Press Releases

12.01.2021

INES Recommends Grid-Friendly Hydrogen Auctions

A combined tendering model can help achieving Germany’s goals for electrolysis capacities as defined in the National Hydrogen Strategy. This is the result of a study undertaken by the BBH…

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11.01.2021

Ministry Leads Way for Hydrogen Networks

With a key point paper presented today, the German Ministry of Economics makes room for market-oriented investments and takes the hydrogen market launch up to speed. The ministry paper also…

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27.11.2020

German Federal Council: Gas Storage Key Part of Hydrogen Infrastructure

Today, the German Federal Council (Bundesrat) passes a resolution stating that gas storage is an important part of a future hydrogen infrastructure and urging the Federal Government to consider gas…

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09.11.2020

North Rhine-Westphalian Hydrogen Roadmap Important Contribution

The Ministry for the Economy of the German Federal State North Rhine-Westphalia released a Hydrogen Roadmap today. The roadmap highlights the central role of gas storage for bridging phenomena called…

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04.09.2020

INES Suggests Adaptive Regulation for Hydrogen Network

The German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) closes a market consultation on the future regulation of hydrogen pipelines today. The Initiative Erdgasspeicher (INES) suggests an adaptive regulatory approach. This means regulation…

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08.07.2020

EU Strategies for Hydrogen and Sector Integration Acknowledge Gas Storage

Almost four weeks after the German National Hydrogen Strategy was presented, the European Commission published the EU Strategies for Hydrogen and Sector Integration today. With its strategies, the Commission also…

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