Green Octopus Mitteldeutschland

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Green Octopus Mitteldeutschland is a proposed gas pipeline in Germany.

Location

This proposed pipeline starts in Salzgitter, Germany and connects Rostock, Berlin, Eisenhüttenstadt, and Magdeburg before terminating in Leipzig-Halle.

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Project details

• Operator: ONTRAS
• Owner: ONTRAS
• Parent company: ONTRAS
• Capacity:
• Length:
  • Newly built: 115 km
  • Repurposed: 190 km
• Diameter:
• Status: Proposed
• Start year: 2027
• Cost:
• Financing: Applied for IPCEI funding as of Jan, 2023
• Associated infrastructure:

Background

Green Octopus Mitteldeutschland is a proposed hydrogen pipeline in Central Germany, aimed at connecting industrial clusters across Salzgitter, Rostock, Berlin, Eisenhüttenstadt, Magdeburg and Leipzig-Halle.

ONTRAS plans to build 115 km of new dedicated hydrogen pipelines, and will repurpose another 190 km of existing natural gas pipelines for the project. The project is expected to be operational in 2027. According to a joint press release by the German government, ONTRAS has been given approval to start work on the project in Dec, 2022.

In Dec, 2022, The BMWK granted approval for the early start of the measures after all the federal states concerned have committed their respective state shares, and the project is awaiting a decision on IPCEI funding.