The funds will be paid out from the National Recovery Plan budget.
Hydrogen Eagle is expected to produce hydrogen using renewable electricity and municipal waste, for the transport and industrial sectors.
The other project, Green H2, is focused specifically on Orlen’s refinery operations in Gdańsk. The project will involve a 100MW electrolyser powered by renewable energy, used to decarbonise fuel production at the site.
Lotos Green H2, a special-purpose company within Orlen, will run the project.
Orlen is aiming to use 350,000 tonnes of renewable and low-emission hydrogen annually by 2035.
Orlen Capital announced last month it will invest in Hystar, the Norwegian manufacturer of high-efficiency proton-exchange-membrane electrolysers for large-scale, zero-emission hydrogen production. Hystar is targeting annual production totalling 1.5GW of electrolysers from 2027.
Earlier this month Orlen signed a memorandum of understanding with Naftogaz group, its second agreement, to bolster energy security in Ukraine and drive the growth of conventional and alternative fuels.
Under the initial agreement, Orlen concluded three contracts to supply a total of 300 million cubic metres of LNG to Ukraine.
In another positive move for Poland’s hydrogen industry, Polenergia’s 105MW green hydrogen production project in Upper Silesia has pre-qualified for €142.7m ($163.6m) in state aid by the Polish national development bank BGK.
The H2Silesia project is expected to produce approximately 13,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year. The hydrogen will be used to decarbonise heavy industry and transport.