In Germany, EnBW said it initially intends to invest around $1.08 billion in establishing and expanding a national hydrogen core network, which, according to the German government’s plans, is set to be built by 2032 and become a key component of a future European Hydrogen Backbone (EHB). The connection to the core network will especially supply hydrogen to major industrial centers, power plants and generation facilities in the future, while transnational corridors for hydrogen imports will also be opened, the firm said. “The hydrogen core network represents the first step into the hydrogen economy of the future, establishing the basis for the complete decarbonization of the German economy and the achievement of climate targets,” said Dirk Güsewell, EnBW’s Board Member for System Critical Infrastructure. As part of a joint application by the German transmission system operators, the EnBW subsidiary terranets bw and VNG/ONTRAS Gastransport have submitted concrete commitments for pipeline projects to the Federal Network Agency. However, the application still has to be approved by the Federal Network Agency. The firm noted that these pipelines, which are being created by converting existing pipelines, but also by building new connections, are set to connect Baden-Württemberg and large parts of eastern and central Germany to the hydrogen core network.
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