In France’s Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port area Lhyfe and Elyse Energy plan to produce e-methanol from renewable green hydrogen.
The producer and supplier of green and renewable hydrogen Lhyfe and low-carbon molecules specialist Elyse Energy have set out plans to jointly develop the production of e-methanol from green renewable hydrogen at the heart of the Loire estuary’s industrial and logistics port ecosystem.
This project, called Green Coast, 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.
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, with 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. A synergy between these two project leaders led to the signing of an exclusive agreement to study the feasibility of producing e-methanol from Lhyfe’s green hydrogen, in order to decarbonise maritime transport.
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 during 2025, according to Lhyfe and Elyse Energy.
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 and municipalities, the Pays de la Loire Region, Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port and the Association des Industriels Loire Estuaire (AILE).
