On 10 October, GET H2 partners Nowega, OGE and Thyssengas published the General Terms and Conditions (GTC) for customer access to the hydrogen network, whose pipelines are to go into operation next year. The GET H2 network in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, which is part of the H2 core network, is to go into operation in stages.
In the respective expansion stages, GET H2 extends from Lingen in Emsland in Lower Saxony via Legden to Dorsten in the northern Ruhr region, from there to Marl and Duisburg as well as to the Dutch border crossing point at Vlieghuis and the storage facilities in Gronau-Epe.
Prior to the publication of the GTC, the first potential customers wishing to transport H2 through the pipelines were involved in a consultation process. As part of a two-contract model, ‘fixed, freely allocable capacities are to be marketed in the GET H2 hydrogen network’, which will be available for customers to book.
According to the cooperating companies, the contract model is based on ‘the established standard of the cooperation agreement of the network operators in natural gas (KoV Gas)’, in which ‘the transport fees according to the determination of the Federal Network Agency for the ramp-up fee will apply, which will then also apply to transport in the GET H2 hydrogen network’ as soon as the Federal Network Agency has confirmed the H2 core network.
A balancing group contract (analogous to natural gas transport) is also required, the general terms and conditions of which are currently being drafted.
The general terms and conditions for access to the GET H2 hydrogen network can be viewed on the websites of the three GET H2 partners (Nowega, OGE and Thyssengas).
