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Construction of Germany鈥檚 and also Europe鈥檚 first network of hydrogen pipelines are set to start this week in the country鈥檚 east, the federal economy ministry and its counterpart in the state of Saxony have . The Leipzig-based company Ontras plans to construct a pipeline grid with a length of over 900 kilometres by 2030, mostly by retrofitting existing natural gas transport infrastructure. Saxony鈥檚 economy minister Martin Dulig said the projects 鈥淒oing hydrogen鈥� and 鈥淕reen Octopus Mitteldeutschland,鈥� financed in the framework of the EU鈥檚 IPCEI (Important Projects of Common European Interest) scheme, would make the eastern state a gateway for the scale-up of a European hydrogen economy. Dulig said the turmoil on European energy markets caused by Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine had made an early preparation of more sustainable alternatives for businesses with hydrogen 鈥渙ne of the central tasks of this decade.鈥�

Saxony鈥檚 government plans to establish a comprehensive green hydrogen supply chain that combines the policy targets of climate action, supply security and greater energy independence. The project in eastern Germany is meant to become part of a larger 鈥淓uropean Hydrogen Backbone鈥� infrastructure, and receive connections to hydrogen import terminals at the North and Baltic Seas, the ministry added. Network operator company Ontras that a hydrogen grid must grow in lockstep with other infrastructure elements that enable a fully-fledged industry in the country. 鈥淥ur appeal to policymakers is to create binding framework conditions for that as soon as possible,鈥� the company said.

Recent media reports said that the German government aims to solidify targets to rapidly scale up the country鈥檚 electrolysis capacity - which is needed to split water into hydrogen and oxygen - by 2030 by revising its National Hydrogen Strategy. With a change of government聽energy crisis occurring since the strategy's introduction, the economy ministry is updating the strategy ahead of schedule, with the aim to adopt it in January 2023. The revision includes plans for new national pipelines, hydrogen storage concepts, import strategies and international hydrogen infrastructure.