In Hobro, Denmark, Air Liquide (AL) is recently inaugurating HyBalance, a pilot site for the production of carbon-free hydrogen, in the presence of the project’s partners.

This facility uses electrolysis technology and allows to balance the electricity grid and store surplus electricity in the form of hydrogen.

As part of this project, AL developed, built, and is operating the facility that produces hydrogen from water electrolysis as well as the filling center for its customers delivered by trailers.

The electrolyser, with a capacity of 1.2 ㎿, enables the production of around 500㎏ of hydrogen a day without releasing CO2. Besides industrial customers, the hydrogen that is produced is used to supply the network of five hydrogen stations installed and operated by the Copenhagen Hydrogen Network (CHN), a subsidiary of Air Liquide in Denmark.

François Darchis, Senior Vice-President of the AL Group, stated “Hydrogen energy has a tremendous potential to support energy transition. HyBalance project also contributes to the Group's commitment to develop technological solutions towards lower greenhouse gas emissions in order to fight climate change.”