3 September 2018
The HyBalance project Under the coordination of Air Liquide,
the HyBalance project brings together a group of partners -
Hydrogenics, LBST, Neas Energy, and Hydrogen Valley -
for the construction of
one of the largest carbon-free hydrogen production units in Europe.
The project has received funding from
the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking
under grant agreement No. 671384.
This Joint Undertaking receives support from
the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research
and innovation program.
The HyBalance project has furthermore received funding
from the Danish EUDP* programme (Energy Technology Development
and Demonstration Programme).
For more information: http://hybalance.eu
DETAILS
Air Liquide is inaugurating
a pilot site for the production of carbon-free hydrogen,
in the presence of the project’s partners.
This facility uses electrolysis technology
and allows
to balance the electricity grid and store surplus electricity
in the form of hydrogen that will be used
in industry and transportation.
This project, initiated in 2016, is led by Air Liquide
with funding from the European public-private partnership
Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU)
and the support of the Danish EUDP* program.
As part of this project,
Air Liquide developed, built, and is operating the facility
that produces hydrogen from water electrolysis
as well as the filling center
for its customers delivered by trailers.
The electrolyser, with a capacity of 1.2 MW,
enables the production of around 500 kg of hydrogen a day
without releasing CO2.
Besides industrial customers, the hydrogen that is produced
is used to supply the network of
five hydrogen stations installed and operated
by the Copenhagen Hydrogen Network (CHN),
a subsidiary of Air Liquide in Denmark.
Denmark is a pioneer in the integration of renewable energies
into the national energy mix,
with 40% of the country’s electricity produced from wind turbines.
By compensating for renewable energy intermittency,
hydrogen offers a solution for storing surplus electricity
to meet the challenges posed by the energy transition.
François Darchis,
Senior Vice-President and
member of the Air Liquide Group Executive Committee,
supervising Innovation
“Hydrogen energy has a tremendous potential
to support energy transition.
Air Liquide is proud to be part of the HyBalance project.
It also contributes to the Group's commitment
to develop technological solutions towards
lower greenhouse gas emissions
in order to fight climate change.”
CONTACTS
Corporate Communications
Caroline Brugier
+33 (0)1 40 62 50 59
Christel des Royeries
+33 (0)1 40 62 58 49
Air Liquide Hydrogen Energy Communications
Dominique Lecocq
+33 (0)4 76 43 64 97
+33 (0)6 25 84 58 92
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