The Central European Hydrogen Corridor
EnergyUkraine
Czechia, Slovakia
Germany
* not part of the 3Seas InitiativeThe projects aims to develop a hydrogen transport corridor from Ukraine going through Slovakia, Czechia to Germany.
The Central European Hydrogen Corridor (CEHC) initiative was launched in 2021 by four gas infrastructure companies (OGE, NET4GAS, eustream, Gas TSO of Ukraine) driven by the vision to develop a hydrogen “highway” through Central Europe. The initiative explores the feasibility of creating a hydrogen pipeline corridor in Central Europe for transporting hydrogen from major hydrogen supply areas in Ukraine via Slovakia and the Czech Republic to hydrogen demand areas in Germany. The hydrogen corridor will also enable the transport of hydrogen between hydrogen production facilities and hydrogen consumers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The total expected levelized cost of hydrogen transmission is estimated to be in the range of 0.10 – 0.15 EUR/kg per 1,000 km, which is in the lower range of the cost estimated by the European Hydrogen Backbone initiative of 0.11 – 0.21 EUR/kg per 1,000 km.
- 2024Planning
The project is currently in the pre-feasibility study. The first results are positive and indicate that it is technically feasible to transport up to 144 GWh of H2 per day or 1.5 million tonnes per year through Central Europe by 2030.
The 1,225-kilometer part of the Central European Hydrogen Corridor from the Ukrainian/Slovak border to large hydrogen demand areas in Southern Germany requires an estimated total investment of 1,000 – 1,500 million EUR.
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