• OGE hosted its 2026 Energy Policy Dialogue in Berlin, focusing on investment conditions for Germany's CO2 infrastructure.
• Participants stressed that infrastructure, market demand and financing must develop together, drawing on lessons from the hydrogen network rollout.
• Germany's Economy Ministry will develop a Carbon Management Action Plan to support CO2 infrastructure development.
• Industry representatives called for financial support, government risk-sharing and demand for decarbonized products to make carbon capture and storage projects viable.
• Around 6 GW of hydrogen transport capacity is already reserved in Germany's core network; initial pipeline sections are operating.

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