France consumes about 40 billion cubic meters of natural gas each year. The H2V industrial program is targeting applications that are conducive to the massive use of carbon-free hydrogen (H2V). The initial installations will be developed within the framework of the main natural gas transport infrastructures linking the LNG terminals of the Atlantic. In this concept, H2V will produce 200 000 tons of hydrogen without carbon release * and over time its production will reach 500 000 tons per year.
This represents an investment of 3.5 billion euros in the next 5 years, generating about 12 000 jobs.
The H2V program is modular and scalable. It may consider the development of several plants to meet the important requirements for various applications that will require low-cost ecological hydrogen, such as mobility.