The city of Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, has given Lhyfe permission to begin building its sustainable green hydrogen factory on a 10,000-square-meter site nearby. The new facility will have a capacity of up to 4 tonnes per day and a power output of around 10 MW.
The facility will be erected near public hydrogen filling stations and a pipeline that will feed renewable hydrogen to a local technological park. Lhyfe estimates that the facility will be operating in early 2024.
The hydrogen will be produced using power generated by a wind farm. Customers for the project will come from the nearby neighborhood as well as the surrounding areas. Industrial users will utilize hydrogen as a process gas, while distribution stations will use it as a fuel for fuel cell cars, according to Lhyfe.
“The collaboration with Lhyfe offers the required momentum for the H2-Aspen project to expand quickly and reliably,” stated Richard Arnold, First Mayor of Schwäbisch Gmünd. “With this initiative, we hope to provide a local, sustainable, and ecologically friendly energy alternative to businesses in the region.”
“The region’s objective is to build an economically autonomous hydrogen economy,” said Luc Graré, head of international business at Lhyfe. We are actively participating in the building and growth of the proposed technology park to help achieve this aim.”
This 10 MW project is one of the company’s 20 advanced development projects, which have a total capacity of 380.5 MW and are expected to come online between 2023 and 2026, according to Lhyfe.
