Croatian oil and gas company INA intends to start producing green hydrogen at its oil refinery in Rijeka, using solar power.
Within its efforts to transform into a diversified energy company, oil refiner and fuel distributor INA earlier launched solar power projects and now it is also turning to hydrogen as one of the main solutions for the decarbonization of industry and transport.
INA has filed a request with the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development for the evaluation of the need for an environmental impact assessment for a green hydrogen production facility and two solar power plants.
The company plans a 10 MW electrolyzer
Green hydrogen will be produced by polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolysis in a 10 MW electrolyzer (PEM EL), according to the application.
The planned production of green hydrogen is 4.5 tons per day or 1,500 tons per…