Sales-Lentz and TICE buses that run on a hydrogen fuel cell. The industrialist Ceratizit which replaces its hydrogen derived from natural gas with hydrogen produced with 100% renewable electricity. Limit the import of hydrogen to produce it here in the Grand Duchy. Three points which should be a reality from 2026, in Luxembourg, with the official launch, Monday, of the LuxHyVal project, for Luxembourg Hydrogen Valley.
A “huge” project, slips the Minister of the Economy, Lex Delles, which aims to move from imported gray hydrogen to locally produced green hydrogen. New so-called clean energy. A gamble because “with hydrogen, everything still remains to be done,” explains the CEO of Encevo, Claude Seywert. Concretely, LuxHyVal promises a “hydrogen valley” with the highlight being the installation in 2026 of a 6 MW electrolyser in the Bascharage industrial park, in the south of the country. It will enable, with Encevo and its subsidiaries Enovos and LuxEnergie, to produce 1,750 kg of green hydrogen per day, “for use in industry and mobility”.
LuxHyVal “will have a positive impact on the economy thanks to job creation”, promise all the partners, without providing figures for the moment. A budget of 39 million euros has been announced, with 8 million provided by the European Union’s public-private partnership Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking. “The final decision regarding the main investment of the project is expected at the beginning of 2025,” it was stated on Monday. With this project above all, Luxembourg wants to learn and not undergo an inevitable transition.
“We cannot rely on importation and connection to other networks, Luxembourg must play the game,” insists Minister Delles. Equipping itself with a production source and playing the research and development card, training its own engineers to then have the experience and connect to European networks, this is the card that Luxembourg wants to play on green hydrogen . “It’s the future,” explained Claude Seywert. Among the associated actors, the University of Luxembourg has a key role. With LuxHyVal, there are 17 partners from seven countries from Germany to Australia who trust the Luxembourg project.
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