EnBW plans to invest about €1 billion to create and expand a national hydrogen core network. This network is expected to be built by 2032 and will play a crucial role in the future European Hydrogen Backbone, according to German government plans. The core network will deliver hydrogen to key industrial centers, power plants, and generation facilities, and will also establish routes for importing hydrogen from abroad.
Additionally, the EnBW subsidiary terranets bw and VNG/ONTRAS Gastransport have filed pipeline project commitments with the Federal Network Agency as part of a joint application by German transmission system operators. The project involves converting existing pipelines and building new ones to link Baden-Württemberg and much of eastern and central Germany to the hydrogen core network.
Furthermore, Terranets bw has confirmed that the south German gas pipeline (SEL) will connect to the hydrogen core network, initially supplying natural gas and later hydrogen to Baden-Württemberg, with plans to expand to Upper Swabia, Lake Constance, and France.
Furthermore, ONTRAS will build hydrogen pipelines in central Germany, connecting Leipzig with major industrial regions and planning future extensions to Poland and other areas.
In May 2024, EnBW started building the 960 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm in the North Sea with a €2.4 billion investment and 64 Vestas turbines. The location of the He Dreiht offshore wind farm is around 110 km west of Helgoland and 85 km north-west of Borkum. The project will comprise 64 Vestas V236-15.0 MW wind turbines.
