Norddeutsches Reallabor (NRL) - Northern German Living Lab
The Northern German Living Lab (NRL) is an innovative joint project that aims to test new ways of achieving climate neutrality. To this end, production and living areas with particularly high energy consumption are being gradually decarbonized – especially in industry, but also in heat supply and the mobility sector. Behind the NRL stand 50 partners from business, science and politics. The large-scale approach allows the NRL to serve as a supra-regional model for hydrogen-based sector coupling.
Overarching / General
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) ("Living Labs of the Energy Transition" funding initiative); Federal Ministry for Transport (BMV)
H2 production
Aurubis AG, HanseWerk AG, Stadtreinigung Hamburg AöR, Fraunhofer IWES, KMW Wind to Gas Energy GmbH & Co. KG, Energie des Nordens GmbH,
H2 transportation, storage & distribution
HanseWerk AG, WEMAG AG, Hamburger Energienetze
H2 end use
Aurubis AG, Flughafen Hamburg GmbH, Hamburger Hochbahn, Holborn, Nahverkehr Schwerin GmbH, Stadtreinigung Hamburg AöR, WEMAG AG
Project details
Production volume
H2 production from electrolysis
Final products
H2 color
Value chain coverage
Primary energy sourcing
H2 production
H2 Storage
H2 transport
End use
Mobility
Energy
Industry