PKN ORLEN will build publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling stations in Bielsko-Biała, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Kraków, Warsaw and Piła. The company has received more than PLN 60 million in non-refundable funding for this purpose from the EU CEF programme Transport Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility.

In line with its hydrogen strategy, ORLEN Group will open more than 100 hydrogen filling stations in Central Europe by 2030. This year, the company launched its first mobile station in Poland in Kraków, and next year facilities will be opened in Poznań and Katowice. The construction of a hydrogen filling station in Wałbrzych is also planned.

“Our project has been included in the prestigious group of 24 European projects covered by funding to support the development of alternative fuel infrastructure. This confirms that the path set out by our hydrogen strategy is the right direction for sustainable business development”, said Daniel Obajtek, President of the PKN ORLEN Management Board.

Five new hydrogen refuelling stations, which will be set up as part of the awarded co-financing of the second phase of the ‘Clean cities – hydrogen mobility in Poland’ project, will be designed to supply power to public transport, passenger cars and eventually trucks. According to the assumptions, the stations in Bielsko-Biała, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Kraków, Warsaw and Piła will be put into operation in mid-2025.

PKN ORLEN, in line with its strategy, will allocate PLN 7.4bn to investments in low- and zero-emission hydrogen by 2030. The company is planning to build an international network of hydrogen hubs and a network of more than 100 hydrogen refuelling stations for individual, public and cargo transport, road and rail in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. 57 stations will be built in Poland, about 26 in Slovakia and about 28 in the Czech Republic.

Adrian Andrzejewski