The Lubmin site in the north-east of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, near the Hanseatic city of Greifswald, is a central hub for the development of a future hydrogen economy in Germany and Europe. On the site of the former Greifswald nuclear power plant, several leading project developers are working on the realization of gigawatt-scale electrolysis plants, placing Lubmin on the map as the soon to be largest production site for green hydrogen in Germany.
The direct proximity to the landing points of the decommissioned Nordstream 1 and 2 pipelines with their transition points to the OPAL and EUGAL pipelines is unique. With Gascade’s FLOW project, which will use parts of these pipelines to form the first hydrogen backbone to southern Germany from 2025, and with the Baltic Sea Hydrogen Collector (BHC) initiative to land large quantities of hydrogen produced offshore, two projects are being brought together in Lubmin, that have applied for funding from the European Union as a PCI (Project of Common Interest).
In addition, Lubmin offers sufficient electricity from offshore wind farms, which are connected directly to the grid connection point of transmission system operator 50Hertz.
PtX Development GmbH has a large plot of land at Lubmin ready for the construction of a large-scale electrolysis plant.
The company plans to gradually expand the total output to more than 1 GW and increase hydrogen production to approx. 100,000 t. In a first construction phase, 210 MW are to be realized.