Plug Power and Lhyfe announce commercial arrangement to develop
green hydrogen plants throughout Europe
Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ : PLUG), a leading provider of turnkey
hydrogen solutions for the global green hydrogen economy, and
Lhyfe, a pioneer producer and supplier of renewable and ecological
hydrogen, today announced an partnership to jointly pursue and
develop green hydrogen generation plants throughout Europe. The
initiative seeks to generate a total hydrogen capacity of 300MW by
2025, and to start the development of a 1GW production site.
The agreement builds upon the working
relationship already established between the two companies earlier
this year. In that project, Plug Power’s hydrogen electrolyzer
technology will provide 1MW of capacity to the world’s first
offshore hydrogen production facility, developed by Lhyfe and
powered by electricity from a floating wind turbine off the coast
of Le Croisic, at SEM-REV, Centrale Nantes’ offshore test site,
which will be operational by 2022.
Executives from Plug Power and Lhyfe gathered
today in Paris, France, at Hyvolution 2021, where they signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlining their respective roles
and responsibilities, and their goals for the years ahead.
“We’re thrilled to expand our work with Lhyfe,
bringing the green hydrogen revolution throughout Europe,” said
Andy Marsh, CEO for Plug Power. “The team at Lhyfe have bold
ambitions and capabilities that align with our own vision for a
decarbonized future, and ability to scale hydrogen infrastructure
quickly. In North America, we’ve already built a robust ‘hydrogen
highway,’ which includes 165 hydrogen fueling stations and
stationary power for businesses and institutions, a success we plan
to replicate in Europe.”
Plug Power is the largest buyer of liquid
hydrogen globally and has been present in Europe for more than 10
years. The company has made significant progress in deploying
hydrogen applications with key European industrials, logistics
customers and vehicle manufacturers, including its joint venture
with Renault called HYVIA. Plug Power has installed several PEM
technology solutions in Germany, France, The Netherlands, Italy and
Portugal, and recently announced the launch of its European
headquarters in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
"We are very proud of the confidence that a
player such as Plug Power has in our determination and ability to
produce totally clean hydrogen," said Matthieu Guesné, CEO and
founder of Lhyfe. "Thanks to this partnership, we will be able to
rely on Plug Power's cutting-edge technology to deploy numerous
hydrogen production sites onshore and offshore, in Europe but also
in North America, which has particularly important decarbonization
needs, in particular to replace the fossil fuel products that are
still extracted and consumed on a massive scale."
Lhyfe is a world leader in the industrial
production of renewable green hydrogen. In September, the company
inaugurated the world's first industrial production site for
renewable hydrogen in direct connection with a wind farm. It will
inaugurate the world’s first offshore renewable hydrogen production
site on the SEM-REV offshore test site in 2022. Lhyfe is deploying
some 60 projects in Europe for mobility and industry.
As part of today’s announcement, Plug Power and
Lhyfe will pursue opportunities to jointly develop green hydrogen
generation plants throughout Europe, generated with
state-of-the-art PEM electrolysis technology and supplied with
electrical power from renewable energy sources. The new initiative
will primarily serve on-road and off-road mobility applications.
Finally, the two parties will also consider working together to
co-develop a US-based offshore wind electrolyzer plant.
About Plug PowerPlug Power is
building the hydrogen economy as the leading provider of
comprehensive hydrogen fuel cell turnkey solutions. The Company’s
innovative technology powers electric motors with hydrogen fuel
cells amid an ongoing paradigm shift in the power, energy, and
transportation industries to address climate change and energy
security, while meeting sustainability goals. Plug Power created
the first commercially viable market for hydrogen fuel cell
technology. As a result, the Company has deployed over 50,000 fuel
cell systems for e-mobility, more than anyone else in the world,
and has become the largest buyer of liquid hydrogen, having built
and operated a hydrogen highway across North America. Plug Power
delivers a significant value proposition to end-customers,
including meaningful environmental benefits, efficiency gains, fast
fueling, and lower operational costs. Plug Power’s
vertically-integrated GenKey solution ties together all critical
elements to power, fuel, and provide service to customers such as
Amazon, BMW, Ikea, Carrefour, and Walmart. The Company is now
leveraging its know-how, modular product architecture and
foundational customers to rapidly expand into other key markets
including zero-emission on-road vehicles, robotics, and data
centers. www.plugpower.com.
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Reform Act of 1995 that involve significant risks and uncertainties
about Plug Power Inc.(“PLUG”), including but not limited to
statements about the expected commercial release in 2022 and
expected additional vehicle prototypes. Such statements are subject
to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or
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relating to the business of PLUG in general, see PLUG’s public
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the
“Risk Factors” section of PLUG’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2020 and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for
the quarters ended March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2021. Readers are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
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as a result of new information.
About LhyfeFounded in 2017 in
Nantes (France), Lhyfe produces and supplies green and renewable
hydrogen for mobility and industry. Its production sites make it
possible, at last, to source renewable hydrogen in industrial
quantities and to deploy a virtuous energy model geared towards
environmental friendliness. Lhyfe has subsidiaries in Germany,
Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and Spain and will soon have some
100 or so staff. It’s a member of France Hydrogène and Hydrogen
Europe. The company raised 70 million euros in funding between 2019
and 2021 and inaugurated its first industrial green hydrogen
production site in September 2021, in Vendée.
www.lhyfe.com
Plug Power Media ContactCaitlin CoffeeAllison +
PartnersplugPR@allisonpr.com
Lhyfe Media ContactClémence Rebours - +33 (0)6
60 57 76 43c.rebours@nouvelles-graines.com
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