European grant of 20 M€ for the HOPE project

June 28, 2023

The HOPE (Hydrogen Offshore Production for Europe) project was proposed by a consortium of 9 partners from 6 different European countries. The French company Lhyfe is the coordinating company. The other partners are CEA and ERM-Element Energy (France), Plug and Strohm (Netherlands), EDP NEW (Portugal), POM West-Vlaanderen, Alfa Laval (Denmark) and DWR eco (Germany).
In 2022 Lhyfe has already completed Sealhyfe, the world's first pilot plant for the production of offshore hydrogen powered by a 1 MW floating wind turbine.
With HOPE we move to 10 MW with a production of up to four tons per day of green hydrogen that will be transferred to the ground via a medium pressure gas pipeline. Completion of the project is scheduled for 2026.
HOPE will be positioned in front of the port of Ostend (Belgium) and will use water drawn from the North Sea, obviously desalinated and purified upstream of the electrolysis.

Source: Lhyfe