Italian oil and gas firm IP Gruppo API is set to commission a 4MW PEM electrolyser at its Sarpom refinery in Trecate within weeks, aiming to displace fossil-based hydrogen in its operations.
API selected IMI’s electrolyser for its green hydrogen project, and after factory testing of the PEM system was completed in December, the system is due to be delivered and commissioned in H1 2025.
The electrolyser will be installed in a decommissioned area of the refinery, previously used for hydrocarbon storage and is expected to produce at least 167 tonnes of green hydrogen annually to displace some of the refinery’s current fossil-based hydrogen use.
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