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Solutions for Type 1 hydrogen storage tanks (H₂ tanks) from VAKO – maximum safety included, with low life cycle costs

Systematic hydrogen storage, efficiency, German engineering, and German manufacturing.

Hydrogen is the energy source of the future! However, H2 needs reliable and durable storage solutions to be economically viable. For more than 40 years, VAKO has been developing and manufacturing high-quality hydrogen storage systems that are used worldwide in industry, filling stations, energy projects, and research..

High Pressure Vessel

Our type 1 hydrogen vessels meet the strictest safety and quality standards.

Moreover, our testing concept significantly reduces recurring testing costs while ensuring maximum operational reliability. 

This makes investments in hydrogen projects predictable, efficient, and sustainably economical. 

Hydrogen storage tank

Tailor-made storage solutions for a wide range of applications and gases

Our customized storage vessels for gaseous hydrogen are used in a wide range of applications: from electrolysis plants and filling stations to special industrial and custom projects.

Hydrogen storage vessels from VAKO

– Diameters up to 4,500 mm
– Lengths up to 45,000 mm
–  Unit weight up to 100 tons
– Operating pressures up to 330 bar

Tailor-made H₂ storage systems

For industrial and energy projects

End-to-end service

Engineering, manufacturing, installation, service

Testing concept

With up to 80% lower testing costs and maximum safety

Hydrogen competency

Proven product quality since 1980

precision welding

Strong joints for safety

Welding of hydrogen storage vessels demands absolute reliability. Our submerged arc welding processes ensure high-quality joints.

container construction

Precision down to the last detail

Quality begins with minutiae. We first create a clean basis for all further processing by selectively milling out the root layers. Imperfections are avoided and even the smallest deviations are corrected. The result: pressure vessels built from the inside-out to deliver precision, reliability, and a long service life.

manufacturing of a pressure tank

Perfection on the surface

Ultimately, the surface finish is one of the factors that determines the quality of the entire vessel. 

MAKING HYDROGEN USABLE

The hydrogen world.

Our hydrogen storage systems are used wherever tomorrow’s energy is needed: in electrolysis plants, at filling stations for buses, trucks and cars, in industry, for on-site energy generation systems, or in logistics. VAKO offers safe, certified and economical storage vessels for every application, whether large or small.

hydrogen storage
Hydrogen storage vessels
for logistics centers
Hydrogen storage vessels
for electrolysers
Hydrogen storage vessels
for the food industry
Hydrogen storage for static power-supply
and uninterrupted power supply
Hydrogen storage vessels
for refueling, e.g. forklifting trucks
Hydrogen storage vessels
for metal processing
Hydrogen storage vessels
for industrial applications,
Hydrogen storage vessels up to 350 bar
for filling stations, e.g. cars, buses, trucks
Storage vessels up to 350 bar
Hydrogen Storage Vessels
for emergency power supply

MORE SAFETY. MORE EFFICIENCY.
MORE FUTURE.

More than 40 years of experience

  • Expertise in pressure vessel construction since 1968.
  • Expertise in hydrogen storage since 1980.

Maximum safety

  • Certified type 1 pressure vessels acc. to the highest international standards.

More efficiency

  • Up to 80% lower inspection costs with the VAKO testing concept.
  • Low life cycle costs

Individual solutions

  • Customized storage – for industry, research, infrastructure, mobility, and specialty projects.