The 110kVA hydrogen generator from French manufacturer EODEV was installed and commissioned by Equans France on the AESC gigafactory site at Renault in Douai, the company announced. Equans France was chosen by AESC to design and install all the technical packages for the future gigafactory, a first in this field.
With this virtuous and innovative re-industrialisation project, AESC Envision is contributing to the renaissance of the Northern Basin, both technically and in terms of decarbonisation. The 100% electric plant will be equipped with electric boilers and furnaces, and efficient equipment to optimise the resources needed to design electric batteries. This electro-hydrogen unit is part of a larger system called Hyvision, developed by Equans’ hydrogen teams in 2024. Turnkey and mobile, this system can supply isolated sites, building sites or events with carbon-free energy. Silent, odourless and smoke-free, the innovation reduces CO₂ emissions by 70% to 80% compared with a conventional diesel generator, i.e. around 1.15 kg of CO2 avoided per kWh of electricity produced.
Hyvision will be trialled for two months on the AESC site, where it will supply some of the site’s electricity needs: lighting, welding machines, snowblowers…. It will be powered by low-carbon hydrogen produced by electrolysis. In addition to the environmental benefits, the use of hydrogen is more comfortable for operators and people living near the site, with a significant reduction in noise pollution, and does not generate any fine particles. However, this low-carbon solution is logistically complex, as the stock of hydrogen cylinders has to be renewed regularly.
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