The commercial commissioning of RWE Gas Storage West's first hydrogen storage facility at its site in Gronau-Epe is planned for July 1, 2027. Once it has been fully commissioned, a planned injection and withdrawal capacity of 50,000 m3/h each with a working gas volume of around 38 million m3 will be commercially usable.
Around 30% of these storage capacities are currently still not marketed as of 01.01.2028. RWE Gas Storage West is planning to market this available storage capacity in the first half of 2025 and is taking the following steps to do so:
Demand inquiry
Consultation GTC hydrogen storage
A market survey was conducted from February 24 to March 28, 2025 in order to align the marketing process and product design as closely as possible with customer needs.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all parties who took part in the survey.
This now enables RWE Gas Storage West to go ahead with its marketing planning based on the reported storage capacity requirements.
RWE Gas Storage West is making its first “General Terms and Conditions for Access to the Hydrogen Storage Facilities Operated by RWE Gas Storage West” together with the associated annexes (GTC H2) available for consultation.
Together with a storage contract, these GTC H2 form the contractual basis for the upcoming marketing.
The consultation of the GTC H2 is based on the version available for download below and will run until May 23, 2025. All market participants are cordially invited to comment on the GTC H2. Please send your comments to our sales team. with the subject line ‘Consultation GTC hydrogen storage’. Following the consultation, we will review the feedback received and publish the final version of the GTC H2.
For questions and feedback, please contact our sales team.
Here you will soon find further information and details on the upcoming marketing of the capacities still available in the first hydrogen storage facility of RWE Gas Storage West.
