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The first storage facility will be operational by 2026, and Gasunie plans to build a network with a total hydrogen storage capacity of about 26 million kg.

By 2026, Bilfinger and Gasunie hope to open the country’s first hydrogen cavern, which would store electrical energy from solar and wind farms in salt layers deep under Zuidwending.

According to the engineering firm, “The compressor stations will shoot around 76 million cubic meters of hydrogen gas into each of the four proposed caverns.”

A total hydrogen storage capacity of about 26 million kg is what is intended. Equipment, pipework, pipelines, structures, and other necessary infrastructure will be supplied by Bilfinger. The HyStock project is managed by Gasunie, a Dutch natural gas infrastructure business, and hydrogen was injected underground at the Zuidwending site in September 2021.

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Arnes Biogradlija is the founder and Editor in Chief of EnergyNews.biz, which he launched in 2021 to separate energy transition realities from fairy tales. He writes data driven analysis on hydrogen, energy storage, small modular reactors, grids and industrial policy, and leads the Energy Talks interview series. EnergyNews.biz reporting has been cited more than 100 times by the International Energy Agency.

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