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50 million euros! When will the dream of green hydrogen in the Burgenland district burst?At the district council committee meeting on structural change on 1 June 2026, the project of a hydrogen pipeline for green hydrogen was once again on the agenda. 
At the committee meeting, it was reported that 40 kilometers of pipelines are to be laid in order to transport green hydrogen in the future from producers to consumers at various locations in and around the Burgenland district. The pipeline system is to be connected to an existing network near Gera so as not to become an isolated solution. For this purpose, the company Wasserstoff-Netz Burgenlandkreis GmbH was founded, in which the Burgenland district holds 51%. Further shareholders are Ontras (41%) and EE Dupp ApS (8%). The entry of the industrial partners (Ontras and EE Dupp ApS) is regarded as a strongly positive signal. Up to 50 million euros in subsidies are available. For the application ready for approval, a financing gap calculation is required, based on the current cost estimate. By autumn 2026, performance phases 1 and 2 are to be completed, after which further steps will be decided based on the results. This will be followed by performance phase 3, the so-called environmental phase. In this phase, flora and fauna mapping as well as species protection reports will be prepared. This phase takes about one year, as a full annual cycle must be considered, and is scheduled for completion in 2027. In the further course of 2027, the technical construction review by the funding body will take place with the aim of obtaining a funding approval ready for issuance by the end of 2027. Construction start (groundbreaking) is planned for 2028. The commissioning of the hydrogen pipeline is scheduled for the end of 2030. The project’s own contribution will be largely borne by regional industry. Overall, the project is regarded as exemplary for the energy and technological structural transformation in the Burgenland district in the course of the coal phase-out. The identified demand shows that industrial consumption is currently significantly higher than local production capacity. For this reason, connection to the supra-regional core network is essential so that the network can balance and operate flexibly. The exact quantities have not been made public for reasons of confidentiality and competition. Everything else in the video at minute 51. Green hydrogen in the Burgenland district: How much longer until the dream bursts?I asked the artificial intelligence ChatGPT the following:“Does there currently exist a large green hydrogen project in the world that requires neither state subsidies for electrolysis nor for power generation and can permanently compete with grey hydrogen?”The answer is: No! Three projects were mentioned – Hygenco (India), the Chifeng project by Envision (China), and Fortescue’s Hemnes project in Norway – but there is still no broadly recognized and transparently verified large-scale plant that clearly meets this condition. This is also reflected in the fact that many announced multi-billion-euro projects have been delayed, downsized, or cancelled once subsidy programs became uncertain or demand failed to materialize. Where could it succeed first?The most likely locations are those with electricity costs below 2 cents per kilowatt-hour, very high utilization rates of electrolyzers, direct on-site use (no expensive hydrogen logistics), and large industrial consumers (ammonia, refineries, steel).Therefore, regions such as Saudi Arabia, Chile, Namibia, Australia, and India are considered the most promising candidates for truly unsubsidized green hydrogen in the coming years. This inevitably raises the question of why it is assumed in the Burgenland district that green hydrogen can be produced in the region at competitive prices without permanent subsidies. Electricity costs are significantly above 2 cents per kilowatt-hour and are unlikely to fall. In order for green hydrogen to become competitive, grey hydrogen would have to be artificially made more expensive through rising CO₂ pricing, taxes, and levies. But this means a fundamental increase in energy costs. This in turn leads to companies no longer being able to compete in the global market. Deindustrialization in Germany is already progressing, precisely due to high energy prices. When will this be understood and reconsidered? Before further millions in subsidies have been wasted—or only afterwards? Author: AI-Translation - АИИ und Michael Thurm | |
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