Special requirements on protection systems in electrolysis plants

Hydrogen will play an important role as an energy storage in the future. For example, the National Hydrogen Strategy of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) provides for the expansion of the installation capacity of electrolysis plants for the production of hydrogen from renewable energies in Germany from the current level of approx. 100 MW to 10 GW. With installation capacities of this magnitude, the availability of the electrolysis plants must be ensured by suitable protection concepts.