Etzel gas storage
Etzel is a salt cavern gas storage site in Germany, operated by EDF Gas Deutschland Crystal, Friedeburger Speicherbetriebsgesellschaft, EKB (Etzel-Kavernenbetriebsgesellschaft), EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg, Equinor Storage Deutschland, MET Speicher, OMV Gas Storage Germany, Total Etzel Gaslager, Uniper Energy Storage, VNG Gasspeicher, in service since 1993. Its technical working gas volume is 45.5 TWh, 2.9% of the 1 569 TWh across the 134 European sites on this site. It can withdraw up to 1 661 GWh a day and inject 1 225 GWh a day. Status: operational.
Open gas storage on the map · JSON
| Country | Germany |
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| Type | Salt cavern |
| Operators | EDF Gas Deutschland Crystal, Friedeburger Speicherbetriebsgesellschaft, EKB (Etzel-Kavernenbetriebsgesellschaft), EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg, Equinor Storage Deutschland, MET Speicher, OMV Gas Storage Germany, Total Etzel Gaslager, Uniper Energy Storage, VNG Gasspeicher |
| Working gas | 45.5 TWh |
| Withdrawal | 1 661 GWh/d |
| Injection | 1 225 GWh/d |
| Location | approximate (town level): 53.459, 7.884 |
Source: GIE (Gas Infrastructure Europe) Storage Database. Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). GIE Storage Database (Storage Map 2026), data as of Aug 2026, published 26 Aug 2026.
Last updated: (data). Page built 2026-10-17.