Lhyfe and Elyse Energy have announced the “Green Coast” project for the production of e-methanol from green renewable hydrogen in the Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port area in France.
The project will be located at the Montoir-de-Bretagne industrial port hub, near the quayside; Elyse plans to produce 150,000 tonnes of e-methanol a year at the site.
The Green Coast project is part of the Loire Estuaire Décarbonation initiative, supported by France 2030 via the Low Carbon Industrial Zone or ZIBaC call for projects, and led by ADELE—which includes Saint-Nazaire Agglomération, the Estuaire & Sillon association of municipalities, the Pays de la Loire Region, Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port and the Association des Industriels Loire Estuaire (AILE).
The project is currently under development and is subject to the granting of operating licences, building permits and financial investment decisions.
The conclusions of the initial studies will be communicated in 2025.
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In late 2023, Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port selected Lhyfe to set up an industrial production and distribution operation for green hydrogen.
At the time, Lhyfe presented its plans to build an industrial unit with a renewable green hydrogen production capacity of up to 85 tonnes per day (installed electrolysis capacity of 210 MW), in Montoir-de-Bretagne, to the north of the Multivrac terminal, by 2028. Nearby, Elyse Energy has positioned itself to produce renewable fuel in the industrial port zone.
Subsequently, this led to the signing of an exclusive agreement to study the feasibility of producing e-methanol from Lhyfe’s green hydrogen to decarbonise maritime transport.
The rest of the production would be used to decarbonise mobility and industry locally.
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