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H2Ouest is a pioneering operational ecosystem being developed in Atlantic France since 2019, under the impetus of SYDEV, the Vendée Energy and Equipment Syndicate, Lhyfe, a renewable hydrogen producer, the ACO (Automobile Club de l’Ouest) and Le Mans Métropole, along with numerous players from the Vendée and Atlantic France. Its aim is to develop a renewable hydrogen ecosystem in Atlantic France, using a short, reproducible cycle to decarbonise mobility. To achieve this, it is simultaneously organising the production and distribution of green hydrogen and its local use.
The project includes a network of distribution stations throughout the region:
- La Roche sur Yon (opening in 2021)
- Les Sables d’Olonne (opening in 2023)
- Challans (opening in 2023)
- Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie (opening soon)
- Le Mans (opening of a 1st station by the ACO in 2020, a second station by the company Hype with the support of the Metropole du Mans opened in 2023)
In addition, 30 vehicles will be made available for professional use:
- Le Mans Métropole: 10 articulated buses + 8 refuse collection vehicles
- Communauté de Communes du Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie: 2 refuse collection vehicles
- Communauté de Communes Challans-Gois: 1 refuse collection vehicle
- Département de Vendée: 1 car, 1 retrofitted tipper and 2 light commercial vehicles
- SDIS 85: 1 light commercial vehicle
- Agglomeration of La Roche-sur-Yon: 1 standard bus
- Les Sables d’Olonne: 2 buses and 2 refuse collection vehicles
- Transport Garriou: 1 converted 44-tonne tractor unit
- ACO: 1 car and 1 light commercial vehicle
Progress of the project
- Prototyping phase (feasibility, design)
- Industrialization phase
- Series production/operation phase
