Dismantling of gas nets endangers hydrogen and biogas market

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The climate-political spokesman for the FDP parliamentary group, Lukas Köhler, warns against the dismantling of the gas networks. Plans were recently discussed in a paper from the Federal Ministry of Economics. The topics of hydrogen and biogas would play a very important role in the future, because "the more hydrogen or biogas we use, the less electricity we need, for example," said Köhler in an interview with Phoenix. He emphasized: "Already to assume that hydrogen will be far too little, neither we nor the Greens can, the market and the technology will actually decide. Therefore, the dismantling of gas networks and the announcement of this would be the wrong way."

hydrogen is not a complicated thing in itself. In the end, the question is whether you have a buyer, a market that ensures rapidly enough. Germany in particular is a "great market that can do that, namely that electrolysers and at the same time also decrease a lot of hydrogen with the steelworks and the gas power plants, which one wanted to operate with hydrogen in the future." He is therefore not worried about the fact that cheap hydrogen will be available in large quantities in the future. One should not speak of the dismantling of networks today, but above all about how to incentive to technologies. For this reason, one has to return to an offer -oriented economic policy and companies in Germany have to be settled. "We have to ensure investments and in particular we need green energy, but above all cheap energy," says Köhler.

The statements of Lukas Köhler indicate the importance of hydrogen as energy sources and emphasize the need to wait for technological development and the market before deciding on the deciding on the gas networks. In Germany, hydrogen is already seen as a promising alternative to fossil fuels, especially for the energy transition in industry and in the transport sector. Germany has steelworks and gas power plants that are to be operated with hydrogen in the future, which would create a large market for electrolysers and the waste of hydrogen. It is expected that with progressive technology and market development, large amounts of affordable hydrogen will be available in the future.

In order to promote the transition to a hydrogen -based economy, Köhler proposes an offer -oriented economic policy in which companies are located in Germany and investments in green and inexpensive energy are funded. This would give the economy an incentive to invest in new technologies and infrastructure and to increase the need for hydrogen as an energy source.

It remains to be seen how the discussion about the dismantling of the gas networks and the promotion of hydrogen and green energy will develop in Germany. The decisions in this area will have a major impact on climate protection and the energy transition. It is expected that hydrogen will make an important contribution to decarbonization and will increasingly focus on political and economic discussion in the coming years.

Table: Significant hydrogen projects in Germany

| Project name | Location | Start date | Participating companies |
| —————— | ——————— | - --——————————— | Get H2 nucleus | Hamburg | 2022 | Shell, Vattenfall, Warme Hamburg |
| Hybalance | Hobro, Denmark | 2013 | Air Liquide, AGA, Hydrogenics |
| Energy Park Bad Lauchstädt | Bad Lauchstädt, Saxony-Anhalt | 2020 | E.on, Sunfire, Dow Chemical |

This table gives an overview of some important hydrogen projects in Germany and their locations. It shows that companies and energy suppliers are already actively involved in the development of hydrogen technologies and that Germany plays an important role in the promotion of hydrogen as an energy source.


Source: Phoenix/OTS