We are building the energy grid of the future.
To ensure a secure supply.
Thyssengas is deeply rooted in the Ruhr region. This is where our company was founded more than 100 years ago. We have always been a partner for large industries as well as for small and medium-sized businesses by ensuring a reliable supply of energy via our transmission grid.
Currently, around six billion cubic metres of natural gas reach the consumers every year; these are, in particular, municipal utilities, industrial plants and power stations. Thyssengas therefore plays an important role in supplying energy. In former times, with coke-oven gas and, these days, primarily with natural gas and biogas.
We are now taking the next step
With a view to securing the supply of energy and achieving climate targets, we are committed to ensuring that hydrogen and other green gases can likewise flow through our pipelines in the near future. That is why, in the coming years, we will gradually configure the existing pipeline grid so that it can transport H2 and, where necessary, construct new pipelines. The aim is to become one of the leading grid operators in Germany for hydrogen and other green gases and to actively drive the energy transition.
The centrepiece of Germany’s nationwide hydrogen infrastructure will be the Hydrogen Core Network, also known as the "Hydrogen Highways". The H2 Core Network was the result of a joint project by the hydrogen transmission system operators. The course was set for hydrogen infrastructure in dialogue with policymakers. The network is intended to connect the major hydrogen consumption and production regions in Germany and, thus, to form the basic framework for Germany’s nationwide H2 infrastructure. The transmission system operators are aiming to create a H2 Core Network, by 2032, that is made up of approximately 9,040 kilometres of pipelines. As part of the H2 Core Network, we are involved in 35 new construction and conversion projects with a total of around 1,100 kilometres of pipelines.
Owner of Thyssengas GmbH
In January 2022, Macquarie Asset Management acquired 100% of Thyssengas GmbH via the Macquarie Super Core Infrastructure Fund.
What is Thyssengas H2 GmbH?
Thyssengas H2 GmbH builds and operates the hydrogen transmission grid that is currently under development in the territory of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony. Following the approval of the Hydrogen Core Network - by the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur), pursuant to Section 28q of the Energy Industry Act (Energiewirtschaftsgesetz, EnWG) of 22.10. 2024 - Thyssengas H2 GmbH was designated as the company responsible for the construction of this hydrogen transmission grid of around 545 kilometres; it is moreover the contact partner for further hydrogen infrastructure expansion projects consisting of around 503 kilometres. As a result of the approval by the Federal Network Agency, Thyssengas H2 GmbH is the regulated hydrogen transmission grid operator in the Thyssengas Group. For the construction and subsequent operation of its hydrogen transmission grid, Thyssengas H2 GmbH draws on the skills of Thyssengas GmbH - which is able to contribute its many years of expertise in the construction and operation of gas grids - as well as those of third-party service providers.
Our H2 projects