The eastern German federal states want to jointly develop a distribution network that gives municipalities, industry and commerce access to hydrogen. The Ministry of the Environment in Thuringia announced that a corresponding study will provide the basis for this. The Free State is currently chairing the Initiative for Hydrogen in Eastern Germany (IWO), which was jointly founded by the eastern states.
The study is intended to identify production potential in the eastern German states, but also to show how the region can best benefit from the planned supra-regional hydrogen core network, which is to be created by 2032. In October 2024, the Federal Network Agency approved such a nationwide network as the basis for supra-regional hydrogen transportation.
