SUEZ and SIPEnR, a subsidiary of SIPPEREC, join forces with the creation of the company H2 Créteil to build a green hydrogen production and distribution plant at the Energy-from-Waste (EfW) unit of the Val-de-Marne Joint Syndicate for the Treatment of Urban Waste (SMITDUVM) in Créteil, near Paris.

The hydrogen plant project at the Créteil EfW will convert electricity produced from the combustion of household waste into hydrogen using an electrolysis process. Locally produced, this carbon-free energy solution that meets all current standards will guarantee a stable price for users, independent of the ups and downs and uncertainties of the fossil fuel markets.

The plant will initially have a production and distribution capacity of 500 kg/d of hydrogen, covering the equivalent consumption of 500 cars travelling 100 km/day. Produced as needs dictate, the hydrogen will be available to public vehicles such as buses, household waste trucks, special vehicles for local authorities and utility vehicles, in an area known for intensive transport activity nearby Orly airport and the highway (A86). The modular unit will ultimately distribute up to 1 metric t of hydrogen per day, preventing the emission of at least 1,300 metric of CO2 each year.

This facility, a first in France, will be commissioned by the end of 2022. This innovation will provide a carbon-free energy solution to all green mobility actors in the areas of Grand Paris Sud Est Avenir, Paris Est Marne et Bois, Grand-Orly Seine Bièvre territories and more broadly the Paris region.

The establishment of this plant, backed by the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) and the Île-de-France region, on the SMITDUVM site, is in line with the territories’ aim to develop alternatives and provide greener solutions to intensive mobility (heavy trucks, public transports, utility vehicles and local authority fleets).

It is also one of the stages of the development plan initiated three years ago by VALO’MARNE , including the commissioning of carbon sinks and the additional supply of steam for the local district heating network. As a result, it aligns with local energy transition and environmental policies as well as the hydrogen plan in France. Under this plan, €7 B, €2 B of which as part of the stimulus plan in 2021 and 2022, will be injected by 2030 into research and development in a sector that creates employment and enhances air quality and the climate.