Jun 09, 2023
Presentation of the Bad Lauchstädt Energy Park
On June 1st, 2023, Christian Decker, technical asset management at ONTRAS Gastransport GmbH, presented the project "Bad Lauchstädt Energy Park". At ONTRAS Gastransport GmbH, his main tasks are both the network and measures planning of the current natural gas network, and the target network planning of a pipeline-based hydrogen infrastructure.
In the Bad Lauchstädt Energy Park project, Christian Decker coordinates the technical process and measures planning for a pipeline section to be converted between the city of Bad Lauchstädt and the industrial area near the city of Leuna, Saxony-Anhalt. As a "real laboratory of the energy transition", the project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK). In the course of his presentation, he offered insights into the scope, schedule, and current status of the project. In the context of the conversion of a natural gas transport pipeline for hydrogen transport, he provided deeper insights into the challenges of the technical conversion of the affected pipeline section.
In the subsequent discussion, not only the technical details of the necessary measures for the conversion from pipeline-related natural gas to hydrogen transport were discussed (e.g. planning procedure, requirements of the measuring capabilites of the testing institutes, expert certificates, fracture mechanics, etc.), but also the general political, licensing, and economic challenges for the realization of this energy park.
The presentation aroused great interest among the professors and doctoral students, who recognized the opportunity to collaborate and exchange results. We would like to thank Christian Decker for providing us with an insight into the project status and the approach to the Bad Lauchstädt Energy Park and wish him and the project nothing but success in the future!
Information on the Bad Lauchstädt Energy Park is available at the following link https://energiepark-bad-lauchstaedt.de/.