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GERMANY · GREEN HYDROGEN ELECTROLYSER PLANT

GET H2 Lingen, Hamburg Hub, SALCOS — Group IIC at the stack, intrinsic-safety to the boundary.

Cross-border H₂ electrolyser workforce mobilisation against GET H2 Nukleus Lingen, Hamburg Green Hydrogen Hub, Salzgitter SALCOS — ATEX H₂ Group IIC, ISO 19880-1:2020, EN 17127:2024, EIGA Doc 15/21 — under §14 AEntG and BG RCI / BG-ETEM.

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Group IIC H₂ explosion-group classification
T1 Temperature class · 450°C ignition
20.2% SOKA-BAU West contribution rate
Bef. P. Ex Befähigte Person Explosionsschutz floor

Regulator exposure profile

  • ATEX H₂ Group IIC28%
  • SOKA-BAU 20.2%24%
  • §14 AEntG / SchwarzArbMoDiG24%
  • BG RCI / BG-ETEM scope24%

Named projects in this jurisdiction

  • GET H2 Nukleus Lingen (RWE + Linde + BP) GET H2 consortium 2027
  • Hamburg Green Hydrogen Hub (HGHH) HGHH consortium 2027
  • Salzgitter SALCOS (Salzgitter AG) Salzgitter AG 2026
  • Refhyne II Wesseling expansion (Shell + ITM) Shell · ITM Power 2026
  • thyssenkrupp Duisburg tkH2Steel thyssenkrupp Steel Europe 2028

Germany’s green-hydrogen build-out follows the Nationale Wasserstoffstrategie + IPCEI Hydrogen funding instruments. GET H2 Nukleus Lingen (RWE + Linde + BP), Hamburg Green Hydrogen Hub, Salzgitter SALCOS, Shell + ITM Refhyne II Wesseling, and the planned thyssenkrupp Duisburg tkH2Steel anchor the cluster.

01. Pre-pricing — BG RCI / BG-ETEM + SOKA-BAU per scope

Electrolyser-stack process work (PEM/alkaline cells, gas handling, storage spheres) sits under BG RCI; the wage floor is IG Metall ERA-equivalent at the receiving Niederlassung. Electrical and BMS sit under BG-ETEM with AVE-Elektrohandwerk (€14.93/h). Civil shell — process building, switchyards, foundations — sits under SOKA-BAU 20.2% with Mindestlohn-Bau LG3 €23.97/h from 1 April 2026.

Tarif-Bezug per Niederlassung is verified at mobilisation.

02. Meldeportal-Mindestlohn + A1 + ATEX competency

A1 + German-language contract + Meldeportal-Mindestlohn filing predate site arrival. ATEX adds the Befähigte Person Explosionsschutz (TRBS 2152 competency) per worker, plus the Gefährdungsbeurteilung-Ex documentation for every Group-IIC zone touch. Per-worker fine ceiling under §23 AEntG reaches €30,000.

03. SOKA-BAU + BG RCI onboarding

Civil-trade portion at 20.2% West rate. BG RCI registers the process workforce before site presence; the Baustellenausweis carries the determining classification.

04. SchwarzArbMoDiG-defensible evidence pack

Biometric on-site identity capture + live payroll-IT + cross-matching since 1 January 2026. Minimum pack: SEPA-traceable remuneration, ArbZG timesheets, retrievable German-language contract, Befähigte-Person-Ex documentation, Gefährdungsbeurteilung-Ex sign-off, TRBS 2152 competency record, BG RCI / BG-ETEM membership, and Anerkennung-recognition trail.

05. India and Gulf sourcing corridors — the ATEX-process pathway

Indian process-trade pool delivers IIW-certified pressure-part welders + BHEL-trained controls integrators + L&T-trained ATEX-rated PEM-cell technicians. Gulf corridor reaches ADNOC/QatarGas-served NORSOK contractor pools with H₂ scope. Anerkennung in Deutschland recognition + Befähigte-Person-Ex training scheduled into post-arrival window.

The 8 to 14-week corridor delivers the Group-IIC-competent pool against Lingen, Hamburg, Salzgitter, Wesseling or Duisburg before first stack-room entry.

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