SAFE S.p.A. contributes to the completion of H2-FARM, Sicily’s first Hydrogen Valley for renewable hydrogen production
SAFE S.p.A., an Italian company specialising in the design and production of compressors and advanced systems for natural and renewable gases, confirms its technological contribution to Agrobiofert S.r.l.’s H2-FARM project, which has reached the formal completion-of-works notification in the heart of the industrial area of Priolo Gargallo, in the province of Syracuse, Sicily.
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The H2-FARM project, financed by PNRR NextGenerationEU funds under Mission 2, Component 2, Investment 3.1, dedicated to the production of hydrogen in disused industrial areas, represents a significant step in the development of the Italian renewable hydrogen value chain. According to Agrobiofert, based on the information currently available, H2-FARM is the first Hydrogen Valley in Sicily to reach the formal completion-of-works notification and one of the first at national level.
The plant is designed to produce renewable hydrogen through water electrolysis and includes two 1 MW PEM electrolysers, for a total installed power of 2 MW. At full capacity, the system is designed to produce approximately 37 kg of hydrogen per hour, equal to more than 324 tonnes per year.
Within the plant configuration, which includes production from renewable sources of nonbiological origin, electrolysis, compression, temporary storage and hydrogen loading onto tube trailers, SAFE supplied its technology for the hydrogen compression section.
The SAFE solution consists of a 30-foot containerised unit with a duplex hydrogen compression system based on high-efficiency hydraulic compressors TDE + MDH. Designed and manufactured in Italy, the configuration integrates three combined compression stages and enables pressures of up to 450 bar. The system also includes logic panels, controls and cooling systems.
Thanks to its duplex configuration, each compressor can operate independently, supporting plant continuity and reducing downtime risk. The hydraulic technology also allows the amount of compressed hydrogen to be modulated without the need for inverters, using the system’s own hydraulic circuit and ensuring operational simplicity, efficiency and reliability.
The completion of H2-FARM represents a concrete milestone at a time when the renewable hydrogen market is becoming increasingly selective: alongside announcements, greater importance is being placed on plants that are actually completed, certified and capable of addressing real industrial demand.
“The completion of the H2-FARM works confirms the value of a collaboration created to turn an innovative vision into real infrastructure,” said Giovanni Maccini, Sales Director at SAFE S.p.A. “We are proud to have contributed our compression technology to a project that demonstrates how renewable hydrogen can become a concrete solution not only for industry, but also for new applications connected to local development, agriculture and the energy transition.”
For SAFE, H2-FARM represents another step in the development of hydrogen solutions, confirming the company’s role as a technology partner for infrastructures dedicated to the compression and distribution of renewable gases.
