MOL started production at the largest green hydrogen plant in the region

At MOL’s Szazhalombatta refinery,?a 10 MW capacity green hydrogen plant, the largest in Central and Eastern Europe has started production. The facility produces 1,600 tons of clean, carbon-neutral green hydrogen per year which is used for fuel production reducing the refinery’s carbon dioxide emissions by 25,000 tons.

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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 ton of hydrogen. The US company has offered MOL an innovative and reliable technology: the hydrogen generators, optimized to produce pure hydrogen, have almost 50 years of operational experience.

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New and Sustainable Businesses Vice President of MOL Group Adam Horvath said that green hydrogen is a clean and versatile energy source that MOL currently uses for fuel production to reduce its carbon dioxide footprint, and, according to its plans, soon it can be directly used in the transportation sector as well. Production and use of green hydrogen helps the green energy transition in an innovative way, which is a fundamental goal of MOL’s strategy. After Szazhalombatta, the Group is planning similar plants in Bratislava and Rijeka of which the latter can be put into operation in 2026.

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The 22 million euros investment will reduce the carbon footprint of MOL’s 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.

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