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In recent days, a logistical feat captured attention: two enormous components for the H2CAST above ground facility began an impressive journey by…

In order to establish a hydrogen economy, large quantities of hydrogen from renewable sources are needed to replace fossil fuels such as natural gas,…

In Lower Saxony’s Etzel, the H2CAST pilot project, which involves converting two existing salt caverns for hydrogen storage, is now entering the next…

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The independent provider of cavern storage facilities, STORAG ETZEL GmbH, and the EnBW subsidiary EnBW Etzel Speicher GmbH have secured a contract for…

Another milestone in the conversion of existing caverns for the use of hydrogen in Etzel has been realised as planned: the introduction of the first…

2024 was a year full of interest in cavern construction and operation in Etzel and in our pioneering project ‘H2CAST Etzel’: we welcomed numerous…

In a landmark decision for the energy transition in Germany, the Federal Network Agency last week authorised the construction of a hydrogen core grid.…

In August, we gained exciting insights into the results of material tests on special underground components loaded with hydrogen.

The latest magazine from the Hydrogen Europe association analyses the importance of a strong H2 infrastructure for the market as a whole. Without…

As part of our H2CAST project, we carried out tests in controlled manner to investigate whether self-ignition occurs when hydrogen is blown out and…

Last week, STORAG ETZEL GmbH from Friedeburg was honoured as a ‘Partner of the Fire Brigade’ by Stephan Manke, State Secretary in the Lower Saxony…

Blue skies, white pagoda tents and a beach feeling on the fairground at the information box in Etzel formed the backdrop for this year's STORAG ETZEL…

OGE is planning to extend the supra-regional long-distance gas transport system by building a pipeline from Etzel via Wardenburg to Drohne.

Carsten Reekers has been working at STORAG Etzel since 2008. He is the project manager for ‘H2CAST Etzel’ and when he talks about his work, the…

STORAG ETZEL welcomes the application by the FNB (association of the supra-regional gas transmission companies) to establish a hydrogen core network.

The development of a hydrogen economy also requires a corresponding storage infrastructure. One possibility is underground caverns. Why the Etzel…

As a mining company, STORAG ETZEL is regularly called upon to adapt to the market for energy storage solutions and to open up to new energy sources.…

Gasunie and Patrizia/Storag Etzel want to develop hydrogen storage caverns in the Etzel salt dome in the German state of Lower Saxony. Gasunie and…

• Further step taken to convert existing caverns for the use of hydrogen in Etzel

• Leak tests will be carried out in the coming months

• Storage of…

STORAG ETZEL would like to present current topics at the Etzel site to interested citizens and residents of the Etzel cavern facility as part of a…

- Further milestone for the conversion of existing caverns for the use of hydrogen in Etzel is being implemented as planned

- STORAG ETZEL: "Want to…

STORAG ETZEL would like to present current topics at the Etzel site to interested citizens and residents of the Etzel cavern facility as part of a…

Project partner report: Can existing caverns be easily converted to store hydrogen? To answer this question, a consortium formed in November 2022 and…

Once again, high ranking visitors in the Infobox of STORAG ETZEL GmbH! The Minister President of Lower Saxony visited Etzel and was informed about the…

The "Lower Saxony Hydrogen Network" in conversation with Boris Richter, STORAG ETZEL, on the importance of hydrogen storage for the energy transition…

"Make energy transition work": The first cavern is to be converted for hydrogen storage by the end of the year.

Today, the starting signal was given at Etzel for the Hydrogen Days Northwest 2023, which will make the diverse applications of hydrogen accessible to…

[Article in german] STORAG ETZEL submitted a mining licence application for securing the free mineral resources "potash and rock salts" for the…

(energate) Wilhelmshaven wants to become more than just a transhipment point for LNG, ammonia, hydrogen and CO2. "Apart from quite a lot of work,…

-dpa- [Article in german] Wasserstoff ist der Energieträger der Zukunft - und beschäftigt den Nordwesten. Bremen soll 2025 an ein entsprechendes…

On 20 April 2023, STORAG ETZEL GmbH once again invites you to an event on the topic of "Energy Logistics in the Northwest" as part of the nationwide…

Gasunie is to become partner in H2CAST, the hydrogen storage pilot project in the Etzel caverns in the German state of Lower Saxony. This was…

Another milestone reached in the research project: First preparatory leak test and material tests with hydrogen at cavern in Etzel.

The Etzel cavern facility is located in the middle of the North German energy hub about 20 kilometres southwest of Wilhelmshaven, with a connection to…

Due to the current geopolitical situation, it is the declared goal of the German government to make Germany independent of Russian energy imports as…

In the hydrogen caverns existing worldwide (Great Britain and USA), direct measurements in hydrogen have never been carried out so far.

For ten days, the metropolitan regions of Northwest and Hamburg put the energy carrier hydrogen in the spotlight – H2CAST Etzel was part of the event…

Interview with Marco Zobel – chemical engineer accompanying the research project at Storag Etzel.

Presentation of the hydrogen pilot project "H2CAST Etzel" by the project partners on 02.07.2022.

Institute for Networked Energy Systems (DLR) presents current research topics at Hannover Messe 2022.

Boris Richter, Commercial Director of STORAG ETZEL presented the R&D hydrogen project "H2CAST Etzel" on 08.06.2022 at the event "Northwest Lower…

STORAG ETZEL information event on H2CAST and presentation of regional development project plans. Joint event of STORAG ETZEL and Energy Hub - Port of…

With the start of the North German pilot project "H2Cast Etzel", an optimal design of the hydrogen-compatible wellheads will be developed with the…

STORAG ETZEL as part of the "ENERGY-HUB PORT OF WILHELMSHAVEN" was an active participant of the kick-off event on "National Topics of the…

The first phase of the H2 pilot project "H2CAST Etzel" starts - the R&D project will initially run until the end of 2024.

Joint initiative of 14 companies drives development of Wilhelmshaven into hydrogen capital. DENA study to show ways to become an H2 hub.