Brief outline of the storage facilities

Consortium

Uniper Energy Storage GmbH (Operator)
OMV Gas Storage Germany GmbH
VNG Gasspeicher GmbH
MET Germany Holding GmbH

Location

Federal state Lower Saxony, Wittmund district

Commissioning

Phased 2012 to 2014

Number of caverns

15

Geometric cavity volume (MET)

0.895 m. cubic metres

Maximum working gas volume (MET)

1,429 GWh

Maximum injection rate firm/firm and interruptible (MET)

29.6 / 55.5 GWh/day

Maximum withdrawal rate firm/firm and interruptible

46.8 / 46.8 GWh/day

Connection

Market area THE (Germany)
Market area TTF (Netherlands)​

Transport System Operator (TSO)

Open Grid Europe GmbH - https://oge.net
Gasunie Deutschland Transport Services GmbH​ - www.gasunie.de
Gasunie Transport Services B.V. - https://gasunietransportservices.nl/en