New Gases Innovation Award: RWE Gas Storage West honoured in two categories
RWE Gas Storage West continues to drive the ramp-up of the European hydrogen market and is working on innovative hydrogen storage in underground salt caverns.
The team has now received two prizes for this project at the New Gases Innovation Awards.
The project was nominated as one of three projects in the ‘Transport and Infrastructure’ category and ultimately won not only this category, but also the audience award. A favourite from all nine energy projects could be selected online. The RWE project received the most votes out of over 4,000 cast.
The hydrogen storage plant in Gronau-Epe is currently under construction and is expected to go into commercial operation in 2027. Around 15 colleagues are working on the ‘H2-Storage Gronau-Epe’ project as part of the GetH2 initiative, which aims to realise the first commercial hydrogen storage facility in Germany.
The public's choice and the number of votes show that the topic of hydrogen and the development of a suitable infrastructure are becoming increasingly relevant.
The ‘H2-Storage Gronau-Epe’ team from RWE Gas Storage West would like to thank everyone who voted in favour of the project and thus showed an interest in this work.
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is the patron of the award. The award ceremony took place on 13th of November in Berlin.
All information about hydrogen storage by RWE can be found here: