Not all French green hydrogen is broken. While the gigafactory projects announced by Air Liquide, H2V, Engie, Verso Energy and Elyse Energy are still pending, the Nantes start-up Lhyfe is moving forward.
It has already commissioned four production units in France, in Bouin (Vendée) of 300 kg per day, in Croisic (Loire-Atlantique) of 400 kg/d, in Bessières (Haute-Garonne) of 2 tonnes/day and in Buléon (Morbihan) also 2 tonnes/day.
It has just launched the construction of a fifth unit in Isère, in Cheylas. With the 10 megawatts of electrolysers from the American Plug, it will produce, from 2026, 4 tonnes of green hydrogen per day, twice as much as was initially envisaged. This is thanks to the support of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region with its Zero Emission Valley (ZEV) project and of Europe (5.5 million euros) via the Just Transition Fund. The unit will supply Alpine industries needing to decarbonize as well as stations on the Hympulsion network and tourist sites. The 7,000 m2 factory will be located on a former Ascometal waste storage site.
Lhyfe also has two units in production in Germany, one of 400 kg/day for trains in Tübingen, the other of 4 tonnes/day in Baden-Württemberg for industry and mobility. It is also due to open ones in Tarragona, Spain, and Wallsend, in the United Kingdom.
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