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WATER ELECTROLYSIS PLANT
BASF gets German Govt. funding for CO -free
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hydrogen project

BASF has moved closer to building the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, the
a proton exchange membrane (PEM) German Federal Ministry for Economic
electrolyser with the approval of funding Affairs and Climate Protection is
from the German Federal Ministry for contributing up to €124.3-mn to the
Economic Affairs and Climate Action project – up to €37.3-mn of which
and the State of Rhineland-Palatinate. will be financed by the government of
Rhineland-Palatinate.
In cooperation with Siemens
Energy, work on the water electrolysis emissions at the site by up to 72-ktpa. Hydrogen is the starting point for
at the Ludwigshafen (Germany) site – BASF will primarily use this hydrogen important chemical value chains. At the
the so-called Hy4Chem-EI project – is now as a raw material in the manufacture of Ludwigshafen site, the company uses
entering the next phase of construction. products with a reduced carbon foot- around 250-ktpa , which are produced
print. In addition, the company will by means of steam reforming or occur
With an output of 54-MW and a supply hydrogen for mobility in the as coupling products and by-products.
capacity of up to 8-ktpa of hydrogen, Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region Steam reforming, the current conven-
the PEM electrolyser will be one of the to support the ramp-up of a hydrogen tional production process, generates
largest of its kind in Germany once it economy in the area. high CO emissions. Changing the
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is operational. Powered using electri- technology for producing hydrogen and
city from renewable energy sources, the BASF and Siemens Energy plan using this hydrogen as a raw material
system will produce CO -free hydro- to begin operating the water electroly- for chemical products should signifi-
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gen and thereby reduce greenhouse gas sis plant in 2025. In cooperation with cantly reduce BASF’s carbon footprint.
EXPANDING PRESENCE

Lhyfe gets €14-mn grant to build its first green

hydrogen project in Spain

Lhyfe, the France-based green to replace their fleet with less polluting
hydrogen firm, will set up a 5-tpd (tonnes vehicles like hydrogen-powered
per day) green hydrogen plant in Spain electric vehicles. Lhyfe’s project is one
for which it has been awarded a grant of only 14 across Spain in 2023 that
of up to €14-mn from H2 Pioneros. were awarded grant financing through
H2 Pioneros (out of 81 projects sub-
The H2 Pioneros programme is a mitted). The grant, which will fund the
funding call created by the Spanish industrial area in Vallmoll (Tarragona) design phases, the supply of equipment
Government to support initiatives in and will address demand for green and the construction work, represents
renewable energy, green hydrogen, and hydrogen from different industrial about half of the total estimated invest-
energy storage. companies in the area. ment in the project, with first kilos of
green hydrogen to be produced in 2026.
This plant will be Lhyfe’s first green Potential clients include companies
hydrogen production site in Spain, active in chemical and other industrial “The project’s implementation is
while seven sites are currently under sectors, which aim at replacing fossil subject to the granting of operating
construction in Europe. fuels currently used in their production authorisations and construction permits,
process with green hydrogen, as well as as well as to financial investment deci-
The plant will be located in an transport or logistics companies looking sions,” the company said.

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