Enapter AG has been awarded €984,000 for further development and research on the AEM Electrolyzer as part of a call for proposals from the Ministry of Ecological Transition (MiTE) in Italy.

Specifically, Enapter plans to use the non-repayable grant for the optimization and industrialization of the dry cathodes for AEM electrolyzers. The corresponding research & development will take place at the Enapter plant in Pisa, Italy. The knowledge gained from this will be used to, among other things, further optimize the AEM electrolyzer mass production process currently being set up at Enapter’s plant in Saerbeck, Germany. Enapter plans to have a production capacity of up to 10,000 AEM green H₂ generators per month in Saerbeck from 2023, after a test and start-up period. 

In total, the MiTE is providing funding of €50 MM for various projects, which come from the National Economic Recovery and Resilience Plan. Of this, €20 MM will be used for projects of public research institutions. An extra €30 MM will be distributed to a total of 15 companies with their own projects in the field of H₂ technology.  

“We were overjoyed that Enapter’s proposal received the most points of any in the national grant competition and are very pleased about this support from Italy. This motivates us even more to promote the further development of our location in Pisa. Both our sites, in Germany and in Italy, will complement each other excellently in the future. Ultimately, the aim is to make a significant contribution to decarbonization with our AEM electrolyzers.,” says Sebastian-Justus Schmidt, Founder and CEO of Enapter.