Case Study: Open Grid Europe achieves up to 50% lower hydrogen production costs with Microsoft Azure

Monitoring gas pipelines with artificial intelligence OGE is making it happen

Open Grid Europe (OGE), a German gas grid operator, needed a way to digitally map and manage the end-to-end hydrogen production process at its Krummhörn compressor station. Using surplus wind power to produce green hydrogen created a challenge because the process chains were hard to track, real-time data was scattered, and OGE needed better visibility to plan production and storage efficiently. Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Fabric were used to support the project, along with CibusCell as the implementation partner.

Microsoft Azure helped OGE implement a digital twin of hydrogen production that combines real-time equipment data, internal cost data, and live electricity prices to optimize operations. The solution enables data-driven decisions and calculates the expected cost of producing 1 kg of hydrogen in real time, helping OGE buy electricity more economically and improve production planning. The measurable impact was significant: production costs were reduced by up to 50%, according to the case study.

Open Grid Europe

Martin Trzeja

Project Manager for Analytics & Reporting