BERLIN, March 26 (Reuters) - Bosch will begin producing

electrolyser components for hydrogen production, expecting its

hydrogen business to generate billions of euros in revenue by

2030, the company said on Wednesday.

Germany wants to expand reliance on hydrogen as a future

energy source to cut greenhouse gas emissions for highly

polluting industrial sectors that cannot be electrified such as

steel and chemicals and cut dependency on imported fossil fuel.

Electrolysers, which use energy to split hydrogen from

water, are key to making hydrogen. Bosch plans to use its

fuel-cell expertise and large-scale production experience to

make hydrogen more efficiently and at lower cost.

At the Hanover industry fair, Bosch said it would showcase

two new Hybrion PEM electrolysis stacks it will start producing

in partnership with industrial equipment supplier FEST with a

full system output of 2.5 megawatts.

"Hydrogen is a strategic growth field for Bosch - we expect

sales revenue to run into the billions by 2030," Markus Heyn,

chairman of Bosch Mobility, said in a statement.

The Hybrion stacks will initially be manufactured at a

factory in the southern city of Bamberg with the official sale

of the components starting in April. Bosch has already received

orders of around 100 megawatts, it added.