HYBOR

Hydrogen pipeline from Bobbau to Rückersdorf

HYBOR stands for HY for hydrogen and BO for Bobbau, as well as R for Rückersdorf. The name illustrates both the purpose of the pipeline – the transport of hydrogen – and its route from Bobbau to Rückersdorf.

GASCADE is planning and building the new hydrogen pipeline, which is part of the German hydrogen core network and is scheduled for completion by 2029. HYBOR is being implemented as part of ‘Flow – making hydrogen happen’, the infrastructure program that is significantly advancing the development of an efficient hydrogen supply.

The HYBOR pipeline will connect two important pipelines (JAGAL and STEGAL West), which are being converted to transport hydrogen. With HYBOR closing the gap, hydrogen can be reliably transported to the region and delivered to important consumers such as storage facilities and industrial centres.

HYBOR will increase security of supply and strengthen the independence of Germany’s energy supply in the future. Consumers and producers along its route will be able to feed in or withdraw hydrogen, provided that the contractual requirements are met and the appropriate connections are available.

Technical data and project schedule

• Route: from Bobbau (Saxony-Anhalt) to Rückersdorf (Thuringia)
• Length: approx. 120 km
• Diameter: DN 500 (50 cm)
• Shut-off stations: every 10–18 km
• Working strip: 20 m
• Subsequent protective strip: 8 m (4 m on both sides of the pipeline axis)
• Soil cover: min. 1 m
• Start of approval process: spring 2027
• Planned construction phase: spring 2028–end of 2029
• Planned commissioning: 12/2029

Municipalities along the pipeline route

• Saxony-Anhalt
  • Anhalt-Bitterfeld district: Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Zörbig
  • Independent city of Halle (Saale)
  • Saalekreis district: Landsberg, Kabelsketal, Schkopau, Leuna, Bad Dürrenberg
  • Burgenland district: Elsteraue, Zeitz, Schnaudertal
• Saxony
  • Leipzig district: Markranstädt, Pegau, Elstertrebnitz, Groitzsch
• Thuringia
  • Altenburger Land district: Löbichau, Posterstein
  • Greiz district: Reichstädt, Großenstein, Ronneburg, Paitzdorf, Rückersdorf

Information events in May 2026
To keep the public informed about the project at an early stage and in a transparent manner, GASCADE is organising public information events in the affected regions in May 2026. At these events, interested parties can find out about the current state of planning and the next steps, and put their questions and concerns directly to the project team.

• Halle (Saale), Tue, 5 May 2026, 5–8 pm
  • Sportlerheim Reideburg, Paul-Singer-Straße 56a, 06116 Halle (Saale)
• Landkreis Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Zörbig, Wed, 6 May 2026, 5–8 pm
  • Gut Mößlitz, Mößlitz Nr. 6, 06780 Zörbig
• Saalekreis, Leuna, Thu, 7 May 2026, 5–8 pm
  • Kulturhaus Leuna, Spergauer Str. 41A, 06237 Leuna
• Burgenlandkreis, Elsteraue, Tue, 19 May 2026, 5–8 pm
  • Hyzet Klubhaus, Hauptstraße 26, 06729 Elsteraue
• Landkreis Leipzig, Pegau, Wed, 20 May 2026, 5–8 pm
  • Volkshaus Pegau, Kirchplatz 3, 04523 Pegau
• Landkreis Greiz, Ronneburg, Thu, 21 May 2026, 5–8 pm
  • Schützenhaus, Schießgasse 11, 07580 Ronneburg

You can dowload the press release here.