Electrolyser for Nantes St Nazaire

News 27 Nov 2023 by WCN Editorial

Lhyfe has won the call for proposals (AMI) to develop a green H2 production and distribution facility in the Port of Nantes-Saint Nazaire

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The facility will be installed in Montoir-de-Bretagne at the mouth of the Loire (Loire-Atlantique). This AMI was launched in November 2022.

Lhyfe will build an industrial unit with a production capacity of up to 85 tonnes per day of green and renewable hydrogen (installed electrolysis capacity of 210 MW) located to the north of the Montoir bulk terminal. This site should be operational by 2028.

Implementation is subject to the granting of operating authorizations and construction permits, as well as to financial investment decisions.

Lhyfe’s first site (in the Vendée) has already been in operation since the latter half of 2021, and seven other sites are currently in construction throughout Europe (France, Germany and Sweden).

This project will contribute to the decarbonization of the industrial port complex and of the maritime transport. It is consistent with the action program for the development of a “Low Carbon Industrial Zone” (ZIBaC), supported by the Association des Industriels Loire Estuaire (AILE), Saint-Nazaire Agglomération, the Estuaire and Sillon areas and the Pays de la Loire Region.

The project is part of a roadmap drawn up to transform the Loire Estuaire territory into a low-carbon energy hub.

The announcement follows hard on the heels of the announcement of a 350 MW in the Port of HAROPA Rouen.