The company will invest more than €500 million to build, own, and operate the electrolyzer, which will produce 23,000 tons of renewable hydrogen annually. The hydrogen will be supplied to industrial and heavy-duty mobility customers, including TotalEnergies’ platform in the area, under a long-term contract. According to Air Liquide, the project could help avoid up to 300,000 tons of CO₂ emissions per year.
ELYgator has secured support from the European Innovation Fund, the Dutch IPCEI program, and, most recently, the Dutch government through the OWE subsidy scheme.
Emilie Mouren-Renouard, Group Executive Committee member at Air Liquide, said: “This investment decision is an important milestone and demonstrates our commitment to renewable hydrogen development. We firmly believe that robust, large-scale initiatives like ELYgator will deliver a real impact for the European industry and heavy-duty mobility sectors. We welcome the support from the Dutch Government, which has been instrumental in our decision to move forward with this significant decarbonization project. ELYgator illustrates our drive to develop concrete technologies and solutions that directly contribute to Europe’s ambitions towards climate neutrality by 2050.”
