A key node in the development of a hydrogen core network in Germany will be located in southern Saxony-Anhalt. The Federal Ministry of Economics has earmarked the important east-west pipeline between the central German chemical triangle, Magdeburg and Salzgitter in Lower Saxony for the expansion of the network, the Ministry of Energy in Saxony-Anhalt announced on Tuesday. Prior to this, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Robert Habeck (Greens) had presented the detailed plans for the development of the hydrogen core network in Germany in Berlin.
Habeck compared the lines in the hydrogen core network to federal highways. In total, a network with around 9700 kilometers of pipelines is planned. Hydrogen is an important source of hope for the energy transition, which should help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in industry and other areas in the future. In the long term, Habeck assumes that Germany will produce 30 to 50 percent of its hydrogen requirements itself, with the rest having to be imported. The German government anticipates a demand of 95 to 130 terawatt hours by 2030.
