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In the project "Hydrogen Roadmap for Brandenburg and the Capital Region", RLI supported the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor and Energy of the State of Brandenburg (MWAE) and the Berlin Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Business (SenWEB) in issuing a roadmap to initiate the development of a hydrogen economy for the state of Brandenburg and the capital region. Specifically, RLI led a consortium that implemented the participation process for hydrogen stakeholders in Brandenburg and the capital region, and advising MWAE and SenWEB on deriving strategic measures and goals for the roadmap.
Sector coupling with hydrogen is a building block of the energy transition
Hydrogen can become an important building block of the energy system – not only in Berlin and Brandenburg. If it is produced from renewable energy, it is climate-friendly, storable, and transportable over long distances. It thus contributes to sector coupling – a key concept of the energy transition – and becomes the basis for climate-neutral mobility, industry and heat supply.
Brandenburg is a national leader in renewable energy generation per capita. The MWAE and SenWEB therefore want to use the roadmap to create the basis for targeted political support of the hydrogen economy in the region. For this purpose, the Key Points Paper of the East German Coal States Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Brandenburg for a Regional Hydrogen Economy of 2020 was created. The Roadmap ties in directly with these key points.
Stakeholder consultation for a political roadmap
The stakeholder process supported in this project created authoritative content for the Roadmap, as companies, associations, municipalities, and other stakeholders had a direct opportunity to report their need or production capacity for hydrogen and express potential interest in entering hydrogen technology or use.
It is expected that the demand and supply of hydrogen will increase significantly in the coming years. With the help of the Roadmap, the states of Brandenburg and Berlin want to be prepared for this as concretely as possible by obtaining as realistic an overview as possible of the demand for hydrogen as well as generation capacities. The next step will then be to bring the two into line and create targeted infrastructure.
Sector coupling with hydrogen is a building block of the energy transition
Hydrogen can become an important building block of the energy system – not only in Berlin and Brandenburg. If it is produced from renewable energy, it is climate-friendly, storable, and transportable over long distances. It thus contributes to sector coupling – a key concept of the energy transition – and becomes the basis for climate-neutral mobility, industry and heat supply.
Brandenburg is a national leader in renewable energy generation per capita. The MWAE and SenWEB therefore want to use the roadmap to create the basis for targeted political support of the hydrogen economy in the region. For this purpose, the Key Points Paper of the East German Coal States Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Brandenburg for a Regional Hydrogen Economy of 2020 was created. The Roadmap ties in directly with these key points.
Stakeholder consultation for a political roadmap
The stakeholder process supported in this project created authoritative content for the Roadmap, as companies, associations, municipalities, and other stakeholders had a direct opportunity to report their need or production capacity for hydrogen and express potential interest in entering hydrogen technology or use.
It is expected that the demand and supply of hydrogen will increase significantly in the coming years. With the help of the Roadmap, the states of Brandenburg and Berlin want to be prepared for this as concretely as possible by obtaining as realistic an overview as possible of the demand for hydrogen as well as generation capacities. The next step will then be to bring the two into line and create targeted infrastructure.
RLI assumes the following tasks for the creation of the Hydrogen Roadmap for Brandenburg and the capital region:
- Managing and coordinating the consortium consisting of RLI, DBI GUT, and Localiser
- Online survey:
- Preparation of the technical implementation of the online survey
- Content conceptualization of the survey
- Evaluation of the survey
- Conducting a virtual workshop with participants of the survey
- Developing concrete recommendations for action to policy makers based on the survey results
- Multiplier function within the hydrogen community
In close cooperation with:
Based on the results of the public online survey on hydrogen, which the RLI conducted on behalf of Brandenburg, the RLI developed the H2 roadmap. This roadmap has been incorporated into the hydrogen strategy of the state of Brandenburg.
The entire strategy is available on the website of the Brandenburg Ministry of Economics, Labor and Energy.
The entire strategy is available on the website of the Brandenburg Ministry of Economics, Labor and Energy.
Read Brandenburg's hydrogen strategy
The hydrogen marketplace
With the hydrogen marketplace one of the first step of Brandenburg’s H2 strategy is already being implemented. The marketplace is a digital platform for the hydrogen economy in Brandenburg and Berlin. It serves to connect actors along the entire value added chain. The platform is browser-based. Suppliers and consumers of H2 products or services can present themselves by requests and bids and easily search for offers and services.
The entries are visible as a georeferenced map. The digital atlas easily shows potentials for the necessary hydrogen infrastructure for a long-term planning. The marketplace also shows additional information such as H2 qualities, pressure or prices.
If a wind farm or solar park company produces green hydrogen, the marketplace helps to get an overview of who has H2 needs for example in the transport sector and where the companies are located. Logistics and transport companies that need hydrogen can easily find suitable H2 offers or transport options.
The hydrogen marketplace closes gaps between production demand and consumption of hydrogen. Other use cases can be found in aviation and shipping, the mobility or heating sector and in gas storage.
Users of the portal maintain their data by themselves. In 2021 the H2 Masterplan Ost has already identified a potential for connecting over 660 players in eastern Germany.
Here you get to the hydrogen marktetplace.
With the hydrogen marketplace one of the first step of Brandenburg’s H2 strategy is already being implemented. The marketplace is a digital platform for the hydrogen economy in Brandenburg and Berlin. It serves to connect actors along the entire value added chain. The platform is browser-based. Suppliers and consumers of H2 products or services can present themselves by requests and bids and easily search for offers and services.
The entries are visible as a georeferenced map. The digital atlas easily shows potentials for the necessary hydrogen infrastructure for a long-term planning. The marketplace also shows additional information such as H2 qualities, pressure or prices.
If a wind farm or solar park company produces green hydrogen, the marketplace helps to get an overview of who has H2 needs for example in the transport sector and where the companies are located. Logistics and transport companies that need hydrogen can easily find suitable H2 offers or transport options.
The hydrogen marketplace closes gaps between production demand and consumption of hydrogen. Other use cases can be found in aviation and shipping, the mobility or heating sector and in gas storage.
Users of the portal maintain their data by themselves. In 2021 the H2 Masterplan Ost has already identified a potential for connecting over 660 players in eastern Germany.
Here you get to the hydrogen marktetplace.
