Review of the French hydrogen ecosystem in France | July 2026

Projects taking shape, funding confirmed, and new industrial partnerships: the French hydrogen sector continues to scale up across the regions.

Here are the key highlights for July 2026 :

Elyse Energy‘s eM-Rhône project, which will produce 50 kt/year of e-methanol via a 210 MW electrolyser (of which 61.1 MW is eligible for support), is one of three winning projects selected in the first round of France’s tender supporting hydrogen production via electrolysis.

The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region, Hyliko, and HYmpulsion launch a summer 2026 trial under the IMAGHyNE project allowing transport operators to test, free of charge, a locally-built Hyliko hydrogen-powered truck under real operating conditions.

John Cockerill Hydrogen assembles its first electrolyzer stack at its Belfort site, one year after acquiring McPhy’s strategic assets.

John Cockerill Hydrogen launches at its Aspach site a new 40 MW production phase for a renewable hydrogen project in the Netherlands.

FertigHy‘s FertHySomme project, aimed at producing low-carbon nitrogen fertilizers from electrolytic hydrogen, is one of three winning projects selected in the first round of France’s tender supporting hydrogen production via electrolysis.

VERSO ENERGY and TRAPIL sign a co-development agreement to design a ~17 km CO₂ pipeline linking the Biomasse Énergie d’Alizay site to VERSO ENERGY’s future DEZiR e-SAF plant.

Engie Solutions H2‘s 5 MW Hydrozère project, aimed at supplying the ArcelorMittal industrial site in Saint-Chély-d’Apcher, is one of three winning projects selected in the first round of France’s tender supporting decarbonized hydrogen production via electrolysis.

GravitHy submits permit applications for its Fos-sur-Mer plant, which will produce low-carbon Hot Briquetted Iron using on-site hydrogen electrolysis.

H4 Marseille Fos and EDF sign a 10-year Nuclear Production Allocation Contract (CAPN) for approximately 150 MW of nuclear capacity starting in 2032, securing electricity for H4 Marseille Fos’s 75 kt/year e-SAF facility.

H4 Marseille Fos‘s e-SAF production project secures 50% of its 2040 biogenic CO₂ supply needs through a strategic partnership with Vicat, SPSE, and Elengy’s Rhône Décarbonation project.

EODev signs a MoU with Rux Energy, an Australian company developing hydrogen storage solutions, to jointly develop integrated hydrogen storage, transport, and power generation solutions for hard-to-abate sectors.

EODev and Baudouin form a strategic partnership to commercialize decentralized electricity generation systems using solid oxide fuel cells.

Lhyfe signs a 10-year renewable hydrogen supply agreement with the German industrial gas specialist Messer, covering four of its production sites in France and Germany.

Lhyfe sells a 30% stake in the company holding four of its sites in France and Germany to Messer.