Energy infrastructure provider Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE (ETR:VH2) has received a contract to build a hydrogen pipeline which will connect a planned 320-MW electrlyser in the city of Emden, Germany, to emerging hydrogen infrastructure in Leer, Germany.

Friedrich Vorwerk said on Wednesday that it has secured the deal, worth a double-digit millions amount in euros, as part of a joint venture. The contract was awarded by EWE Netz GmbH, a unit of German energy supplier EWE AG. The project sponsor is transmission systems operator GTG Nord GmbH, another subsidiary of EWE AG.