The OGE Policy Impulse 

Current issue

“The hydrogen core network is a giant step for the energy transition and for OGE.”

In this issue of the OGE Policy Impulse, Thomas Hüwener talks about the challenges and opportunities of the green transformation, the approval of the hydrogen core network and the long-term goals for OGE.

Find out more about his first months in office, the complex tasks ahead and how OGE is mastering the transition from natural gas to hydrogen and CO₂ transport.

August 2024

KRUH2 — The initial spark in the northwest

The energy transition is progressing and hydrogen plays a central role in this. With the KRUH2 project in the north-western Krummhörn region, we are setting an important milestone in sustainable energy supply. The aim is to advance hydrogen technology and gather practical experience. The ceremonial commissioning of the KRUH2 project took place on 25 July 2024. 

This issue of OGE Policy Impulse explains how the KRUH2 project works and what role it plays for OGE and for the German energy transition.

December 2023

Turning old into new: making natural gas pipelines fit for hydrogen

We all do it: we renovate houses, repair cars or use old jars to make grandma's jam. Refurbishing old things makes sense. It doesn't always have to be something new. It's good for the environment and for your wallet. We will do the same with the hydrogen network. We want to continue using the old natural gas pipelines and transport hydrogen in them.

April 2023

A H₂erculean task

The aim is clear: after a year in which our energy supply has been turned upside down, the course must now be set for the future. A future with safe and clean energy sources. OGE and the other partners of the initiative will make a decisive contribution to this with H₂ercules.

December 2022

Working at full speed for security of supply: the Wilhelms­haven pipeline link (WAL)

It’s finished! A little more than nine months after the start of the project, the Wilhelmshaven pipeline link, or WAL, is about to go into operation.