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Uniper opens new storage facility for green hydrogen in Krummhörn

• The HPC Krummhörn project combines security of supply and decarbonisation Trial operation begins with a gas tightness test on 24 September 2024 and the planned first gas filling
• With the pilot cavern, the full use of a salt cavern specially built for the storage of green hydrogen is being investigated and tested under operational conditions
• The project has been officially launched yesterday with the participation of national and international guests from politics, administration, industry, associations, science and press
• The residents’ information day on Sunday was met with great interest

The Hydrogen Pilot Cavern (HPC) Krummhörn demonstration plant was ceremoniously opened yesterday by Olaf Lies, Lower Saxony’s Minister for Economic Affairs, Transport, Construction and Digitalization, Michal Lewis, CEO of Uniper, Holger Kreetz, COO of Uniper and Doug Waters, Managing Director of Uniper Energy Storage, in the presence of numerous guests from politics and administration. During a tour of the plant, the guests were able to gain comprehensive insight into the project and Uniper’s strategy: “Greener Gases”.

"Hydrogen storage will play a decisive role in the energy transition. A stable and reliable supply of Germany and Europe will be made possible especially by the construction and operation of large-volume hydrogen storage facilities.

Krummhörn project is laying the foundations for the development of storage solutions on a commercial scale and is thus part of the implementation of our ‘Greener Gases’ strategy.

Investments in the development of hydrogen storage systems requires a clearly defined regulatory framework that incentivises initial investment. To achieve the objectives cost-efficiently and effectively, market-based storage fees should be coupled with a cost-regulated equalisation mechanism.

Applying the principles of contracts for difference over a sufficiently long initial period in analogy to the development of the hydrogen core network would appear to make sense here," said Holger Kreetz, COO Uniper.

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