Hungary

Country: Hungary

Document type: National Strategy

Title: Hungary’s National Hydrogen Strategy 

Released: May 2021

Summary Points:

Overall, the strategy targets the production of 36,000 tonnes per annum of low-carbon hydrogen and green and other carbon-free hydrogen in 2030, comprising:

  • 20,000 tonnes per annum of low-carbon hydrogen
  • 16,000 tonnes per annum of green and other carbon-free hydrogen

The strategy has an ambition to install 240 MW of electrolyser capacity by 2030.

The strategy places emphasis on industrial decarbonisation, green transportation and electricity and natural gas support infrastructure.

Industrial decarbonisation – the strategy targets the production of 24,000 tonnes per annum of low-carbon hydrogen and green and other carbon-free hydrogen in 2030, comprising:

  • 20,000 tonnes per annum of low-carbon hydrogen
  • 4,000 tonnes per annum of green and other carbon-free hydrogen
  • the strategy includes the potential establishment of two new hydrogen valleys by 2030 – the Hydrogen Ecosystem of the Transdanubia, and the North-eastern Hydrogen Valley.

Green transportation – the strategy targets 10,000 tonnes per annum of green and other carbon-free hydrogen to be used for transportation in 2030, with

  • the establishment of at least 20 hydrogen refuelling stations by 2030 (with two refuelling points per refuelling station)
  • the use of 4,800 hydrogen powered vehicles in total by 2030 (with an ambition for the number of hydrogen-fuelled vehicles to exceed 40,000 by 2040)

Electricity and natural gas support infrastructure – the strategy has a focus on the seasonal energy storage ability of hydrogen, and seeks to enable a volume blending ratio of 2% in the natural gas system in the short-term, to be expanded in the medium term in accordance with tests to be carried out.

In May 2023, media reports highlighted the ‘inauguration’ of hydrogen-related facilities at the Aquamarine Project at the Kardoskut underground gas storage site in Hungary; a 2 MW electrolysis system (two units of 1 MW each) and associated hydrogen gas processing technologies to support the longer term storage of surplus electricity in the form of hydrogen.

 

Reviewed: January 2024