Attraktivität der Region Die „Grande Region Hydrogen“ wird auch zur Attraktivität dieser grenzüberschreitenden Region beitragen. Sie eröffnet eine Zukunftsperspektive für ein neues industrielles Kapitel: Nach der Kohle- Ära setzen Marktteilnehmer auf grüne Energie zu einem wettbewerbsfähigen Preis. Weitere Informationen zur Grande Region Hydrogen und den einzelnen Projekten unter www.grande- region-hydrogen.eu

About Creos Deutschland GmbH Creos Deutschland GmbH, headquartered in Homburg-Saar, supplies more than two million people in 340 towns and communities in the Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate with its approximately 1,650-kilometer high-pressure gas grid and an approximately 450- kilometer high- and medium-voltage grid. The core competencies of Creos Deutschland include the management of energy grids and associated facilities as well as the optimization of grid infrastructure. The Creos Deutschland Group employs around 180 people and is a member of the leading Luxembourg energy group Encevo S.A.

About Encevo S.A. The Encevo Group is Luxembourg’s largest energy player. It is also active in Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Encevo is present throughout the entire energy value chain, spanning production, storage, supply, transportation, trading, distribution and services. The group is based on three pillars. These are mainly represented by three separate entities and their respective subsidiaries: energy supply and the generation of renewable energies through Enovos; network operations through Creos; and energy-related services (decentralised production, energy efficiency, ecomobility, etc.) through Enovos Services. The Encevo Group is a regional energy leader and a key player in Luxembourg’s energy transition. It currently employs more than 2,200 people. The group has more than 330,000 delivery points (electricity and natural gas) and operates more than 10,473 km of power lines and over 3,700 km of gas pipelines.

About GazelEnergie GazelEnergie is a French energy production and supply company, fully-owned by the European public utility group EPH, which operates installations in the electricity, gas and heat sectors in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Italy, Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, Hungary and Poland. EPH recorded turnover of 7 billion euros in 2018 and employs nearly 25,000 people. GazelEnergie operates in three sectors: electricity production (with a diversified portfolio of power plants in the Grand Est and Sud regions of France including biomass, wind and solar farms with a total production capacity of 2,263 MW(e)), electricity and gas supply (20 TWh and 8 TWh respectively) and renewable electricity aggregation. GazelEnergie aims to be a pioneer in the energy transition and reindustrialisation for the territories of coal power plant, in particular through the development of green hydrogen systems. GazelEnergie wishes to develop its industrial sites to make them regional clean-energy platforms.

About GRTgaz GRTgaz is Europe's second-largest gas carrier, with 32,500 km of pipes and 640 TWh of gas transported. The company has 3,000 employees and generated nearly €2.3 billion in turnover in 2020. The GRTgaz core purpose is: “Together, we enable an energy future that is safe, affordable and climate neutral”. GRTgaz is an innovative company undergoing a major transformation to adapt its network to new ecological and digital challenges. It is committed to a 100% carbon-neutral French gas mix by 2050. It supports the hydrogen and renewable gas sectors (biomethane and gas from solid and liquid waste). GRTgaz carries out public service missions to guarantee the safety of gas transmission for its 945 customers (shippers, distributors, industrial companies, biomethane plants and producers). With its subsidiaries Elengy, the European leader in LNG terminal services, and GRTgaz Deutschland, operator of the MEGAL transmission network in Germany, GRTgaz plays a key role in the European gas infrastructure scene. The company exports its know-how internationally, in particular services developed by its research centre, RICE. Find us onwww.grtgaz.com and Twitter.

About H2V H2V is itself part of the group SAMFI INVEST. The group is an independent French company (based in Normandy), with 100% French capital, which develops and invests in renewable energy since its creation in the year 2000 (more than 1 GW of solar and wind capacity developed in the last 20 years). SAMFI INVEST is present on the entire value chain of renewable energies: wind energy, photovoltaic and renewable hydrogen production for industry and mobility uses and refueling stations. The group is also highly active on the hydrogen use side, with Malherbe Transports operating a large truck fleet that it expects to transform to fuel cell vehicles by 2030. H2V is already well known in the hydrogen sector in France due to its pioneer projects H2V59 and H2V NORMANDY in Hauts-de- France and Normandy.