The European Commission has approved a EUR 134m German measure to support BASF SE in the production of renewable hydrogen, according to a news release.
The aid will support the construction and installation of a large-scale electrolyser at BASF’s Ludwigshafen site, which will have an annual production capacity of 54 MW and produce approximately 5,000 tonnes of green hydrogen and 40,000 tonnes of oxygen per year. The electrolyser is envisaged to start operating in 2025.
The measure will support BASF’s production of renewable hydrogen mainly to replace fossil-based hydrogen in BASF’s chemical production processes. Additional renewable hydrogen produced will be delivered for emerging hydrogen mobility applications like hydrogen-powered trucks or buses.
