In the medium and long term, industrial centres are to be connected to the planned hydrogen grid. But how will other companies get the hydrogen they urgently need? The transport solutions currently available such as liquid hydrogen, pressurised hydrogen or ammonia, are not suitable for meeting the high demand. This is due to their low efficiency, safety issues and the high financial and time costs for approvals and infrastructure adaptations.
The more efficient, safer and immediately usable alternative: storing hydrogen in iron respective iron oxide. The Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung sees this as a way to supply companies with hydrogen quickly and cheaply, as the article 'Hydrogen via iron: Start-up sees solution for SMEs".