Air Liquide has just acquired 100% of H2V Normandy, which is now called Air Liquide Normand’Hy.
Since November 2019, this company has been aiming to build a renewable hydrogen power plant in Port-Jérôme (Seine-Maritime).
Air Liquide prepares a 200 MW electrolyser
On Wednesday October 20, 2021, the company increased its stake in H2V Normandy from 40% to 100%.
The company has been renamed “Air Liquide Normand’Hy”.
On the same day, the public inquiry for the hydrogen power plant project came to an end.
The project concerns the Port-Jérôme industrial zone in Seine-Maritime.
The aim is to build an electrolyzer producinggreen hydrogen.
Water electrolysis is a carbon-free production method, reducing the plant’s carbon footprint.
Avoid 250,000 tonnes of CO2
The Port-Jérôme electrolyser is expected to generate at least 200 megawatts.
It will thus avoid the emission of more than 250,000 tonnes of CO2 per year.
Commissioning is scheduled for 2025.
The site will be connected to the hydrogen network deployed by Air Liquide in Normandy.
The aim is to create the world’s first green hydrogen network in the Seine Valley.
Production from the Port-Jérôme electrolyzer is intended for industry and heavy mobility.
Low-carbon ecosystem in Normandy
For François Jackow, Executive Vice-President of Air Liquide, “hydrogen [est] one of the key levers” for decarbonization.
The company plans to increase its total electrolysis capacity to 3 GW by 2030.
According to Jackow, Air Liquide Normand’Hy will “decarbonize the Normandy industrial basin, one of the most important in Europe”.
By supplying industry with green hydrogen, the company aims to create a truly low-carbon ecosystem in Normandy.
The project is well placed to receive European funding.
It has qualified for the second round of the EU-ETS Innovation Fund 2020 call for projects.
France has also notified it to the European Union for the PIIEC H2 call for projects.
