Germany announces €8 Billion for 62 hydrogen projects

Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economics and the Federal Ministry of Transport today (28^th May) announced the selection of 62 large-scale hydrogen projects for state funding under a joint European hydrogen project.

These projects will be funded under PCEI (Important Projects of Common European Interest). The 62 projects representing the entire value chain of the hydrogen market are selected from over 230 project outlines received. It is expected that projects will be approved by the European Commission under state aid law this year.

Peter Altmaier, Federal Minister of Economics, said, “We want to become number 1 in the world in hydrogen technologies.” He further added, “We are providing over 8 billion euros in federal and state funds for the 62 German projects selected today, and with the projects, we cover the entire value chain – from hydrogen generation and transport to industrial applications.”

Andreas Scheuer, Federal Transport Minister, said, “We are making Germany a hydrogen country. In doing so, we are rethinking mobility, European and holistic – from the energy system and drive technologies to the fueling infrastructure.”

Mr Scheuer further added, “In order to cover all areas of mobility with zero-emission solutions, we need technology openness. That is why we also support fuel cell technology as well as vehicle and component manufacturers, so as not to miss the boat internationally.”

The € 8 billion state funding is made up of federal and state funds. Around € 4.4 billion come from the Federal Ministry of Economics; up to € 1.4 billion from the Federal Ministry of Transport. The remaining funds are made available by the federal states.

Investments totalling €33 billion are to be triggered, including over € 20 billion from private investors.

In the BMWi department, 50 project outlines were selected, including generation plants of around a total of 2 GW of electrolysis capacity for green hydrogen production. That would account for 40% of the target set in the National Hydrogen Strategy of 5 GW by 2030. Germany also plans for hydrogen pipelines of around 1,700 km.

A substantial amount of CO2 can be saved in the steel industry, where ArcelorMittal, Stahl Holding Saar, Salzgitter Stahl and Thyssenkrupp Steel also submitted investment projects.

The Federal Ministry of Transport is funding 12 projects in the mobility sector, covering the development and production of fuel cell systems and vehicles – from cars and trucks to municipal vehicles. It will also promote the development of a nationwide and cross-border networked hydrogen refuelling infrastructure.

Below is the list of 62 projects:

Generation

1. AquoVentus, Helgoland, RWE Renewables
2. HGHH, Hamburg – Vaitenfall/Shell/Mitsubishi/Worme Hamburg
3. Clean Hydrogen Coastline, NI -EWE/EWE Netz/swb
4. GET H2, Lingen – RWE Generation
5. GreenMotionSteel, Duisburg – Air Liquide DE
6. MAPEVA, NRW – Neumann&Esser
7. doing hydrogen, Rostock – APEX Energy
8. doing hydrogen, MV, BB,SA – ENERTRAG
9. Green Hydrogen Hub, Leuna – Linde/Total
10. H2-SARA, Dresden – Sunfire
11. LHyVE Erzeugung, Leipzig – EDL
12. LHyVE System, Leipzig – LW
13. Projektname noch nicht zur VerOffentlichung freigegeben
14. Hydrohub Fenne, VOlklingen – Siemens Energy/STEAG
15. Hy4Chem, Ludwigshafen – BASF
16. ElYance, Erlangen – Siemens Energy
17. GH@BD, DE/AUT- Hydrogenious
18. HyTechHafen – Rostock, Rostock – Rostock PORT GmbH
19. Bosch Power Units, BW, BY – Robert Bosch

Infrastructure

20. AquaVentus, Helgoland, GASCADE
21. HH-WIN – Gasnetz Hamburg
22. Clean Hydrogen Coastline, NI – EWE/EWE Netz/EWE Gasspeicher
23. Green Crane, Lingen – Hydrogenious
24. Hyperlink – Gasunie DE
25. GET H2, Gronau – RWE Gas Storage West
26. GET H2 – Nowega
27. GET H2 – Open Grid Europe
28. GET H2 – Thyssengas
29. doing hydrogen – GASCADE
30. doing hydrogen – ONTRAS
31. Green Octopus MD – ONTRAS
32. Green Octopus MD, Bad Lauchstodt – VNG Gasspeicher
33. LHyVE Transport, Leipzig – Ontras
34. mosaHyc – Creos DE

Industrial use

35. Hyscalel 00, Kreis Dithmarschen – Holcim Deutschland/Hynamics Deutschland/Orsted Wind Power Germany/ Raffinerie Heide
36. H2H, Hamburg – Arcelor Mittal
37. Clean Hydrogen Coastline, Bremen – Arcelor Mittal
38. DRIBE2, Bremen, EH – Arcelor Mittal
39. LGH2, Lingen-BP
40. LGH2, Lingen – Oersted
41. GET H2, Salzgitter – Salzgitter Flachstahl
42. e-Methanol Projekt, Stade – DOW
43. tKH2steel, Duisburg – thyssenkrupp steel
44. Projektname noch nicht zur VerOffentlichung freigegeben
45. Projektname noch nicht zur VerOffentlichung freigegeben
46. doing hydrogen, BB – ENERTRAG
47. doing Hydrogen, Riidersdorf – CEMEX
48. H2SYNGAS, Dillingen – SHS/Saarstahl
49. BayH2, Neustadt -Vaitenfall Innovation/Bayernoil
50. RHYME Bavaria, Burghausen -Wacker Chemie

Mobility

51. SENECA, Berlin – H2 MOBILITY DE
52. BMW Produkt, Munchen – Bayrische Motorenwerke
53. Brennstoffzellen Gigafactory, Region Kirchheim-Teck -cellcentric GmbH & Co KG
54. PEGASUS, Worth – Daimler Truck
55. NextGen HD-Stack, Dettingen – ElringKlinger
56. Clean Hydrogen Coastline, Nordwestdeutschla nd -FAUN Umwelttechnik
57. NextGadila, Weinheim – Freudenberg Performance Materials
58. WIPLiN, Hamburg – Airbus Operations
59. H2Load, Hamburg – Hamburger Hafen und Lagistik
60. HyPA, Hamburg – Hamburg Port Authority
61. H2 HADAG – HADAG Seetouristik und Fahrdienst
62. H2SB – Green Plug