TU Graz researchers team up to make sustainable hydrogen production viable

In Austria, the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Systems Working Group at TU Graz’s Institute of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology – one of the leading international groups in the field of hydrogen research – has therefore been looking for ways to make hydrogen production more attractive. As part of the HyStORM (Hydrogen Storage via Oxidation and Reduction of Metals) research project, the team led by working group head Viktor Hacker developed a so-called “chemical-looping hydrogen method”, a new sustainable and innovative process for decentralized and climate-neutral hydrogen production. This award-winning research success resulted in a compact and space-saving on-site, on-demand (OSOD) system for filling stations and energy plants and is being developed and distributed by the Graz-based start-up Rouge H2 Engineering. This system is expected to become an important piece of the puzzle on the way to the widespread availability of sustainable hydrogen.