Hydrogen Strategy for Bavaria
Hydrogen will play an important role in a climate-neutral industrial society of the future. Due to its high energy density and good storage capacity, hydrogen is predestined to close the gap between regeneratively generated electricity and energy-intensive applications in the areas of heat supply, industry and mobility. The diverse applications hold great potential for the industrial production of key components of a future hydrogen economy in Bavaria and beyond.
This makes hydrogen an indispensable building block of our energy and economic policy. In view of the far-reaching economic consequences of the Corona pandemic and the war in Ukraine, hydrogen technologies also demonstrate an important perspective for the long-term economic strengthening and diversification of the Bavarian energy supply.
With the Bavarian Hydrogen Strategy, the Free State of Bavaria aims to bring innovative hydrogen technologies into use quickly and thus promote the phase-out of fossil fuels. In doing so, the Hydrogen Strategy creates an initial framework for action for the future production, transport and use of hydrogen. The Hydrogen Center Bavaria (H2.B) was commissioned to develop a Hydrogen Strategy for Bavaria and began the strategy process immediately after the foundation of the H2.B in 2019. In July 2024 the Bavarian government published an updated version of the strategy (“Bayerische Wasserstoffstrategie 2.0”).
Hydrogen Strategy for Bavaria
The first version of the Bavarian hydrogen strategy was published on 29 May 2020. A new version has been available since 26 July 2024. The Bavarian Hydrogen Strategy 2.0 was published as a sub-strategy of the Bavarian Energy Plan 2040. Building on what has been achieved so far, it defines clear goals and concrete measures to drive forward the ramp-up of the Bavarian hydrogen economy.
- Creating the foundations and framework conditions for the hydrogen ramp-up
- Ensuring the availability of hydrogen
- Advancing the transformation of the economy
The strategy process – from a Position Paper to the Hydrogen Roadmap Bavaria
Position Paper of the Hydrogen Alliance Bavaria
The Position Paper of the Hydrogen Alliance Bavaria on the Bavarian hydrogen economy was a first step towards the development of the Bavarian Hydrogen Strategy, which was published at the same time as the Position Paper. Along the hydrogen value chain, the Position Paper identifies the need for action, the course to be set, and the central elements of a ramp-up of the Bavarian hydrogen economy.
The Position Paper was developed in an extensive consultation process coordinated by the H2.B with the (at the time) 36 companies, associations and research institutions represented in the Hydrogen Alliance Bavaria. In addition, other associated companies, institutions, and private individuals had the opportunity to discuss theses from the network meetings and to contribute constructively at a stakeholder dialogue.
Bavarian Hydrogen Strategy
The first version of the Bavarian hydrogen strategy was published on 29 May 2020. A new version has been available since 26 July 2024. The Bavarian Hydrogen Strategy 2.0 was published as a sub-strategy of the Bavarian Energy Plan 2040. Building on what has been achieved so far, it defines clear goals and concrete measures to drive forward the ramp-up of the Bavarian hydrogen economy.
- Creating the foundations and framework conditions for the hydrogen ramp-up
- Ensuring the availability of hydrogen
- Advancing the transformation of the economy
Hydrogen Roadmap Bavaria
The Hydrogen Roadmap Bavaria was developed from 2021 to 2022 under the leadership of H2.B and with the involvement of the Hydrogen Alliance Bavaria and other German hydrogen stakeholders. The Hydrogen Roadmap Bavaria draws a current as well as future picture of Bavaria as a business and science location with regard to hydrogen. Furthermore, an estimation of the possible hydrogen consumption in Bavaria can be made and, derived from this, important milestones for the rollout of hydrogen technologies can be outlined. The Roadmap is intended to identify perspectives as well as concrete needs for action and to help accelerate the ramp-up of the Bavarian hydrogen economy.
