A unique facility has just been commissioned in the Île-de-France region. The H2 Créteil station, inaugurated in Val-de-Marne, is becoming the largest green hydrogen production and distribution unit in the country. Powered by electricity from the Energy Recovery Unit (UVE), which processes waste from nineteen municipalities, it will produce up to one ton of hydrogen per day.
Buses and garbage trucks soon to be powered
Built and operated by H2 Créteil (41% of which is owned by Suez), the station primarily targets heavy-duty mobility. Starting in October, seventeen buses from the Paris region and two Grand Paris Sud Est Avenir garbage trucks will be supplied there. According to its designers, the production capacity is equivalent to powering forty heavy-duty vehicles or five hundred taxis.
An environmental and economic impact
Open continuously to both professionals and individuals (between 15 and 17 euros per kilo for the latter), the station should prevent the emission of 1,500 tons of CO2 each year, the equivalent of the emissions of seventeen thermal buses. The sixteen million euro investment could be amortized within two to three years. At full capacity by the end of 2026, the facility aims to cover a significant portion of the region's green hydrogen needs.
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A unique facility has just been put into service in Île-de-France. The H2 Créteil station, inaugurated in Val-de-Marne, becomes the largest unit
