The conclusions of the initial studies on the e-methanol project Green Coast will be communicated in 2025, according to the French hydrogen producer Lhyfe and compatriot e-fuel company Elyse Energy. The project is currently under development and is subject to the granting of operating licences, building permits and financial investment decisions.
The companies, which joined forces to develop the production of e-methanol from green renewable hydrogen at the Montoir-de-Bretagne site within the port of Nantes Saint-Nazaire in France in July 2024, claimed the project is of “major” importance for the area and for the entire maritime transport sector, which is seeking to achieve decarbonization.
The partners said that decarbonizing maritime transport is a key challenge for achieving the dual objective of carbon neutrality and an exit from fossil fuels, pointing out that e-methanol produced from renewable green hydrogen is one of the keys to decarbonizing this sector.
To remind, Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port selected Lhyfe to set up an industrial production and distribution operation for green hydrogen in late 2023. 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 (installed electrolysis capacity of 210 MW), in Montoir-de-Bretagne, to the north of the Multivrac terminal, by 2028. Nearby, Elyse Energy positioned itself to produce renewable fuel in the industrial port zone.
A synergy between these two parties led to the signing of an exclusive agreement to study the feasibility of producing e-methanol from Lhyfe’s green hydrogen, in order to decarbonize maritime transport. The rest of the production would be used to decarbonize mobility and industry locally. Elyse plans to produce 150,000 tonnes of e-methanol a year at the site.
Source: Offshore Energy
