CAPTION: Study on hydrogen in the eastern German region of Lusatia. (picture alliance/dpa/Daniel Karmann)
The topic of hydrogen is coming to the fore when it comes to the conversion of the eastern German energy region of Lusatia, which is located in the states of Brandenburg and Saxony, away from coal and toward renewable energies. A study on the topic of a "hydrogen transportation network for Lusatia" shows that businesses in the region are now very interested, Heiko Jahn, Managing Director of the Lusatia Economic Region (WRL) told dpa. The WRL commissioned the study.
According to the Cottbus Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK), the decisive factor for the future of the energy source is whether and when green hydrogen can be transported cheaply from the manufacturer to the consumer. This can only be achieved with a well-developed pipeline network. Transport by truck or rail is not an affordable alternative. The study also addressed the question of which existing natural gas pipelines could be converted to transport hydrogen in the future.
"The results of the study exceed all previously determined values for the amount of green hydrogen required many times over," said Jens Krause, spokesperson for the Lusatia Hydrogen Network, which is part of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce. This is due to the fact that it not only includes the energy company Leag’s recently planned hydrogen power plants, but also interested small and medium-sized producers and consumers in the region. "Together with the gas network operators, the stakeholders must now draw up a financing model for the construction of the planned infrastructure for a hydrogen pipeline," he said.
Industrial parks in the south of the region and companies such as the chemical giant BASF in Schwarzheide, for example, are relying on hydrogen technology. The Schwarze Pumpe industrial park on the borders between Brandenburg and Saxony also has a need. In February, Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck agreed to two funding decisions worth 28.5 million euros for the construction of a hydrogen storage power plant there. It is supposed to become a blueprint for the power plants of the future. Green hydrogen is to be produced from 2025.
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