UK PEM electrolyser maker ITM Power has partnered with Rheinmetall to support the German defence firm’s plans to build a network of decentralised green hydrogen-based e-fuel plants across Europe.

Rheinmetall’s Giga PtX programme sets out plans to deploy “several hundred” e-fuel plants with around 50MW of electrolyser capacity to produce up to 7,000 tonnes of drop-in NATO fuels.

ITM said the project represents a “significant potential growth market” for large-scale hydrogen production technologies.