Flow - making hydrogen happen
Pipeline system for green hydrogen
In the Flow – making hydrogen happen collaborative project, the project partners are planning a sustainable pipeline system for green hydrogen. In addition to existing hydrogen projects, the aim is to build an effective and efficient north-south transport route for hydrogen.
North-south transport route for hydrogen
In the Flow – making hydrogen happen project, project partners Gascade, terranets bw and ONTRAS will make use of existing infrastructure to quickly open up important regions in Europe for the hydrogen ramp-up. Connection from the Baltic Sea (Lubmin) to the Czech Republic as well as towards the south-west with the connection to France and Austria are planned as part of the project. This will also benefit the future consumption centres in Eastern Germany, such as the Halle/Leipzig chemical triangle. The connection to international import routes, additional hydrogen transport projects, hydrogen storage facilities as well as the European Hydrogen Backbone creates additional security of supply.
Potential for the Eastern Germany hydrogen region
The system-optimised connection of the planned pipeline projects in Eastern Germany clearly highlights the potential for the stakeholders of the future hydrogen market: consumers with large hydrogen requirements can be supplied faster and more reliably by connecting multiple import sources. Furthermore, importers who feed in hydrogen in Rostock can access additional potential customers in southern Germany. In addition, storage potential for hydrogen can also be tapped for the Flow project via the ONTRAS start network for hydrogen, thus improving flexibility options for Eastern, Central and Southern Germany.
The partner companies of Flow - making hydrogen happen
The three transmission system operators terranets bw, Gascade and ONTRAS are behind the pipeline project Flow - making hydrogen happen.
terranets bw is an independent transmission system operator for gas. With its approximately 2,700 km long high-pressure gas pipeline grid, terranets bw guarantees the non-discriminatory transmission of gas from Lower Saxony to Lake Constance. terranets bw provides its customers with a broad range of services related to gas transmission and telecommunication infrastructure. Approximately 300 employees work for the company in nine locations in Baden-Württemberg and Hessen.
GASCADE Gastransport GmbH operates a gas pipeline network throughout Germany. The Kassel-based transmission system operator offers its customers modern and competitive transport services for natural gas and, in future, other gases in the heart of Europe via its own high-pressure pipeline network, which is around 3,700 kilometres long. GASCADE is pursuing the goal of successively converting its pipeline network to the transport of hydrogen and is therefore active in several onshore and offshore hydrogen projects.
ONTRAS operates the 7,700-kilometre long pipeline network in eastern Germany and is responsible for the reliable and efficient transport of gaseous energy - today and in the future. We are actively shaping the development of a German hydrogen network, integrated into the European hydrogen infrastructure. With the ONTRAS start network for hydrogen and the two pipeline projects doing hydrogen and Greens Octopus Mitteldeutschland, ONTRAS is laying the foundation for the eastern German hydrogen infrastructure.
