TransHyDE Project GET H2

What will the infrastructure for hydrogen transportation in Germany look like? That is what the nine partners Adlares, Evonik, DVGW Research Center at Engler-Bunte-Institut of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Meter-Q Solutions, Nowega, OGE, Rosen, RWE and University of Potsdam are looking into as part of the GET H2 TransHyDE project. Their research leads to important findings about transportation and storage of hydrogen. In seven work packages, they are gathering important findings on the transport and storage of hydrogen. As one of the hydrogen flagship projects, it is being funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) with 11.63 million euros.

As a practice-oriented approach, the TransHyDE-project GET H2 represents an important part of collaborative research into future long-distance pipelines for hydrogen. At the center of the research is a demonstration field including a test pipeline in Lingen in the Emsland region on the site of the RWE gas-fired power plant. By 2025, the metrological foundations for future long-distance hydrogen pipelines will have been laid here.

The project’s central tasks are:

Setup and operation of a test environment
Quality and quantity measurement
Investigation of the H2-compatibility of materials
Airborne hydrogen remote detection
Intelligent pigging of pipelines
Optimization of compressor concepts for feed and transport
Consolidation and communication of results

The joint research offers all partners involved the chance to analyze important aspects of hydrogen transport under real conditions and demonstrates the strength of joint efforts to implement important practical projects. Independently of the TransHyDE project, one of the first publicly accessible hydrogen pipelines is scheduled to start from Lingen in 2024, transporting green hydrogen to the bp refinery in Gelsenkirchen as part of the GET H2 Nukleus project.

Hydrogen flagship projects

TransHyDE project GET H2

Core objectives of TransHyDE

Further information from the TransHyDE project

Support Partners

Project coordination