(Münster / Lingen) – A consortium of industry and science has officially launched the “GET H2” joint project. The aim is to collect “important findings on the transport and storage of hydrogen” using a test pipeline. The project is part of “TransHyDE“ and is supported by the Federal Ministry of Research with 11,63 million euros. 
The utilities involved are RWE, the transmission system operators Open Grid Europe GmbH (OGE) and Nowega GmbH, the Rosen Group from Lingen, the Essen-based chemical company Evonik Industries AG, the University of Potsdam, and the German Gas and Water Association. V. (DVGW), Adlares GmbH and Meter-Q Solutions GmbH.
Hydrogen distribution network from Lingen to Gelsenkirchen
In the first step, the companies will connect the green hydrogen production facility in Lower Saxony with industrial customers in North Rhine-Westphalia. A pipeline network around 130 kilometers long is planned from Lingen in Emsland to Gelsenkirchen. RWE is building an electrolyser with an output of 100 megawatts at its Lingen power plant site.
“With the test pipeline we can analyze important aspects of hydrogen transport under real conditions and clarify detailed questions,” says Lisa Willnauer, Project Director Hydrogen at RWE. Existing gas pipelines from Nowega and OGE will be converted to transport 100 percent hydrogen, and Evonik is also building a partially new building between the Marl Chemical Park and BP's Ruhr Oil refinery in Gelsenkirchen.
Connection to the Netherlands
The next step is the inclusion of the Netherlands. The connection to the Vlieghuis import point is implemented by Thyssengas. This will create a connection to “Green Octopus” – a European project that will one day Germany, 
The Netherlands, Belgium and France are linked together via a hydrogen network. According to information, RWE will expand electrolysis in Lingen to 2025 megawatts by 200.
The following year, the infrastructure was expanded and security of supply was stabilized by a cavern storage facility from RWE in Gronau-Epe. Salzgitter AG is putting a 100-megawatt electrolyzer into operation in its steelworks, which is supplied with electricity from wind energy. The technology project developed by the group “Salcos“(Salzgitter Low CO2 Steelmaking) is intended to reduce CO2 emissions in the medium term and lead to almost CO2-free steel production in the long term.
By building additional lines for the transport of hydrogen, OGE and Thyssengas will create an additional connection to the Ruhr area in the second half of the decade. RWE then expands the electrolysis plant in Lingen to 300 megawatts. The big plan for 2030: GET H2, Salcos and Green Octopus are to be interwoven.
deep link
https://www.get-h2.de
https://www.nowega.de/wasserstoff-forschen-fuer-die-beste-infrastruktur/
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GET H2: In the first step, the planned network connects the producers of green hydrogen in Lower Saxony with industrial customers in North Rhine-Westphalia. © GET H2
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Green Octopus: The Netherlands is participating in the network expansion. © GET H2
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The big picture: In 2030, GET H2, Salcos and Green Octopus will be interwoven. © GET H2
