The IPCEI (Important Project of Common European Interest) on Hydrogen was launched in 2020 to promote the market ramp-up of green hydrogen. In the course of this project 23 EU Member States as well as Norway collaborate to interlink European hydrogen projects and to benefit from spill-over effects at a European level. In the meantime, four IPCEI Hydrogen “waves” with 18 involved countries have been registered at the EU level. 1.4 billion EUR from the RRF support 14 of the overall 31 projects in Germany.
The German plan supports integrated hydrogen projects along the entire value chain. The measure is articulated around production, transport and storage of hydrogen, as well as on hydrogen applications (in industry and mobility). New electrolysis capability is being built to produce renewable hydrogen in locations where sufficient renewable electricity is available.
As daughter company of the EWE Group, EWE HYDROGEN GmbH is responsible for the production and sale of green hydrogen. This includes the planning, construction and operation of electrolysis plants and the necessary peripherals. The business unit has extensive experience in the development and implementation of hydrogen projects.
The project Clean Hydrogen Coastline H2 Production (DE43A) has the objective to establish secure and open access renewable hydrogen supply of up to 30,000 Tonnes per year for cross-sector applications in the Northwest of Germany. By a systemic integration of up to 370 MW of Power-to-Gas capacities a basic step for the transition of applications from several sectors towards emission free technologies can be achieved in the Northwest and further regions. Clean Hydrogen Coastline as part of the collaborative European approach Hy2Infra covers the entire value chain in the North-West of Germany with the projects DE07 for pipeline infrastructure, DE43B for storage capacity and DE43A for production capacity of green hydrogen.
The electrolysers will be located in Bremen (50 MW) and near the city of Emden (320 MW). The project has started in August 2022. The electrolysers are expected to be put in continuous operation by the end of 2027 for an operation period of 20 years.
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- EWE HYDROGEN GmbH
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- 1.1.1
- Project locations
- Germany
- EU contribution
- €1 500 000 000
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- https://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/...