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.

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LEAD DEVELOPER

CC4E/HAW Hamburg

PROJECT PARTNERS

Aurubis AG, HanseWerk AG, Stadtreinigung Hamburg AöR, Fraunhofer IWES, KMW Wind to Gas Energy GmbH & Co. KG, Energie des Nordens GmbH,

HanseWerk AG, WEMAG AG, Gasnetz Hamburg

Aurubis AG, Flughafen Hamburg GmbH, Hamburger Hochbahn, Holborn, Nahverkehr Schwerin GmbH, Stadtreinigung Hamburg AöR, Volker Rumstich Transport GmbH, WEMAG AG

MAIN POLITICAL SPONSORS

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK) ("Living Labs of the Energy Transition" funding initiative); Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV)

MAIN LOCATION

Germany

OTHER LOCATIONS

Yes

Project details

H2 PRODUCTION VOLUME

[T/year]:

4,300

INVESTMENT VOLUME

[M€]:

398.00

FUNDING

VALUE CHAIN COVERAGE

PRIMARY ENERGY SOURCING

H2 PRODUCTION

Water electrolysis with PEM electrolyser
Water electrolysis with ALK electrolyser

H2 STORAGE

H2 TRANSPORT

Pipeline
Trucking

H2 DISTRIBUTION FOR MOBILITY

HRS 700 bar
HRS 350 bar

END USES

MOBILITY

Cars
Buses
Trucks
Other

ENERGY

INDUSTRIAL FEEDSTOCK

Supply to chemical industry (e.g. fertilizer production)
Supply to refineries
Supply to other industries

Project timeline

CURRENT STATUS:

Under construction

2014

2018

Start of project development

2022

Project finalization

2035

KEY SUCCESS FACTORS

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PHASE

Political backing and buy-in
Funding
Experienced staff
Stakeholder cooperation
Project's governance model

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCING PHASE

Applying for public subsidy/grant schemes
Securing public financial support (subsidy/grant)
Building a financial model

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