Developer of renewable energy solutions, the company VDN had the idea of associating hydrogen distribution with a new wind farm project which has attracted support from communities and citizens. A local circular economy for a better understood energy transition. Created in 2013, the VDN company has to its credit 80 MW of installed wind farms, 150 MW under review and is working on a portfolio of 400 to 500 MW. The 15 people spread between its offices in Asnières-sur-Seine, Nantes and Montpellier have also focused since 2019 on the development of solar parks with 100 to 150 MW in the…
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Like gasoline distribution stations, legal metrology regulations have required since December 2020 the annual verification of the accuracy of the mass of hydrogen distributed to vehicles. Cesame-Exadébit has put into service the first mobile means of checking hydrogen distribution stations available in France. A reference gas flow measurement laboratory, the company Cesame-Exadébit is associated with the National Metrology and Testing Laboratory (LNE) as holder of the national standard for this discipline. Recognized for its expertise in the field of calibration of natural gas meters under pressure and valve testing, it participates in European metrology research programs (Euramet). She has worked…
The Association of European Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA) and the NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) are calling on the authorities to deploy several hundred hydrogen stations to support the development of fuel cell heavy goods vehicles. European truck manufacturers are fully committed to achieving carbon neutrality in road freight transport by 2050 at the latest, says ACEA. Low-emission and especially zero-emission vehicles will play a crucial role in achieving this goal, their number and range will increase rapidly over the coming years. However, as this position paper shows, the essential infrastructure to operate, load and refuel these trucks is almost completely…
Implementing an energy transition that benefits the region at an acceptable cost, and making it a planning tool, is the objective stated by the Hauts-de-France Region. To define the hydrogen roadmap, Frédéric Nihous, Hauts-de-France regional advisor responsible for energy transition, turned to stakeholders in the sector. Interview. The Hauts-de-France territory, through its industrial skills, its position as a transport hub and its history, from coal to nuclear, has always had numerous activities in the energy sector. The energy transition is therefore a key issue for us, explains Frédéric Nihous. Hydrogen as an energy vector has a strategic place. This is…
Promise of a cleaner planet for some, illusion for others, the transformation of industry and mobility towards green hydrogen divides while investments in this sector explode: 7.2 billion euros in public money will be invested in this energy by 2030 in France. The State’s involvement is explicit, as demonstrated on May 25 by the lighting of the Eiffel Tower using a generator powered by carbon-free hydrogen. At the same time, since 2020, companies in the sector have been setting the stock market on fire. Several European countries have already focused on hydrogen as part of the investments in their recovery…
The Commission has invited the approximately 1,000 members of the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance to present projects for renewable and low-carbon hydrogen technologies. Objective: 10 million tonnes of carbon-free hydrogen in 2030. This call marks an important step in building a pipeline of viable projects to achieve the objectives of the hydrogen strategy for a climate-neutral Europe. The deadline for project submissions was May 7. The last meeting of the European Hydrogen Forum, on June 17 and 18, examined the projects submitted and allowed the different actors to be brought together. Thierry Breton, Commissioner for the Internal Market, said: “Clean…
Founding member of the Hydrogen group in the National Assembly, Michel Delpon, deputy for Dordogne, has just published a work on this subject. He gives us his vision of the deployment of this energy by reminding us of the work carried out by legislators. Member of Parliament for Dordogne, Michel Delpon is a member of the Sustainable Development and Regional Planning Committee. “I have been interested in hydrogen since 2017, before founding the Hydrogen group at the National Assembly in March 2019. Sixty deputies from all sides followed us from the start. Today, the group has around a hundred elected…
With the regulatory framework and the recovery plan, the carbon-free hydrogen sector is being deployed. At a time when the first bricks in the construction of all this activity are ready to be laid, it is necessary and still time to check whether this building is indeed based on good foundations. In light of the projects in the making, the writing ofHydrogen+ offers you a little reflection on the logistics of deployment. The objective is therefore to establish a sustainable energy sector for the production and use of carbon-free hydrogen. The equation to be solved in the best way results…
New professional meeting dedicated to hydrogen, Horizons Hydrogène is positioned as the premium congress on the hydrogen market in France. Created by Content & Business, which also organizes Gazelec, this congress will bring together the hydrogen sector around numerous conferences and discussions on November 29 and 30, 2021, at the Pullman Paris Bercy Conference Center. For its first edition, Horizons Hydrogène is positioning itself as the premium congress on the Hydrogen market in France. “Through 48 hours of interventions in four rooms in parallel, we offer the opportunity to an entire ecosystem to be informed, to debate, to keep a…
The energy transition involves an increasing plurality of energies available (hydrogen (H2), electrochemical storage, etc.) on the same site: the review of risk analysis approaches is therefore necessary to prevent and control the associated risks. INERIS, recognized for its expertise in the field, gives us the keys by offering tools and methodologies. “With the energies currently used, single-energy risks on industrial sites are now known and controlled,” explains Emmanuel Lemazurier, energy transition development manager within the strategy, scientific policy and communication department. from INERIS. “Airports, for example, control kerosene risk with redundancy systems and scheduled management. Hydrogen is also well…