In northern Lower Saxony, the first project phase of the pilot project “H2CAST Etzel” is starting, with Hartmann Valves as a project partner. This hydrogen R&D pilot project aims to demonstrate the feasibility of large-scale underground hydrogen storage and to test it in operational storage service. H2CAST stands for H2CAvern Storage Transition, i.e., the conversion of existing caverns and facilities in Etzel for hydrogen storage as a building block for a future energy system.
As a long-standing partner of STORAG Etzel GmbH and supplier of wellheads for the oil and gas caverns in Etzel, Hartmann Valves is on board as a project partner. Two hydrogen-adapted wellheads for wellbore safeguarding, including valve technology, have been commissioned. Corresponding material suitability and leak-tightness tests will also be carried out. The know-how and experience in the field of hydrogen will be of great importance for this project. As a project partner, Hartmann Valves is supporting Lower Saxony on its path to the future.
