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Gascade has converted around 400 kilometres of existing natural gas pipelines to hydrogen. The new north-south axis is part of the project "Flow – making hydrogen happen" and forms a central section of Germany's hydrogen core network.
With the third auction of the European Hydrogen Bank and the Innovation Fund 2025, the EU is allocating up to six billion euros for hydrogen projects. Germany and Spain are contributing additional national funds.
EWE has begun construction of a 320-megawatt hydrogen plant in Emden. The plant is part of the "Clean Hydrogen Coastline" project and is expected to supply green hydrogen to industrial customers from the end of 2027.
The EU is supporting the preparatory phase of the Baltic Sea Hydrogen Collector with 15.3 million euros. The planned offshore pipeline is intended to transport renewable hydrogen from Finland to Germany in the future and is part of the European hydrogen core network.
The project developer H2Apex and the Danish infrastructure fund Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have entered into a strategic partnership for a hydrogen project in Lubmin, Germany, supported under the IPCEI program. The first development phase is planned to reach a capacity of 100 MW.
The transmission system operators Gascade Gastransport from Germany and National Gas from the United Kingdom have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the construction of an offshore hydrogen pipeline between the two countries. The planned hydrogen corridor will run through the North Sea and aims to contribute to energy supply security and decarbonisation in Europe.
The regional energy supplier badenova has begun construction of a hydrogen pipeline in the Upper Rhine region. Through its subsidiary badenovaNetze, the Badenova group is among the first companies to actively contribute to the development of Germany's national hydrogen core network.
The Ukrainian consortium Hydrogen Ukraine is participating in the transnational hydrogen project EastGate H2V, which aims to advance the production, distribution, and use of renewable hydrogen in Eastern Europe.
