GET H2 Nukleus

GET H2 Nukleus

Logo GET H2 NukleusBy 2025, the GET H2 partners bp, Evonik, Nowega, OGE and RWE Generation want to jointly establish the first publicly accessible hydrogen infrastructure. The GET H2 Nukleus project connects the production of green hydrogen with industrial consumers in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. The approximately 130-kilometer network from Lingen to Gelsenkirchen is set to become the first H2 network in the regulated sector with non-discriminatory access and transparent prices. The building blocks of GET H2 Nukleus are eligible for funding as an IPCEI (Important Project of Common European Interest).

  • The green hydrogen is to be generated from wind power in Lingen, Lower Saxony. To this end, an electrolysis plant with a capacity of more than 100 MW is to be built at the site of the RWE power plant in Lingen.
  • Existing gas pipelines of the transmission system operators Nowega and OGE will be converted to transport 100 percent hydrogen.
  • Nowega is building a new pipeline to connect the electrolysis with the main pipeline leading towards the Ruhr area, and Evonik is also constructing a partial new pipeline between the Marl Chemical Park and bp’s Ruhr Oel refinery Gelsenkirchen.
  • The climate-neutral raw material will be transported to industrial customers via this infrastructure.
  • The companies use the green hydrogen in their production processes and thus significantly reduce their CO2 emissions.
  • Nowega and OGE are connecting the gas storage facilities of RWE Gas Storage West in Gronau-Epe via another new pipeline. A new cavern storage facility for hydrogen will be built there.

Further information on the GET H2 Nukleus is available in the project presentation, which can be downloaded here.

Further expansion

The expansion of this first project by the GET H2 partners with the connection to further industrial offtakers and import routes by 2030 is already planned. Follow this link to see the next steps.

The GET H2 Nukleus can be one of the first building blocks of the Germany-wide H2 core netzwork which is currently being planned by the members of FNB Gas e.V..

The conversion of the pipelines as well as the construction of new pipelines connecting the projects is already in the first stages of implementation. Information on the details of the subprojects is available at www.get-h2-netz.de.