Lhyfe, one of the world pioneers in the production of green and renewable hydrogen for the decarbonisation of mobility and industry, announced that it has taken a significant step forward with the first tests of green hydrogen combustion as a replacement for fossil gas combustion, and has made its first delivery of renewable hydrogen in Spain, in the Valencia region. This first experiment, successfully deployed in the ceramics sector, can now be replicated in other sectors using combustion, thanks to the mixing kit developed by Lhyfe.
The combustion of fossil fuels – mainly natural gas – is used in many industries (e.g. ceramics, frit, cement, steel, glass, non-ferrous metals, etc.) to reach the high temperatures required by their processes (between 400°C and 1550°C). Like many energy-intensive sectors, these industries are now seeking to reduce their carbon intensity by replacing natural gas with green hydrogen. Burning green hydrogen emits no CO2, unlike burning natural gas.
Spain’s Valencia region is home to many manufacturers of ceramics and frit (a glaze material that gives tiles their shine and strength).
Lhyfe delivered three tonnes of green hydrogen in just three weeks to the Valencia region to decarbonise one of the players in this ceramics sector. This is its first delivery to the Iberian Peninsula.
The green hydrogen was produced at the Lhyfe site in Bessières, Haute-Garonne (France), which came on stream in 2024 and has a production capacity of up to two tonnes of green hydrogen a day (5 MW). Lhyfe transported the three tonnes of hydrogen using its advanced logistics capabilities, in particular its fleet of hydrogen bulk containers, which is one of the largest and most modern in Europe (with nearly 70 containers).
Lhyfe is a pioneer in its sector which began producing renewable green hydrogen in 2021. It is regularly asked to take part in pioneering hydrogen experiments and has thus developed the ability to adapt to all its customers’ decarbonisation needs.
These combustion tests – the first carried out by Lhyfe – involved mixing combustion gases and gradually increasing the proportion of green hydrogen as a replacement for natural gas. To achieve this, Lhyfe has developed a “mixing kit” that gradually increases the proportion of green hydrogen in the mixture from zero to 100%
This system can now be deployed in many industries that use high-temperature gas combustion (at between 400°C and 1550°C).
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