Frequently asked questions

The EHB initiative aims to define the critical role of hydrogen infrastructure. All the CGHI participating companies support this aim and are also actively involved in the EHB initiative.

The latest EHB publication outlines potential five hydrogen import corridors. One of these corridors, Corridor D, focuses on transportation of green hydrogen produced in North Germany. The CGHI is an efficient and cost-efficient way to transport hydrogen from the Nordic-Baltic region to large hydrogen demand clusters in Southern Germany.

The Czech-German Hydrogen Interconnector is an initiative by a group of three leading Central European gas transmission system operators (OGE, GASCADE – German gas TSOs, NET4GAS – Czech gas TSO).

The Czech-German Hydrogen Interconnector initiative aims to create a 1,068 km long hydrogen pipeline which would connect the Northern and Southern parts of Germany. CGHI pipeline would be able to transport renewable hydrogen starting of 2030.

The current plan is to complete the project by 2029, meaning that in 2030 the hydrogen transport should start. Complete project timeline can be seen here.  However, turning this project into reality requires an appropriate legal and regulatory framework and the necessary investment conditions to be in place as the participating companies are fully regulated and unbundled transmission system operators.