Powerful Duo: UGS Bad Lauchstädt
The Bad Lauchstädt Storage Facility is an especially effective combination of several types of storage: the neighboring caverns and depleted reservoirs are both operated using shared aboveground technical systems. The facilities can be used to both cover seasonal fluctuations as well as peaks in consumer demand.
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| Location | Saxony-Anhalt |
| Storage Type | combined cavern and depleted gas field storage |
| Maximum Usable Working Gas Volume | 1,052 million m³ (as of: 01 January 2023) |
| Number of caverns | 15 |
| In operation since | 1976 |
| Market Area | THE |
| Grid Operator | ONTRAS Gastransport GmbH |
| Network Connection Point | VGS Storage Hub |
Europe's No. 4: UGS Bernburg
Bernburg is Europe's fourth largest cavern storage facility. In 2011, we installed a new ejector system for the energy efficient injection of natural gas. Now Bernburg is not only our largest, but also our most flexible underground gas storage facility.
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| Location | Saxony-Anhalt |
| Storage Type | Cavernous Storage |
| Maximum Usable Working Gas Volume | 868 million m³ (as of 1 January 2023) |
| Number of caverns | 30 |
| In operation since | 1974 |
| Market Area | THE |
| Grid Operator | ONTRAS Gastransport GmbH |
| Network Connection Point | VGS Storage Hub |
Almost a Dutchman: UGS Etzel
This ultramodern cavern storage facility went online in 2014. It lies directly on the German-Dutch border and is linked to the most important European gas markets. This allows us to reach customers throughout all of Europe.
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| Location | Lower Saxony |
| Storage Type | Cavernous Storage |
| Maximum Usable Working Gas Volume | 130 million m³ (as of 01 January 2023 / VNG Gasspeicher share) |
| Number of caverns | 15 (total) |
| In operation since | 2012 - 2014 |
| Market Area | THE |
| Grid Operator / Network Connection Point | Open Grid Europe GmbH / Friedeburg-Etzel, Bitzenlander Weg 3, Speicher Gasunie Deutschland Transport Services GmbH / UGS Etzel-ESE |
Up north: UGS Jemgum
VGS has been developing a cavern storage facility in Lower Saxony together with WINGAS since 2009. The expansion of the storage facility is so far advanced that VGS can offer the capacities on the market at short notice. VGS's share of the total marketable working gas volume is approx. 1.6 TWh, or one sixth of the total capacity of the storage facility. As of 01.04.2019 VGS publishes the available capacities per storage year on its website as well as on the AGSI+ platform of GSE.
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| Location | Lower Saxony |
| Storage Type | Cavern Storage |
| Maximum Usable Working Gas Volume | 145 million m³ (as of 1 January2023) |
| In operation since | 2019 |
| Market Area | THE | TTF |
| Grid Operator | GASCADE Gastransport GmbH, Gas Transport Services B.V. (GTS) |
