Germany can meet future hydrogen storage needs with salt caverns – econ ministry

Germany can meet future hydrogen storage needs with salt caverns – econ ministry Clean Energy Wire / Tagesspiegel Background Germany can store enough hydrogen in salt caverns alone to meet more than the maximum expected national and European demand needs, the economy ministry ( ) has said , which is set to form the basis for the next government’s work on hydrogen. wrote in , “Salt caverns offer particularly great potential for the long-term of large quantities of hydrogen.” In turn, in porous rock formations, which are found largely in southern Germany, is associated with considerable uncertainties, the ministry said, adding that it would therefore not further analyse their potential.

“This would mean that southern Germany, with its energy-intensive industry, would be largely cut off from direct access to hydrogen facilities,” energy and climate newsletter Tagesspiegel Background reported. Scientific advisors and industry associations have on the government to use porous , it added. Salt caverns are artificial cavities in underground salt formations, which are created by the controlled dissolution of rock salt by injection of water.



On top of having many salt caverns, Germany also has comparatively large amount of natural gas capacity which . Natural gas is currently stored at 47 locations in Germany, but there are no pure hydrogen facilities yet, Tagesspiegel Background reported. Two thirds of the capacity is found in caverns, while one third is porous .

Hydrogen demand is set to rise from 2-7 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2030 to between 76 and 80 TWh by 2045, the white paper stated. So-called green hydrogen made with renewable electricity and for large-scale renewable power , thus helping to make the economy climate-neutral. the latest news shaping the hydrogen market at Germany can meet future hydrogen storage needs with salt caverns – econ ministry, CB&I and Shell Demonstrate First Commercial-Scale Liquid Hydrogen Storage Tank Design for International Trade Applications at NASA THE WOODLANDS, Texas, April 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — CB&I and a consortium.

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