GET H2 Nukleus
Integrated hydrogen project in Lower Saxony and NRW
- First pipelines ready for operation in 2025 and green hydrogen already being fed into the grid in 2025
- 608 kilometers of hydrogen pipeline by 2027
The start for the H2 infrastructure
The GET H2 partners bp, Evonik, Nowega, OGE, Thyssengas and RWE are jointly building one of the first integrated hydrogen projects. The GET H2 projects are one of the first building blocks of the hydrogen core network and the German and European hydrogen economy. A high-performance infrastructure is continuously being created along the entire value chain, enabling connections for all sectors and links to other hydrogen networks. The majority of the building blocks are funded by the federal government and the states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia as an IPCEI (Important Project of Common European Interest).
In the first step, the GET H2 partners will jointly connect the production of green hydrogen from a 300 MW electrolysis plant with industrial customers in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia over the course of 2025. The approximately 130-kilometer network from Lingen to Gelsenkirchen is one of the first parts of the hydrogen core network. A cavern storage facility in Gronau-Epe, which is being built on an existing storage field, will also be connected.
In the following years up to 2027, OGE and Nowega will create a further connection for Evonik’s chemical park in Marl by building a new pipeline between Dorsten and Marl. OGE and Thyssengas will build a new pipeline from Dorsten to Hamborn to connect the steelworks in Duisburg. Another important step is the conversion of an existing Thyssengas pipeline and thus the connection to the import point in Vlieghuis in the Netherlands. This will create the connection to the Dutch hydrogen network HYNETWORK.
The final step is to connect Salzgitter AG via existing gas pipelines, including Nowega, which will be converted to transport hydrogen. By using green hydrogen in refineries, in steel production and for other industrial uses, the overall project has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by up to 16 million tons by 2030.
Several projects within the GET H2 initiative are funded as Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) with federal and state funds.
