Published: July 24th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Germany’s future hydrogen needs can largely be covered via pipelines from the „extended European neighborhood.“ This is the result of a study by the think tanks Agora Energiewende and Agora Industrie. However, the pipeline infrastructure would have to be expanded quickly for this to happen. If this succeeds, „around 60 to 100 terawatt hours (TWh)“ of green hydrogen could be imported from neighboring countries by the mid-2030s. „This would cover a significant proportion of the new demand for hydrogen and derivatives specified by the German government for 2030,“ the two think tanks estimate.