26/07/2022at 09:06

Lower Saxony issues grant to Uniper's industrial-scale hydrogen storage

The German utility plans to store hydrogen in a salt cavern as a part of pilot project supported by the state government of Lower Saxony.

Photo: Ina Fassbender/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP / AFP

BY JENS STAVNSBJERG, TRANSLATED BY DANIEL FRANK CHRISTENSEN

Lower Saxony has granted Fortum-owned Uniper, which Germany’s federal government recently salvaged by buying 30% interest, a grant of EUR 2.4m to spend on a new pilot project involving hydrogen.

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