The Bad Lauchstädt energy park – a major renewables-powered industrial project – has won the H2Eco award at Hannover Messe 2024.
Alongside the construction of a 50 MW wind farm and 30 MW large-scale electrolysis plant, a 25km-long natural gas pipeline will be converted and the hydrogen produced transported to a refinery in the nearby chemical triangle of Central Germany.
The hydrogen will also be stored in a salt cavern with a working gas volume of 50 million Nm3.
Source: Uniper
The project’s consortium comprises Terrawatt Planungsgesellschaft mbH, Uniper Hydrogen GmbH, VNG Handel & Vertrieb GmbH, VNG Gasspeicher GmbH, ONTRAS Gastransport GmbH, DBI – Gastechnologisches Institut gGmbH Freiberg and VNG AG.
One reason the three-year-old project caught the judges’ eye is its integrated approach, addressing the value chain from a technical, economic and regulatory perspective.
Another important aspect of the project is it contributes to researching future technologies and bringing them to market maturity, in order to develop a technologically strong and future-oriented hydrogen region in central Germany.
Construction started last June and commissioning of all sub-plants is scheduled for 2025.
The HERMES Startup AWARD went to Archigas, which is developing a compact, moisture-resistant sensor for reliable measurement of hydrogen content.
