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Uniper Starts Hydrogen Pilot Cavern

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Anamika Talwaria

Editor & Head of Content for Tank Storage Magazine & StocExpo and Chair of Women in Tanks.

Uniper has announced its Hydrogen Pilot Cavern (HPC) Krummhörn, Germany, is ready to start, marking a significant step forward in the transition to sustainable energy. Specifically designed for green hydrogen storage, this new cavern will allow the team to explore its full potential under real operational conditions.

Olaf Lies, Lower Saxony’s Minister for Economic Affairs, alongside Uniper’s CEO Michael Lewis and other guests, inaugurated the facility on 27 August. The event included detailed plant tours, offering insights into Uniper’s Greener Gases strategy.

Uniper COO Holger Kreetz comments: ‘Hydrogen storage will play a decisive role in the energy transition. Our HPC Krummhörn project lays the foundations for the development of storage solutions on a commercial scale and is thus part of the implementation of the Greener Gases strategy.’

Looking ahead, Uniper plans to expand the Krummhörn site to a storage capacity of 250 GWh, with a vision of up to 600 GWh by 2030, supporting Europe’s green energy goals. ‘To this end, existing and new sites along the hydrogen core network in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia are being investigated,’ adds Doug Waters, managing director of Uniper Energy Storage.

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