyond the IPCEI projects approved in July, we have lots of other hydrogen activities going on in the state of Bremen,\u201d adds Vogt, referring to two other IPCEI projects, among other things. Approved at the end of May, \u201cDRIBE 2\u201d will receive hundreds of millions of euros in funding and aims to make the switch to hydrogen in operations at the ArcelorMittal steelworks in Bremen. This measure should reduce all the CO2 emissions in Bremen by around 50 per cent. \u201cWOPLIN\u201d is a joint project of the Airbus locations in Bremen, Hamburg and Stade dedicated to establishing a foundation for the use of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies to produce a climate-friendly aircraft. The project has already received state aid approval from the European Commission but is still waiting for the grant. <\/p>\n
Other large-scale projects in Bremen include the planned \u201cEnergy Port\u201d in Bremerhaven, which can contribute to the national supply of green energy sources once financing has been secured and legal feasibility confirmed. The plan is to connect Bremerhaven to the hydrogen core network. \u201cHydrogen Lab Bremerhaven\u201d and the \u201cEcomat Hydrogen Campus\u201d in Bremen are two additional keywords that represent research, development, services and products sourced from the state of Bremen. \b(bre)<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ module_class=”dtb-sticky” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hydrogen plays a key role in the energy transition as an energy source, as a storage medium and as a replacement for fossil fuels, which is why Robert Habeck, the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs, and several state ministers for economic affairs issued grants for 23 extraordinary, forward-looking hydrogen projects in Germany in July. Twelve of those are based in Lower Saxony and Bremen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":66798,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sustainability-en"],"yoast_head":"\n