Wintershall Dea - VNG Turquoise H2 project
Wintershall Dea - VNG Turquoise H2 project is a hydrogen project in Germany; recorded capacity: 400 (unit not recorded).
Overview
Statuscooperation agreement signed; pilot facility planned for operation in 2023
Country · regionGermany
Technologythermal methane pyrolysis using the HiiROC process
Productturquoise hydrogen, solid carbon
Capacity400 (unit not recorded)
Capacity values retain their recorded units and scope. MW, kt H₂/y and Nm³ H₂/h are different measures; this page does not convert or add them without a shared operating basis.
Details
Technology & product
Configuration DetailMethane pyrolysisInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
Feedstocknatural gas
Project Typehydrogen pilot project / pilot facility
Status & timeline
Lifecycle Stageplanned pilot facility
Date online (tracker field)2023 (meaning under review)International Energy Agency · as of 2026
Additional project information
CountryGermanyInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
Progress StatusDemoInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
ProductH2International Energy Agency · as of 2026
TechnologyOtherInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
Capacity (kt H2/y)0.146 kt H2/yInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
Capacity (Announced Size)400kg H2/dInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
Capacity (Nm³ H₂/h)187 Nm³ H₂/hInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
Timeline
- Wintershall Dea and VNG AG signed a cooperation agreement for the announced turquoise-hydrogen facility/pilot project. : 2021-08-18
Sources & record history
Sources
- Wintershall Dea GmbH Wintershall Dea and VNG jointly invest in hydrogen pilot project | Wintershall Dea GmbH
- Wintershall Dea GmbH Wintershall Dea and VNG jointly invest in hydrogen pilot project Shared by 9 fields: Current
- International Energy Agency IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset Shared by 9 fields: Snapshot 2026-06-18 · Confidence: reported · Older value (2026)
Field sources
Shared date, confidence and value status appear once with their source above; a dash in the table refers to that source context.
| Field | Shown value | Original value | Source | Date basis | Meaning |
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| Name | Wintershall Dea - VNG Turquoise H2 project | View exact valueWintershall Dea - VNG Turquoise H2 project | Wintershall Dea and VNG jointly invest in hydrogen pilot project | Wintershall Dea GmbH | Current | |
| Country | Germany | View exact valueGermany | Wintershall Dea and VNG jointly invest in hydrogen pilot project | — | |
| Configuration Detail | Methane pyrolysis | View exact valueMethane pyrolysis | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Feedstock | natural gas | View exact valuenatural gas | Wintershall Dea and VNG jointly invest in hydrogen pilot project | — | |
| Product | turquoise hydrogen, solid carbon | View exact value["turquoise hydrogen","solid carbon"] | Wintershall Dea and VNG jointly invest in hydrogen pilot project | — | |
| Project Type | hydrogen pilot project / pilot facility | View exact valuehydrogen pilot project / pilot facility | Wintershall Dea and VNG jointly invest in hydrogen pilot project | — | |
| Technology | thermal methane pyrolysis using the HiiROC process | View exact valuethermal methane pyrolysis using the HiiROC process | Wintershall Dea and VNG jointly invest in hydrogen pilot project | — | |
| Capacity | 400 (unit not recorded) | View exact value400 | Wintershall Dea and VNG jointly invest in hydrogen pilot project | — | |
| Event | Wintershall Dea and VNG AG signed a cooperation agreement for the announced turquoise-hydrogen facility/pilot project. : 2021-08-18 | View exact value{"date":"2021-08-18","event":"Wintershall Dea and VNG AG signed a cooperation agreement for the announced turquoise-hydrogen facility/pilot project."} | Wintershall Dea and VNG jointly invest in hydrogen pilot project | — | |
| Event | Date online : 2023 | View exact value{"date":"2023","date_precision":"year","event":"Date online","basis":"iea_hydrogen_projects_raw.csv"} | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Lifecycle Stage | planned pilot facility | View exact valueplanned pilot facility | Wintershall Dea and VNG jointly invest in hydrogen pilot project | — | |
| Progress Status | cooperation agreement signed; pilot facility planned for operation in 2023 | View exact valuecooperation agreement signed; pilot facility planned for operation in 2023 | Wintershall Dea and VNG jointly invest in hydrogen pilot project | — | |
| Country | Germany | View exact valueGermany | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Progress Status | Demo | View exact valueDEMO | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Product | H2 | View exact valueH2 | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Technology | Other | View exact valueOther | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Capacity (kt H2/y) | 0.146 kt H2/y | View exact value0.14600000000000002 kt H2/y | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Capacity (Announced Size) | 400kg H2/d | View exact value400kg H2/d | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Capacity (Nm³ H₂/h) | 187 Nm³ H₂/h | View exact value187.2659176029963 Nm³ H₂/h | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
Record history
9 current sourced values · 2 older values · Record updated