The planned transformation of the energy system in the EU and Germany offers strategic potential for the underground storage of alternative energy carriers at the Rüstringen site: existing crude oil caverns and available salt rights could be utilized in the future to develop storage infrastructure for alternative energy carriers.
Initial technical, economic, and permitting-related preparatory work has already been initiated.
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Since Q2/2022 |
Planning for the successive transformation of the site for hydrogen storage (on-going) |
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Since Q1/2024 |
Preparation of authority approval (“Rahmenbetriebsplanverfahren”) with public consultation |
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Since Q4/2024 |
Technical works to convert the first oil caverns for hydrogen storage |
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From Q2/2030 |
Start of works for construction of the first newly built caverns |
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From Q4/2034 |
Successive conversion of further oil caverns for hydrogen storage |
Authority approval (“Rahmenbetriebsplanverfahren”) with public consultation is not yet finished. The submission of the application documents is planned for Q3/20227.
An information brochure about the project is currently being prepared and will be published here shortly.
Website of the European Commission: https://commission.europa.eu/index_en
PCI-Website of the European Commission: https://energy.ec.europa.eu/topics/infrastructure/projects-common-interest-and-projects-mutual-interest_en
Website of the transparency platform according to Artikel 23: https://ec.europa.eu/energy/infrastructure/transparency_platform/map-viewer/main.html
Further Information regarding the transparency platform: https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/programmes/connecting-europe-facility/energy-infrastructure-connecting-europe-facility/pci-transparency-platform_en
Last update: 08.06.2026
