Lhyfe and regional energy and climate agency AREC Occitanie have inaugurated a green hydrogen project in the French region.
The Lhyfe Occitanie site is one of the region’s projects that will enable it to achieve its objectives under the Occitanie H2 Corridor project, aimed at decarbonising goods and passenger transport.
The Lhyfe Occitanie production site is owned 80% by Lhyfe and 20% by AREC Occitanie.
It will begin operating commercially in the first half of 2024.
At the Triangle business park in Bessières, a few dozen kilometres from Toulouse, Lhyfe Occitanie will now produce up to two tonnes of green and renewable hydrogen per day from a 5MW electrolyser.
Two tonnes of hydrogen would enable a hydrogen truck to travel around 25,000km, without emitting a single gram of carbon dioxide.
The Occitanie region is coordinating the Occitanie H2 Corridor project.
Its co-financiers are the European Union, with a €14.6m grant under the Transport part of the Connecting Europe Facility, known as CEF Transport Blending Facility and the European Investment Bank, through a €40m loan contracted by the region.
The site was selected at the end of 2021 by the Occitanie region following a call for projects.
Under the programme, Occitanie is providing €6m, including €4.1m as a repayable advance and €1.9m in grants.