The partners are contributing to French grid stability by using the flexibility of Lhyfe’s green hydrogen production sites. Under the demand response service, the French electricity grid operator pays the sites to temporarily reduce their power use during peak-use periods.
Lhyfe says its flexible electrolysers “will be able to respond instantly to signals from the grid”. Offering demand response will cut the company’s energy consumption and reduce the price of green hydrogen, while contributing to the energy transition by stabilising the grid.
Demand response allows the system operator to avoid starting up polluting or costly back-up power stations. The partners will also use the sites’ flexibility to sell on the secondary reserve market.
Energy Pool will manage demand response events for Lhyfe in the wholesale markets and “pave the way to value creation” on the secondary reserve market. The five-year collaboration between the two companies, starting in 2025, will include the Buléon, Bessières and Le Cheylas sites, which together total 30MW.
Lhyfe began construction of its green hydrogen production plant in Le Cheylas in October. It was initially planned to have 5MW of capacity producing up to 2 t/day, but will have a production capacity of up to 4 t/day from its launch planned for early 2026. Lhyfe said this will “meet the demand of the particularly dynamic local market”.
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