UGS Rehden – Marketing of capacities for storage year 2024/2025

[Kassel, 12 October 2023] The natural gas storage facility in Rehden plays a central role in the security of supply for Germany and Europe. With a working gas volume of 3.9 billion cubic meters, it is one of the largest natural gas storage facilities in Western Europe.

On 26 October 2023, astora will offer storage capacities for the storage year 2024/2025 on the capacity platform PRISMA. The firm working gas volume is offered in 25 bundles of 100 GWh each. The associated firm injection capacity is 32.943 kWh/h and the firm withdrawal capacity 50.681 kWh/h.

To be able to meet the filling level requirements and to allow a complete withdrawal, the storage customer is entitled to withdraw the working gas until 01.06.2025. The interruptible working gas volume available to the storage customer for this purpose amounts to 10% of its firm working gas volume (10 GWh/bundle). The interruptible withdrawal capacity is 8.900 kWh/h/bundle. Depending on the storage utilization, booking and use of additional interruptible withdrawal capacity is possible. 

No variable fee is charged for the storage product. The respective current filling level requirements and storage curves shall be considered.

Bids can be submitted on 26 October 2023 from 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (CET). Companies that are not yet registered and interested in participating are asked to submit a request via PRISMA, taking into account the registration deadline. The information relevant for the storage product can be found on the homepage www.astora.de under auction products.