The Kola NPP has been selected as a pilot site for the creation of a test bench complex (TBC) for the production and handling of hydrogen, said the Director of the enterprise Vasily Omelchuk during a press conference on June 18, 2021.

The Kola NPP has been chosen for several reasons, including the excess of generated energy, its low cost, as well as the availability of all the necessary infrastructure and experience in the production of hydrogen in small quantities for the own needs of the plant.

“We have to create a system for handling hydrogen on an industrial scale – formation, compressing or liquefying and transporting. In 2023, we shall put into operation a complex with electrolysis plants with a capacity of 1 MW, then it is planned to increase the capacity and productivity of the TBC up to 10 MW. If the technology works, then it will be developed throughout the Russian Federation,” said Vasily Omelchuk.

Today hydrogen energy is one of the priority areas of scientific and technological development of the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom.