Essent supplies electricity and gas to around 2.5 million households, residential areas and businesses. The company is also leading a number of projects in the hydrogen sector, including the GROHW project in Deventer, the fruit of collaboration between Nefit Bosch, Essent, Firan and Witteveen+Bos. This initiative will help to develop a new green energy ecosystem and a new centre of expertise around renewable hydrogen.
Lhyfe’s green hydrogen is produced by the electrolysis of water at production sites powered by renewable electricity. Its first plant has been producing renewable hydrogen for over 4 years, it now operates 4 production sites in France and Germany, and it is developing numerous sites throughout Europe.
In 2024, the Group made more than 470 deliveries to clients, with a 99 percent service rate. One of the company’s production sites is directly connected to wind turbines and uses seawater. The company also has an offshore production pilot and additionally is involved in numerous innovation projects linked to current and future outlets for renewable hydrogen.
Lhyfe will provide Essent with renewable green hydrogen under a multi-year supply contract.
The GROHW partners aim to jointly advance solutions to reduce CO₂ emissions in the Netherlands. Lhyfe’s renewable hydrogen will be used in the testing centre of Nefit Bosch - a subsidiary of the international Bosch group - which is part of the GROHW project. This testing centre, located in Deventer is dedicated to testing various systems including hydrogen boilers. Lhyfe’s renewable hydrogen will be used to test these boilers. Bosch is indeed interested in hydrogen applications in the built environment sector, where it represents one of the potential alternatives to natural gas. The company aims to commercialise an ‘H2 Ready’ combi boiler by 2029 that can be converted to renewable hydrogen.
“This first delivery to Essent marks the kick-off of our commercial activity in the Netherlands - a priority market for us - in the best possible way: with the country's leading energy supplier” said Luc Graré, Head of Central & Eastern Europe at Lhyfe. “This collaboration also paves the way for new applications of renewable hydrogen through Nefit Bosch’s development - a very good news that confirms the dynamism of the sector. It is therefore an important step in our mission to make renewable hydrogen widely available and to support the decarbonisation of industry. We are proud to play our part with our green renewable hydrogen and our robust supply chain, relying on a large fleet of containers of up to 40 feet to meet Essent's needs.”
In the Netherlands, Lhyfe has announced a 200 MW project in 2022 in the Chemical Park Delfzijl , which aims to be operational by 2030 with an initial installed phase of 120 MW, for applications in the chemical sector.
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