Pilot plant for
green hydrogen
Hydrogen is the most common chemical element in the universe. It is clean, safe and available in almost unlimited quantities, making it one of the most important energy sources of the future - and we want to produce it synthetically.
Hydrogen can be converted or used into all forms of energy that we need in everyday life - electricity, heat, cooling, fuel. In contrast to other energy sources, only water is produced as a waste product when using hydrogen. Hydrogen is therefore clean, can be stored and transported comparatively easily and, due to its abundance, can be obtained anywhere.
Hydrogen will thus become one of the most important energy carriers and will change the future of our energy system. We are moving towards a hydrogen-based society. Politicians around the world have also recognized the potential of hydrogen for the energy transition and climate protection and are taking various measures to this end. The European Union wants to be climate neutral by 2050 at the latest. For this, the hydrogen age has now been initiated.
Layout of the pilot plant Strem
In order to widely spread this unique DFB technology, the years of experience of various groups from Güssing in the field of renewable energies were bundled and the "Center for Future Energy Technologies - CeFET" was founded. The focus is on the generation of “green gases” - synthetic natural gas and hydrogen from biogenic raw materials and residues.
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To this end, we are currently planning to set up a pilot and research facility in the Güssing climate and energy model region - the "ecoEnergyland", in order to generate green hydrogen and green natural gas from the raw material wood.
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The construction of the plant will take place in 2021 and start operation in early 2022.
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At the same time we are working on concepts for the construction of further plants both in Austria and at other European and worldwide locations. Especially in Austria, this technology is a realistic possibility to generate large amounts of energy in an economical, highly efficient and environmentally friendly way due to the dramatic situation of the large amount of damaged wood in our forests.