OGE’s hydrogen pipeline projects

Wilhelmshaven coastal line (WKL)

Starting point: Wilhelmshaven-North

End point: Wilhelmshaven-Süd

Line length: approx. 11 km

Pipe diameter: DN 1000 mm

Federal state: Lower Saxony

IBN date specified by the core network: 2027

Start of construction: Q4 2026

North Sea-Ruhr Link I (NRL I)

Starting point: Wilhelmshaven gas pressure control and measuring station (Voslapper Groden)

End point: Dykhausen

Line length: approx. 21 km

Pipe diameter: DN 1400 mm

Federal state: Lower Saxony

IBN date specified by the core network: 2027

Start of construction: Q4 2026

North Sea-Ruhr Link III (NRL III)

Starting point: Bunde

End point: Wettringen

Line length: approx. 122 km

Pipe diameter: DN 1200 mm

Federal states: Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia

IBN date specified by the core network: 2027

Start of construction: Q4 2026

North Sea-Ruhr Link IV (NRL IV)

Starting point: Emden

End point: Rysum

Line length: approx. 22 km

Pipe diameter: DN 1200 mm

Federal state: Lower Saxony

IBN date specified by the core network: 2029

Start of construction: Q4 2028

Heek-Epe (HEp) – GET H2 project

Starting point: Heek

End point: Epe

Line length: approx. 11 km

Pipe diameter: DN 400 mm

Federal state: North Rhine-Westphalia

IBN date specified by the core network: 2025

Start of construction: 2025

Project partner: Nowega

Dorsten-Marl (DoMa) – GET H2 project

Starting point: Dorsten

End point: Marl

Line length: approx. 9 km

Pipe diameter: DN 300 mm

Federal state: North Rhine-Westphalia

IBN date specified by the core network: 2027

Start of construction: Q4 2026

Project partner: Nowega

Dorsten-Duisburg-Hamborn (DoHa)

Starting point: Dorsten

End point: Duisburg-Hamborn

Line length: approx. 39 km

Pipe diameter: DN 600 mm

Federal state: North Rhine-Westphalia

IBN date specified by the core network: 2027

Start of construction: Q4 2026

Project partner: Thyssengas