Planning of a Hydrogen Pipeline Between Albbruck and Dogern

badenovaNETZE GmbH planned the construction of an approximately 9-kilometer hydrogen (H2) gas pipeline near Albbruck and Dogern. Here, hydrogen is produced by a 50 MW electrolysis plant and taken over by the generator after pressure is increased. The DN 250 hydrogen pipeline has an operating pressure of 70 bar and will transport 8,000 tons of hydrogen annually.

The pipeline route, which was planned by Ingenieurbüro Fritz Spieth, is intended to enable the connection of industrial companies and a hydrogen filling station. In the initial planning phases, the routing and possible variants were examined and then transferred to the draft planning.

The technical challenges in this project included laying in a section along the Rhine riverbank, crossing the Alb using a pipeline bridge, several trenchless crossings of the B34, two crossings of railway lines and 6 water crossings.