The energy group says it has successfully competed its first combustion tests using ‘green hydrogen’ in the ceramics sector.
Industrial furnaces that reach very high temperatures have historically relied on natural gas, but green hydrogen is being heralded as a potentially low-carbon option to use the same kilns to create the same products © David Tadevosian / Shutterstock
Lhyfe claims the tests are conclusive, and could be promising for decarbonising industry, which emits 20% of global carbon dioxide emissions.
The tests involved mixing combustion gases and gradually increasing the proportion of green hydrogen to replace natural gas.
The company’s mixing kit, which allows hydrogen-natural gas mixtures of up to 100% hydrogen injections, is now available for further tests in a range of sectors that use high-temperature gas combustion (between 400-1550°C), including cement, steel, glass and non-ferrous metals.
It will kick off operations in Spain, with 3t of green hydrogen being delivered to the Valencia area in the next week or so.
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 2t a day (5MW).
Lhyfe reports to have a fleet of nearly 70 hydrogen bulk containers and that its project in Vallmoll (Tarragona) in the Iberian Peninsula has 15MW installed capacity, producing 4.5-5t of green hydrogen a day. It is scheduled to come on stream in 2027, and aims to particularly decarbonise the chemicals sector, as well as in mobility.
