MOL Group has started production at MOL’s Százhalombatta refinery. The facility produces 1,600 tonnes of clean, carbon-neutral green hydrogen per year which is used for fuel production reducing the Danube Refinery’s carbon dioxide emissions by 25,000 tons. The step is in line with MOL Group’s SHAPE TOMORROW corporate strategy to make the region more sustainable, competitive and self-sufficient.
MOL Group handed over its new Százhalombatta plant in recently, where it produces around 1,600 tons of clean, carbon-neutral green hydrogen per year with a 10 megawatt electrolysis unit created by Plug Power.
Plug Power’s electrolysis equipment uses electricity from renewable sources to break down water into hydrogen and oxygen. This means that no polluting by-products are generated and, in fact, the plant produces 8-9 tons of pure oxygen per tonne of hydrogen.
The EUR 22M new plant will reduce the carbon footprint of the Danube Refinery by more than 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year. The new technology will gradually replace the natural gas-based production process, which currently accounts for one sixth of MOL Group’s total carbon dioxide emissions.