AquaDuctus: Pipeline for Green Hydrogen from North Sea

The idea behind the AquaDuctus pipeline is to transport green hydrogen from offshore wind farms located in the North Sea directly to the continent. The pipeline is part of the AquaVentus initiative, which plans to install 10 gigawatts of electrolysis capacity for green hydrogen production from offshore wind power between Helgoland (Germany) and the Dogger sand bank (UK). In the dovetailed sub-projects, demand, generation and transport of hydrogen are to be synchronised in order to enable a swift market ramp-up.

Once the construction of the generation plants is fully completed, AquaDuctus would transport up to one million tonnes of green hydrogen annually from 2035 onwards, thus making a substantial contribution towards the decarbonisation of energy supply in Germany and Europe. AquaDuctus is therefore a key milestone in the implementation of the German and European hydrogen strategies and a huge vision for Germany's green hydrogen plans.

The first step in the AquaDuctus project is to carry out a detailed feasibility study.