📋 Tender Overview
At the first ministerial conference for the Southern Hydrogen Corridor, Germany, Algeria, Italy, Austria and Tunisia signed a declaration of intent on the development of the Southern Hydrogen Corridor in Rome. Ministers, high-level delegations and representatives of industry from the participating countries attended the conference. Switzerland and the European Commission were also present as observers. The meeting highlighted the political support and close cooperation of all countries involved in the Southern Hydrogen Corridor, which was concretized by the signing of the political declaration of intent.
In the future, the Southern Corridor will create a direct pipeline connection for gaseous hydrogen between North Africa, Italy, Austria and Germany, consisting of five sub-projects. It will have a length of around 3,500-4,000 km. According to current plans by the long-distance network operators, the European part of the Southern Corridor will have a length of 3,250 km and will consist of 60-70 percent converted natural gas pipelines. The hydrogen infrastructure projects along the corridor, which stretch from Sicily to Bavaria, have already been recognized as Projects of Common Interest ( PCI ) by the EU. The project has also been given " Global Gateway " project status by the EU. On the production side, Tunisia has already concluded ten letters of intent for hydrogen projects, while Algeria has announced the development of a major hydrogen production project involving companies from Austria, Germany and Italy.
The next step is to make the hydrogen pipeline to North Africa more concrete – a project that the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK) is actively supporting through its bilateral hydrogen task force with Algeria and through close cooperation with German and local institutions in Algeria and Tunisia.
