Clean Hydrogen Coastline

Country
Germany

Clean Hydrogen Coastline has a holistic approach over the complete value chain for hydrogen supply in the North West of Germany with several linking options for a European approach. The project is separated in different subprojects for production and supply, distribution, usage in industry and usage in mobility. Within the IPCEI framework, Clean Hydrogen Coastline intends to deploy 370 MW water electrolysis and a large-scale underground storage facility.

Lead developer EWE AG
Project partner

Overarching / General

IPCEI framework - German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

H2 transportation, storage & distribution

Gasunie Deutschland

Locations
Germany | Oldenburg

Project details

Production volume

H2 production from electrolysis

26,000 H2 tons/year

H2 color

Green

Value chain coverage

Primary energy sourcing

Grid

H2 production

Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyser

H2 Storage

Artificial

H2 transport

Pipeline

End use

Industry

Refineries Steel industry

Project timeline

Current status: Construction started

Planned timeline for Final built out stage

Q4 2020 Project initiated
Q4 2021 Concept study completed
Q3 2022 Feasibility study completed
Q2 2024 FEED completed
Q3 2024 Final Investment Decision taken
Q4 2004 Construction started
Q4 2027 In operations

Current main activities

Site preparation and civil works in progress
Delivery and installation of key equipment underway