France selects three electrolytic hydrogen projects for $887m in 15-year subsidies
In the UK, Gas World reported that the French government has selected three electrolytic hydrogen projects for $887 million in subsidies.
Selected after a call for tenders in December 2025, the winners will receive per kilogram subsides over 15 years, as part of the government’s efforts to install 1GW of electrolyzer capacity countrywide, according to the report.
Unlike other EU auctions, the round offers support to projects using both nuclear and renewable power and is aimed at supplying hydrogen to industrial use cases where “no economically viable” electrification pathway exists, it added.
While the three projects plan to install a combined 455MW of capacity, the subsidies will support only 161.4MW of the installations.
Engie’s 5MW Hydrozere project in Saint-Chély-d’Apcher, which plans to supply ArcelorMittal’s local plant for combustion in metallurgy processes, secured funding for the full electrolyzer capacity.
Elyse Energy’s planned 240MW grid-connected eM- Rhône e-methanol project in Les Roches-Roussillon will see 61.1MW of its capacity subsidized by the scheme.
FertigHy’s 200MW FertHySomme green fertilizer project in Languevoisin-Quiquery is supported for 95.3MW to produce green ammonia and calcium ammonium nitrate.
The three winners have eight weeks to establish financial guarantees and request contracts, according to the report.
Category: Fuels
