With the fischer energy ecosystem, the fischer group is pursuing a holistic approach to reducing energy costs, significantly lowering CO2 emissions and ensuring the plant’s security of supply.

Power generation from the company’s own wind turbines and photovoltaic systems in the vicinity of the company should supply the necessary electrical energy as soon as possible to supply the fischer group plant in Achern with green electricity and to be able to produce green hydrogen itself.

The project will be implemented in several phases:
The first step is to set up a turnkey, containerized system for storing and reconverting hydrogen into electricity. In this case, the hydrogen is stored in a solid-state storage system in metal hydrides, which consists mainly of fischer tubes. This system will initially be used for peak load capping and to reduce the band load.

In a second step, two wind turbines will be erected close to the company to supply electricity for production processes and the company’s own green hydrogen production. The electricity yield of the wind turbines makes it possible to produce hydrogen for the diverse consumption in the plant, especially in times of lower electricity consumption, and to drastically reduce the CO2 footprint of the fischer group. The wind turbines were approved in 2024 and are scheduled to go into operation by 2027 at the latest.

In the final construction phase, a dedicated electrolyzer will be built to produce hydrogen. Hydrogen production and its use in the plant as an operating resource and fuel can be successively expanded.