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.
Overview
| Location | Saxony-Anhalt |
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| Sorage Type | combined cavern and depleted gas field storage |
| Maximum Usable Working Gas Volume | 12.6 TWh (as of 1st April 2025) |
| Number of caverns | 17 |
| In operation since | 1976 |
| Market Area | THE |
| Grid Operator | ONTRAS Gastransport GmbH |
| Network Connection Point | VGS Storage Hub |
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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.
Overview | |
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| Location | Saxony-Anhalt |
| Storage Type | Cavernous Storage |
| Maximum Usable Working Gas Volume | 10.7 TWh (as of 1 April 2025) |
| Number of caverns | 33 |
| In operation since | 1974 |
| Market Area | THE |
| Grid Operator | ONTRAS Gastransport GmbH |
| Network Connection Point | VGS Storage Hub |
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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.
Overview
| Location | Lower Saxony |
|---|---|
| Storage Type | Cavern Storage |
| Maximum Usable Working Gas Volume | 1.3 TWh (as of 1st April 2025 / 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 |
Highly flexible and modern: UGS Katharina
Erdgasspeicher Peissen GmbH (EPG) was founded in 2009 as a project and operating company for the construction and operation of the underground gas storage facility Katharina in Peißen, a district of Bernburg. Since November 2023, EPG has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of VNG Gasspeicher GmbH. The newly constructed Katharina underground gas storage facility offers a highly flexible service profile and is one of the most modern gas storage facilities in Germany. When it is completed in 2026, the Katharina underground gas storage facility will provide almost 7 TWh of natural gas storage capacity in cavern storage facilities. VGS acts as a service provider and markets the capacity on behalf of EPG.
Overview
| Location | Saxony-Anhalt |
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| Storage Type | Cavern Storage |
| Maximum Usable Working Gas Volume | 6.7 TWh (as of 1st April 2025) |
| Number of caverns | 11 |
| In operation since | 2017 |
| Market Area | THE |
| Grid Operator | GASCADE Gastransport GmbH |