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Hydrogen offers municipalities and businesses promising opportunities on the path to climate neutrality. It can be produced using water electrolysis and electricity. This allows renewable energies to be stored and used where molecules are needed rather than electrons. Various water sources can be used for this process once they have been purified, including groundwater and sewage sludge. The hydrogen can be fed into the local distribution network and used, among other things, as fuel for municipal vehicles or as a means of production for industry connected to the grid – in line with a well-functioning circular economy and local energy transition. The DVGW has completed its regulatory work on adapting gas networks to hydrogen and has also developed conversion aids for the industry. The DVGW VerifHy database also provides reliable information on the hydrogen compatibility of components. This makes it possible to transform municipal infrastructure towards climate neutrality. However, in order to fully exploit the potential of hydrogen and make the energy system more resilient, it needs to be firmly established in municipal heat planning as an important building block for coupling energy sectors

Prof. Dr. Gerald Linke

• CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD—ENERGY DEPARTMENT
• DVGW

As an energy vector and storage, as a basic fuel, but also as a driver of a sustainable transformation of the economy, hydrogen will play an important role in the future. As a coordination and networking office for hydrogen in Bavaria, the Center Hydrogen.Bavaria (H2.B) supports the numerous innovative companies and research institutions by providing information, advice and national and international networking. In the Hydrogen Alliance Bavaria we unite along the entire hydrogen value chain almost 400 actors with a headquarters in Bavaria and thus form the largest state-initiated hydrogen network in Germany.

Dr. Fabian Pfaffenberger

• Managing Director
• H2.B