ORLEN’s Amber Hydrogen Valley Project Receives Expert Support from the Clean Hydrogen Partnership’s PDA Plus Programme

ORLEN’s Amber Hydrogen Valley Project Receives Expert Support from the Clean Hydrogen Partnership’s PDA Plus Programme

(IN BRIEF) ORLEN’s Amber Hydrogen Valley project has been selected to receive advisory support through the Clean Hydrogen Partnership’s PDA Plus programme, strengthening its pathway toward commercial development and final investment decision. The initiative, developed with over 30 partners, aims to create a complete hydrogen value chain in Poland’s Pomerania region, supporting applications across energy, transport, and industry. The three-month advisory period will provide feasibility assessments, business modelling, and regulatory analysis to ensure readiness for financing. The project is part of ORLEN’s broader hydrogen strategy, which includes plans to achieve 0.9 GW of electrolysis-based hydrogen production capacity by 2035 and PLN 1.7 billion in secured public funding to accelerate the country’s clean energy transition.

(PRESS RELEASE) PŁOCK, 20-Oct-2025 — /EuropaWire/ — The Amber Hydrogen Valley initiative, led by ORLEN in collaboration with more than 30 domestic and international partners, has been selected to receive expert advisory support through the Project Development Assistance Plus (PDA Plus) programme, coordinated by the Clean Hydrogen Partnership. This strategic endorsement provides technical, commercial, and regulatory guidance designed to optimise project development and prepare the initiative for a final investment decision (FID).

The selection recognises Amber Hydrogen Valley as one of Europe’s most promising hydrogen ecosystem projects, underscoring its technological and business potential as well as ORLEN’s long-term commitment to advancing the hydrogen economy. The project brings together industry leaders, academic institutions, local authorities, and innovation-driven enterprises from Poland’s Pomerania region to establish a complete hydrogen value chain—spanning production, storage, distribution, and end-use applications across energy, transport, industrial, and port sectors.

“The PDA Plus support for Amber Hydrogen Valley is a strong endorsement of the project’s technological and business potential, and a recognition of ORLEN’s consistent approach to building the hydrogen economy,” said Grzegorz Jóźwiak, Head of ORLEN’s Hydrogen and Synthetic Fuel Technology Development Office. “This initiative demonstrates the power of cross-sector collaboration. Together, we are creating a robust ecosystem that will accelerate Poland’s energy transition and reinforce its standing in Europe’s low-carbon technology landscape.”

Over the next three months, the project will benefit from tailored advisory services delivered by an international consortium of experts. The process will include feasibility studies, evaluations of technological and regulatory risks, guidance on business model development, and assessment of project readiness for investment. The aim is to ensure that Amber Hydrogen Valley meets European hydrogen market requirements as it progresses toward its investment phase.

Amber Hydrogen Valley is one of four regional hydrogen hubs in which ORLEN plays a leading role, alongside the Mazovian, Lower Silesian, and Silesia–Lesser Poland Hydrogen Valleys. Collectively, these initiatives represent a key component of Poland’s growing hydrogen infrastructure and its broader strategy to build a sustainable, low-carbon economy.

Hydrogen development is a cornerstone of ORLEN’s strategic roadmap toward climate neutrality. By 2035, the Group plans to expand its electrolysis-based hydrogen production capacity to approximately 0.9 GW, including 0.7 GW within Poland. To support these ambitions, ORLEN has already secured PLN 1.7 billion in non-repayable funding under the National Recovery Plan, enabling the company to advance projects such as Hydrogen Eagle, Green H2, and the newly supported Amber Hydrogen Valley.

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SOURCE: ORLEN