Lhyfe, a pioneer within the manufacturing of inexperienced and renewable hydrogen, delivered 350 kilograms of inexperienced hydrogen (Determine 1) to pure gasoline knowledgeable Géométhane, on June 13, for it to check injecting hydrogen into salt caverns at its Manosque website within the south of France. The injection, which was accomplished inside the day, is a key check for the following stage of a serious mission led by the DLVAgglo city group and Géométhane, which goals to speed up the decarbonization of the Marseille-Fos-Sur-Mer industrial website (within the south of France) specifically utilizing inexperienced hydrogen.
With this experiment, Géométhane, which at the moment shops pure gasoline in salt caverns, seeks to check injecting hydrogen into these similar caverns, to be able to examine how hydrogen behaves. The hydrogen was injected into the pure gasoline system to succeed in a storage effectively and can stay there for commentary for a number of weeks, earlier than being extracted and analyzed.
Storing hydrogen in salt caverns is anticipated to contribute to native vitality independence by serving to to stability the manufacturing and use of various vitality sources—hydrogen might be extracted on demand to deal with peaks in consumption, or re-injected to retailer surplus vitality provided by nuclear energy stations and renewable vitality at occasions when vitality use is decrease.
Matthieu Guesné, founder and CEO of Lhyfe, mentioned, “We’re proud to be contributing to this trial, which demonstrates the extent of the chances provided by hydrogen, not solely when it comes to decarbonizing mobility and business, but additionally when it comes to vitality storage, which is a needed part of our vitality independence. As an increasing number of websites start to provide inexperienced hydrogen, the query of storage will change into central. Using salt caverns is a critical possibility being thought of throughout Europe. This trial will present preliminary suggestions on the topic.”
Lhyfe is a European group dedicated to vitality transition, and a producer and provider of inexperienced and renewable hydrogen. Its manufacturing websites and portfolio of tasks search to supply entry to inexperienced and renewable hydrogen in industrial portions, and allow the creation of a virtuous vitality mannequin able to decarbonizing total sectors of business and transport.
In 2021, Lhyfe inaugurated the primary industrial-scale inexperienced hydrogen manufacturing plant on the planet to be interconnected with a wind farm. In 2022, it inaugurated the primary offshore inexperienced hydrogen manufacturing pilot platform on the planet. In 2023, it inaugurated two new websites, and at the moment has a number of websites beneath building or enlargement throughout Europe. Lhyfe is represented in 12 European international locations and had 195 workers on the finish of December 2023.
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