Lhyfe has been selected by Epinal Urban Community to create a green and renewable hydrogen production site in Epinal, France, and to develop the future Grand Est region fuel chain in France.
Lhyfe aims to build a site producing green and renewable hydrogen for otherwise-difficult-to-decarbonise uses in the transport sector (including trucks, waste collection vehicles and buses), as well as in industry, (including glassmaking, steelmaking, metals, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and food manufacturing).
Lhyfe produces its green and renewable hydrogen through the electrolysis of water, at production units powered by renewable energy. The company’s first site, Lhyfe Pays de la Loire, France, has already been in operation since the second half of 2021. Five other sites, in France, Germany and Sweden, are currently under construction. In parallel, Lhyfe is working on offshore hydrogen production projects. Sealhyfe pilot system achieved a world first, in June 2023, when it began producing hydrogen at sea, off Le Croisic, France in Loire-Atlantique.
On the territory of Epinal Urban Community, Lhyfe aims to build and run a large-scale hydrogen production site, with installed capacity of several MW. It will supply hydrogen for local uses in the Epinal area, as well as for transregional and cross-border uses.
This green and renewable hydrogen production site will allow the creation of a cutting-edge industrial cluster in the Vosges department, strengthening the urban community’s industrial and territorial ecology strategy and the attractiveness and development of the area.
The project’s implementation is subject to the granting of operating authorisations and construction permits, as well as to financial investment decisions.