Lhyfe Bretagne: Lhyfe launches its latest green hydrogen production site in France

Lhyfe, the global leader in green hydrogen production has inaugurated Lhyfe Bretagne -- one of the two largest green hydrogen production sites in France along with recently launched Lhyfe Occitanie. 

Lhyfe Bretagne in Brittany will supply hydrogen for local transport and the industrial processes of regional companies. Lorient Agglomération in Northwestern France, will be the first urban community in Brittany to benefit from the hydrogen produced at the site. 

"Our site in Buléon, the first green and renewable hydrogen production site to see the day in Brittany and one of the largest sites in France, will soon be able to come into service to decarbonize industry and mobility in the region," said Matthieu Guesné, Founder and CEO of Lhyfe.

"We are very proud to be working with our public and private partners to help build a new industry for the future in Brittany, and to offer local stakeholders a viable alternative to fossil fuels from 2024."

Lhyfe Bretagne is part of the VHyGO or Great West Hydrogen Valley project, supported by ADEME (the French agency for ecological transition). The VHyGO project aims to build the first supra-regional infrastructure for the production and distribution of green hydrogen in the west of France, so green hydrogen can serve as a new energy carrier and decarbonize industry and transport. 

Lhyfe has stated the project will produce up to two tonnes of green and renewable hydrogen per day, or up to 575 tonnes per year (installed electrolysis capacity of 5 MW), from the site in Buléon (Morbihan), near the VSB Energies Nouvelles wind farm. Two tonnes of hydrogen would enable a hydrogen truck to travel around 25,000 km, without emitting a single gram of CO2. With the same quantity, a car could travel the equivalent of five times around the earth, or around 200,000 km.

The latest project launch also marks the start of Brittany's hydrogen fuel chain, with Lorient Agglomération due to launch its first hydrogen-powered services in the first quarter of 2024.

Lhyfe Bretagne and VHyGO Initiative

As part of the plan, through this VHyGO initiative, Lhyfe Bretagne will supply two HyGO filling stations in the Lorient urban area. Eventually, 19 buses and two passenger transport boats (known as Transrades) could be powered by this clean and local energy in the Lorient conurbation. Lhyfe has noted that these hydrogen-powered Transrades will be a first in France.

Lorient Agglomération is actively participating in ecological transition by renewing its public transport fleet. It plans to have its entire fleet made entirely of clean vehicles in 2030 and to achieve carbon neutrality in 2050 with the migration of buses (80% of the fleet will run on BioNGV and 20% on renewable hydrogen), as well as maritime vessels (with the arrival of hydrogen-powered sea buses).