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Hydrogen Atlas Germany

Hydrogen Atlas

The hydrogen atlas of Germany is an interactive web app that was developed as part of a publicly funded project by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and is publicly accessible (open data). The aim of the project was to make research results and data on the current and potential use of hydrogen and Power-to-X technologies in Germany publicly accessible.

Development began back in 2021 and since then numerous adjustments have been made to make hydrogen more tangible. Together with the VDMA and DIW Econ, a comprehensive tool was developed by June 2024 under the leadership of the Research Center for Energy Networks and Energy Storage to further advance the use and potential of hydrogen.

The hydrogen atlas was presented and published at a federal press conference on July 21, 2022 by the then Federal Minister of Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Sterner.

The map shows the current developments and potential up to 2050 for various Power-to-X products that can be generated using renewable electricity in Germany. In addition to hydrogen from electrolysis, processes such as methanol production, the Haber-Bosch process, methanation and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis are also considered, which can be used to generate other products from green hydrogen and electricity.

Grundlage für die gesamte Wertschöpfungskette grüner PtX sind die Erneuerbaren Energien, in der Elektrolyse entsteht Wasserstoff. Methan, Methanol, syntehtische Kraftstoffe und Ammoniak können mittels Wasserstoff erzeugt werden. — Figure 1: Renewable energies form the basis for the entire green PtX value chain, with hydrogen being produced through electrolysis. Methane, methanol, synthetic fuels, and ammonia can be produced using hydrogen.

The interactive website makes it possible to find locations of existing and planned plants and players along the hydrogen value chain, identify potential and analyze opportunities. The comprehensive and clearly presented data sets are available free of charge to decision-makers from politics and industry, but also to interested citizens. The potential, stock, costs and employment of hydrogen and Power-to-X in Germany are presented in a graphically intuitive, high-quality and appealing way.

The tasks of FENES included project management, data research and the development of an extensive model with which the costs and potential of hydrogen and Power-to-X (methane, methanol, ammonia, ...) can be calculated for Germany, each individual federal state, administrative districts and counties. In addition, the project was accompanied by a broad-based public relations campaign, with social media campaigns, YouTube videos and regular newsletters providing information about the hydrogen atlas and the technology in general.