STORAG ETZEL GmbH
Friedeburg, Germany
About
Founded in 1971, STORAG ETZEL GmbH is a private company headquartered in Friedeburg, Germany with approximately 201-500 employees specializing in Hydrogen, Energy Storage.
STORAG ETZEL GmbH is Germany's largest independent provider of underground salt cavern storage capacity. Since 1971, the company has been constructing, operating and leasing caverns for bulk storage of crude oil and natural gas at the Etzel site in East Frisia, Lower Saxony. The company now focuses on converting existing caverns for hydrogen storage as part of the transition to a hydrogen economy in Germany and Northwest Europe. The Etzel facility, strategically located on the North German energy hub near Wilhelmshaven with deep-water port access, serves as a critical infrastructure asset for energy security. The H2CAST Etzel pilot project demonstrates the technical feasibility of large-volume underground hydrogen storage and tests operational procedures for future hydrogen market development.
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Service areas (2)
Hydrogen Storage Development
Development and conversion of existing salt caverns for large-scale hydrogen storage, including above-ground processing facilities for gas purification, compression and quality monitoring.
Cavern Storage Operations
Construction, operation and leasing of underground salt cavern storage facilities for energy raw materials and renewable energy storage.
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Headquarters
Beim Postweg 2, 26446, Friedeburg, Germany
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1H2CAST Etzel
Research and development pilot project demonstrating the feasibility of large-volume underground hydrogen storage in converted salt caverns. Involves conversion of existing oil and gas caverns for hydrogen storage, testing cavern operations, and developing infrastructure for a future hydrogen economy in Northwest Europe.
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Gasunie, DEEP.KBB GmbH, Hartmann Valves GmbH, SOCON Sonar Control Kavernenvermessung GmbH, Clausthal University of Technology, German Aerospace Center Institute of Networked Energy Systems
People
Management & team
Carsten Reekers
Head of Cavern Operations and Head of H2CAST R&D Project
Boris Richter
Commercial Director
Armin Garbe
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