ROSATOM is one of the leaders of hydrogenenergy development in Russia.
In the production area, the state corporation is developing a range of electrolysers, steam-methane reforming installations, and a project of nuclear power and technology plant with a high-temperature gas reactor; the company also offers solutions for energy storage and consumption, such as composite cylinders and polymer fuel cells.
The parties plan to study opportunities for construction of a green hydrogen production unit at the refinery, thus reducing CO2 emissions, as well as to look into the issue of obtaining government support for the project at both national and European levels.
Evgeny Pakermanov, President of Rusatom Overseas, said:
- ROSATOM acts as investor, developer and technological partner in hydrogen projects in Russia and abroad
- We are happy to offer our cooperation in supplying turnkey low-carbon hydrogen to LUKOIL
- We are studying possibilities of manufacturing hydrogen at the Romanian refinery by employing electrolysers with production capacity of 10 000 m3 per hour
- Together with our technological partner, ROSATOM, we will evaluate prospects for our plant’s switching to one of the most environmentally-friendly technology of hydrogen production, which enables refineries to greatly reduce their carbon footprint
- In the future, this will allow us to replace all traditionally produced hydrogen, generated by methane steam reforming, with green hydrogen, generated via electrolysis in symbiosis with renewable energy sources
