Safe, an Italian company specialising in the design and production of compressors and advanced systems for natural and renewable gases, has confirmed its technological contribution to Agrobiofert’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
The H2-Farm project is financed by PNRR NextGenerationEU funds under Mission 2, Component 2, Investment 3.1, dedicated to producing hydrogen in disused industrial areas. The project represents a significant step in the development of the Italian renewable hydrogen value chain.
According to Agrobiofert, based on the current information, H2-Farm is the first Hydrogen Valley in Sicily to reach the formal completion-of-works notification and one of the first at the national level.
The plant produces renewable hydrogen through water electrolysis and includes two 1MW PEM electrolysers, for a total installed power of 2MW. At full capacity, the system can produce 37kg of hydrogen per hour, equal to over 324 tonnes annually.
Within the plant configuration, which includes production from renewable, nonbiological sources, electrolysis, compression, temporary storage, and hydrogen loading onto tube trailers, Safe supplied its technology for the hydrogen compression section.
The Safe solution comprises a 30-foot containerised unit with a duplex hydrogen compression system based on high-efficiency hydraulic compressors TDE + MDH. The configuration integrated three combined compression stages and enables pressures of up to 450 bar. The system also features logic panels, controls, and cooling systems.
The duplex configuration allows each compressor to operate independently, supporting plant continuity and reducing the risk of downtime. The hydraulic technology also enables modulation of the amount of compressed hydrogen without 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 emphasis is being placed on plants that are actually completed, certified, and capable of meeting industrial demand.
Giovanni Maccini, sales director at Safe, said, “The completion of the H2-FARM works confirms the value of a collaboration created to turn an innovative vision into real infrastructure. 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.
