German green hydrogen outfit Hy2gen and its partner Technip Energies are launching the feasibility studies phase for a green fuels project in France that will include an up to 120MW electrolyser.
The feasibility studies are for the Hynovera project in Meyreuil, in Bouches-du-Rhône, which aims to supply green fuels to the aviation and maritime industries.
To further optimise the conversion of biomass into green fuels, like diesel, by a process called BioTfuel, Hy2gen aims to implement an 85-120MW electrolyser, to make green hydrogen from renewable energy.
Technip Energies will be responsible for designing the plant and integrating the various technological building blocks.
Hy2gen commissioned Technip Energies, a strategic shareholder of Hy2gen, through its subsidiary Hy2gen France to carry out feasibility studies with the BioTfueL technology marketed by Axens.
The Hynovera project, with a total volume of around €460m, is to be located on the site of the former Provence coal-fired power plant in Meyreuil, Bouches-du-Rhône.
The project is part of the territorial pact signed by the local authorities, the state and the owner of the site to define an industrial renewal for the site in the context of the energy transition.
Hy2gen CEO Cyril Dufau-Sansot said: “With Hynovera, we will produce renewable paraffin equivalent to 10-15% of the consumption of an airport such as Marseille-Provence at the Centrale de Provence site, as well as 16,000 tonnes of CO2-neutral diesel fuel and 100,000 tonnes of renewable methanol per year, both of which are clean fuels for shipping.”