The North Sea is Europe's energy bridge.
The German-British hydrogen partnership creates a new connection: Wind power from the UK meets infrastructure, industry and customers in Germany. AquaVentus supports this strategic partnership. Through concrete projects such as AquaDuctus, political networking and technical implementation capability.
Everything at a glance
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Planned hydrogen pipeline between UK and DE strengthens Europe’s energy sovereignty
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AquaDuctus brings green hydrogen directly from the sea to German consumption centers
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Study by BMWK & DESNZ (2025) confirms feasibility and economic viability
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Proximity to Germany makes British hydrogen particularly cost-efficient
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Planned UK-Germany Hydrogen Corridor with up to 20 GW bidirectional transport capacity
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Goal: Connecting offshore wind from Scotland with industry in Germany
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Up to 10 GW electrolysis capacity and 1 million tons of hydrogen per year targeted
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Scotland plans up to 3.3 million tons of export capacity by 2045
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Germany plans to import up to 70% of its hydrogen requirements by 2030
Political foundation: Kensington Treaty between Germany and Great Britain
The hydrogen partnership rests on a strong political foundation. With the Treaty of Amity and Bilateral Cooperation (“Kensington Agreement”) of July 17, 2025, Germany and the United Kingdom are deepening their cooperation in key future fields – including energy, climate protection and industrial innovation.
This binding framework under international law facilitates the development of joint infrastructure projects and underlines the long-term importance of the energy partnership in the European context.
More about the treaty on the website of the Federal Foreign Office
Technical and strategic framework
The feasibility study by BMWK and DESNZ (2025) confirms this:
A direct hydrogen pipeline from the UK to Germany is technically feasible and economically viable. The focus is on a connection to the AquaDuctus project in the North Sea. The UK is planning up to 25 GW of electrolysis capacity by 2030 with considerable export potential. The North Sea will thus become the central infrastructure axis of a European hydrogen market. The German-British partnership creates the basis for an integrated hydrogen infrastructure that combines production, transportation and use and links cost-efficient offshore wind energy with industrial demand on land.
More on the feasibility study by BMWK and DESNZ (2025) – UK-DE Hydrogen Corridor
Why AquaVentus is involved
The combination of British offshore production and German off-take is a key to the successful integration of a single European hydrogen market. As a project platform, AquaVentus is working on this implementation in a technologically realistic, politically coordinated manner and with a clear objective: to combine security of supply, economic strength and climate protection.
The partnership is more than just a political signal. It is a concrete contribution to the implementation of European climate targets and to securing our industrial competitiveness.
AquaVentus works with:
in the development of cross-border infrastructure,
on the technical feasibility of offshore electrolysis,
in political processes for the implementation of RED III and the Hydrogen Acceleration Act