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Major contract for the realisation of the EWA natural gas transport pipeline
FRIEDRICH VORWERK wins major contract for the realisation of key parts of the EWA natural gas transmission pipeline in the high double-digit million range
Tostedt, 14 November 2024 - Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE (ISIN DE000A255F11), a leading provider in the field of energy infrastructure, has been awarded a major contract by transmission system operator Open Grid Europe (OGE) as part of a consortium for the realisation of one of two construction lots for the EWA natural gas transmission pipeline. The contract for the approximately 24 km long section has a total volume in the high double-digit million range and will be realised by a joint venture consisting of the FRIEDRICH VORWERK Group (Friedrich Vorwerk and Bohlen & Doyen) and the Austrian HABAU Group (PPS Pipeline Systems and HABAU). Following the acquisition of significant parts of the Süddeutsche Erdgastransportleitung (SEL) pipeline in June, the consortium has thus secured its next major project, thus ensuring a sustainably high utilisation of its specialised pipeline construction capacities.
The underground natural gas transport pipeline EWA planned by the transmission system operator Open Grid Europe runs between the natural gas storage facility in Etzel and the compressor station in Wardenburg. It will transport around 60 kilometres of natural gas from the LNG terminal in Wilhelmshaven to the German long-distance gas grid. Initial work has already begun and commissioning is scheduled for the end of 2025. The pipeline forms the first section of the planned Etzel-Wardenburg-Drohne supply pipeline. The second, directly adjacent section from Wardenburg in Lower Saxony to Drohne in North Rhine-Westphalia (WAD) covers a length of around 90 km and is to be realised immediately after completion of the EWA by the end of 2026. The WAD is also scheduled to be awarded in the short term. The entire Etzel-Wardenburg-Drohne supply pipeline will make an important contribution to Germany's sustainable security of supply and the energy transition, as it is already designed for the transport of hydrogen.
In view of the need to connect numerous new gas power plants to the existing natural gas network and the planned realisation of the 9,040 km long hydrogen core network, a large number of different new construction and conversion measures are currently being planned by the gas transmission network operators and will soon be implemented. Thanks to its broad service and technology portfolio and decades of experience in the field of qualified pipeline construction, FRIEDRICH VORWERK expects demand in this area to remain strong in the future.
(November 2024)
