On Friday 21 June, the European Commission announced that it had approved a German scheme with a budget of around €3 billion to support the construction of the Hydrogen Core Network (HCN), including the repurposing of existing pipelines for hydrogen transport, and building new hydrogen pipelines and compressor stations.
The HCN will help to structure the hydrogen pipelines that will transport hydrogen over long distances in Germany, and will be part of the European hydrogen...