Hydrogen storage
Hydrogen is a key element of the energy transition. However, its efficient storage places special demands on engineering and technologies. In addition to the technical design, challenges include ensuring operational stability and storage integrity.
UGS GmbH can draw on decades of successful experience, particularly in underground technology. In addition to in-depth expertise, the company has a wealth of specialised knowledge and has developed and successfully implemented pioneering processes and technologies as well as the associated software. For hydrogen storage, we can draw on our experience from the former city gas storage facility, among other things. Materials specialists and underground engineers carried out extensive investigation programmes on former town gas storage facilities in order to analyse and evaluate the effects of mains gas on underground installations. Based on the results of the investigation, old boreholes were re-evaluated, and existing evaluation standards were expanded.
As a member of HYPOS e. V., we have been involved in the HYPOS/H2-UGS joint project together with 11 other partner companies and research institutes to develop a basis for the authorisation and safe operation of salt caverns for hydrogen storage in Germany. In numerous studies for underground and above-ground tasks and as part of the demonstration projects of EWE AG (HyCavMobil – pilot cavern for underground hydrogen storage at the Rüdersdorf site) and TEP mbH (investigation of the possible transformation of the Kirchheiligen underground storage facility from natural gas to hydrogen storage), UGS GmbH has taken on (or is taking on) various planning and service tasks. Together with partners, research institutions, and renowned manufacturers, we are continually expanding our expertise in order to develop customised, state-of-the-art solutions for various hydrogen applications.
In the context of hydrogen storage, we offer a wide range of services in the fields of geology, rock mechanics, drilling technology, completion and testing, plant engineering, thermodynamics, and integrity assessment:
- Project management, project steering, and controlling of business and development projects
- Permitting, authorities engineering
- Site analyses and assessments, potential studies, including potential assessment of storage capacity
- Concept and feasibility studies for national and international hydrogen projects as part of the construction, expansion, or transformation of storage facilities
- Suitability assessments, integrity assessment
- Technical due diligence
- Development, implementation, and evaluation of demonstration projects, including measurement, testing, and monitoring measures
- Development, site supervision, and testing of specialised technical equipment (with own patents)
- Implementation of thermodynamic simulations, reservoir modelling
- System adaptations, process and system optimisation
- Planning and supervision services in all project phases
- Construction management, site supervision, commissioning, operational management
- R&D in hydrogen storage
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