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The Blexen-based underground storage company (USG) is facing a major transformation. Having previously secured strategic crude oil reserves, it is now focusing on the future of energy storage: hydrogen. Managing Director Thorben Meyer explains USG’s ambitious plans in an interview: the company currently operates eight caverns with a geometric volume of 2.2 million m3. USG…

The Powerhouse Nord regional alliance aims to strengthen the Ems-Elbe region as a key location for the energy transition. Supporting the players who are already active here is a top priority. District Administrator Stephan Siefken presented the new Motor of the North award to the alliance at the start of the district council meeting today…

Airbus Aerostructures, DMK Deutsches Milchkontor, Glencore Nordenham, KRONOS TITAN, USG-Blexen and the energy group EWE with its subsidiaries EWE NETZ and EWE GASSPEICHER, the Wesermarsch business development agency and the towns of Brake (Unterweser) and Nordenham want to collaborate to drive forward the transformation of Wesermarsch on its path to climate neutrality and, among other…

The Energy Storage Initiative (INES) has accepted USG-Blexen GmbH as a new member as of 1 January 2024. This expands the circle of INES members to include a company that previously operated underground storage facilities for crude oil and petroleum products. USG-Blexen GmbH has initiated concrete measures to develop a hydrogen storage system and thus…

Glencore Nordenham, Airbus Aerostructures, KRONOS TITAN, Verkehrsbetriebe Wesermarsch, REHAU, DMK Deutsches Milchkontor, USG-Blexen and EWE as well as the district of Wesermarsch and the towns of Brake (Unterweser), Elsfleth and Nordenham aim to implement hydrogen projects in the district of Wesermarsch in collaboration and thus to advance the transformation of the region on its path…