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Germany’s Hydrogen Backbone & the Long Shadow of Russian Gas

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Germany’s newly pressurized hydrogen backbone segment with no suppliers and no customers is often described as a clean break from the past, a necessary early investment in a future hydrogen economy. The steel tells a different story. The route, diameter, age, and economics of the pipeline point back to Russian … [continued]

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The Opportunity Costs of Germany’s Hydrogen Backbone

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Germany has now completed and pressurized roughly 400 km of hydrogen backbone pipeline with no connected suppliers and no contracted customers, a pipeline from nowhere to nowhere. The infrastructure exists and is operational, but no hydrogen is flowing to anyone who has agreed to pay for it. This is not … [continued]

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