Green hydrogen produced by RWE in Lingen, Lower Saxony, has reached Evonik’s chemical park in Marl in the Ruhr area for the first time via pipeline, it is reported. This marks the GET H2 Nukleus project — which integrates electrolysis, transport infrastructure and industrial offtake — entering actual operational stage.
RWE is commissioning two 100-megawatt (MW) electrolysis plants in Lingen, and the renewable hydrogen produced there is transported to the Marl chemical park via a roughly 120-kilometer pipeline network operated by Nowega and OGE, with participation from Evonik subsidiary SYNEQT. The project is being carried out as part of the IPCEI (Important Projects of Common European Interest) Hy2Infra program, supported by the German federal government and the states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. The hydrogen produced meets the EU’s RFNBO (Renewable Fuel of Non-Biological Origin) standards, it is reported. The electrolyzer equipment supplier and specific technology licensor have not been disclosed.
This achievement demonstrates that electrolysis, transport networks and industrial offtake can work together in practice, and is regarded as an early step in building Germany’s hydrogen core network, it is reported.
Key items to watch include the timing of the electrolyzers’ transition to commercial operation, and progress on follow-on infrastructure such as the new Dorsten-to-Marl pipeline.