- The ENGIE Group is delighted with the launch of mosaHYc, a cross-border hydrogen pipeline conversion project between France and Germany.
- GRTgaz, owned 60/40 with Caisse des Dépôts, announced the final investment decision for the 90 km renewable or low-carbon hydrogen network project with its partner CREOS Deutschland.
- mosaHYc will connect the Grand Est (France), Saarland (Germany), and the Luxembourg border.
mosaHYc is a ~90 km long cross-border low-carbon hydrogen transport pipeline project with Germany. It represents a total investment of 110 million euros, including 40 million euros carried by GRTgaz.
GRTgaz , an independent subsidiary of the ENGIE group , is carrying out the French part of this project (~50 km, including 45 km of conversion – located in Moselle) and CREOS Deutschland is developing the German part (land of Saarland) of this project (~40 km ). It will interconnect the towns of Völklingen, Perl (Saar), Bouzonville, Carling and Saint Avold (Moselle).
The first customer is the site of the Sarrois steelmaker in Dillingen operated by RoheisenGessellscha Saar SHS, (Stahl Holding Saar group), located in Germany.
The final investment decision makes it possible to launch the phase of obtaining administrative authorizations then the phase of works and conversion of the network for commissioning planned for 2027.
The mosaHYc project contributes to strengthening the economic and industrial attractiveness of these territories while meeting their ambitions to decarbonize industry and mobility.
“The mosaHYc project has strategic value by being the first Franco-German link which opens the way to the development of a broader hydrogen network across Europe. This project accelerates the development of a renewable, low-carbon hydrogen market in Europe. It also contributes to our objective of 700 km of transport networks dedicated to hydrogen by 2030,” declared Cécile Prévieu, Deputy Managing Director of ENGIE in charge of Infrastructure activities .
About ENGIE
ENGIE is a leading global group in low-carbon energy and services. With its 96,000 employees, customers, partners and stakeholders, the Group is committed every day to accelerating the transition to a carbon-neutral world, thanks to more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly solutions. Guided by its purpose, ENGIE combines economic performance and positive impact on people and the planet by relying on its key businesses (gas, renewable energies, services) to offer competitive solutions to its customers.
Turnover in 2022: 93.9 billion euros. Listed in Paris and Brussels (ENGI), the Group is represented in the main financial indices (CAC 40, Euronext 100, FTSE Euro 100, MSCI Europe) and extra-financial (DJSI World, Euronext Vigeo Eiris – Europe 120 / France 20, MSCI EMU ESG screened, MSCI EUROPE ESG Universal Select, Stoxx Europe 600 ESG-X).
About GRTgaz
GRTgaz is the main French gas transport operator and the 2nd largest European transporter. The Group has two subsidiaries: Elengy (leader of LNG terminals in Europe) and GRTgaz Deutschland (operator of the MEGAL network). In line with its purpose “Together, make a safe, affordable and climate-neutral energy future possible”, GRTgaz carries out public service missions aimed at guaranteeing the security of transport for its 865 customers (biomethane producers, shippers, manufacturers, power plants and distributors). GRTgaz is committed to carbon neutrality and adapts its network to ecological and digital challenges; it supports the development of low-carbon hydrogen and renewable gas sectors (biomethane and gas from solid and liquid waste). It is also developing the transport of so-called fatal CO2 for the purposes of decarbonizing industry.
Key figures: 32,600 km of pipelines, 625 TWh of gas transported, 3,300 employees, 2.1 billion euros in turnover in 2023 (€2.6 billion at Group level).
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