Hydrogen, Lhyfe inaugurates 10-MW production site in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Pioneers in the production of green hydrogen, Lhyfe have recently inaugurated its first commercial production site in Germany. The site is located in Baden-Württemberg, and represents Lhyfe’s fourth production site, and its first outside France.

The newly-inaugurated plant is capable of producing up to 4 tons of renewable hydrogen per day (installed capacity of 10 MW). This hydrogen, produced via the electrolysis of water using renewable energy, is to be used to decarbonise heavy-duty mobility and industry. For example, in heavy-duty transport, 4 tons of renewable hydrogen is enough to power 100 trucks for around 400 km per day, without emitting any CO2.

The first Lhyfe’s hydrogen production site outside France

The filling stations allow trucks, or tube trailers, to drop off empty containers and collect full ones to deliver renewable hydrogen to Lhyfe’s customers. An agreement has already been announced for the supply of regional hydrogen refuelling stations of H2 MOBILITY, the leading hydrogen refuelling station operator in Germany.

The project was subsidised by the state of Baden-Württemberg (€2.1m) and the EU through the European Regional Development Fund (€4.3m), as a flagship project within the “H2-Wandel – Model Region for Green Hydrogen Baden-Württemberg” initiative.

The Schwäbisch Gmünd site obtained its RFNBO (Renewable Fuel of Non-Biological Origin) certification in September 2025. RFNBO is the European Union’s most stringent standard for renewable hydrogen under the European Renewable Energy Directive. It certifies that Lhyfe’s hydrogen production at its Schwäbisch Gmünd site is 100% renewable and complies with the environmental and traceability criteria that must be met by sustainable activities under the EU Taxonomy.

Luc Graré, Head of Central & Eastern Europe at Lhyfe, declared: “We are proud to inaugurate Lhyfe’s very first site outside France, here in Baden-Württemberg, a state that has continued its efforts in recent years to establish itself as a model for the deployment of renewable hydrogen. With our three units in operation and some of the most advanced logistics in Europe, we have demonstrated our operational capabilities. We are now ready to open a new chapter in Lhyfe’s history in Germany, to deliver ever-increasing volumes and, in the long term, to develop on-site production units to meet the most significant needs, similar to the projects we are already carrying out in several European countries.”