• With 10 MW of installed capacity, Lhyfe Schwäbisch Gmünd is Germany’s largest commercial site for bulk renewable hydrogen, as well as Lhyfe’s largest such site and its first in Germany.
• The site was installed at the end of last year and is currently undergoing reliability testing and ramp-up, before commercialization begins in the coming months.
• RFNBO certification, the EU’s most demanding standard for renewable hydrogen, was obtained in September 2025.
• Lhyfe is already a key player in the delivery of renewable hydrogen in Germany having supplied customers since 2023 thanks to one of the most advanced supply chains in Europe.

Lhyfe inaugurated its first commercial production site in Germany in the presence of Winfried Kretschmann, Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg, Thekla Walker, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Energy of Baden-Württemberg and Richard Arnold, First Mayor of the City of Schwäbisch Gmünd, along with other distinguished guests. This is Lhyfe’s fourth production site, and its first outside France. 

An entire hectare dedicated to the production of renewable hydrogen through water electrolysis. On a one-hectare plot of land in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Lhyfe has installed a plant capable of producing up to 4 tons of renewable hydrogen per day (installed capacity of 10 MW). This hydrogen, produced via the electrolysis of water using renewable energy, is to be used to decarbonize heavy-duty mobility and industry.

For example, in heavy-duty transport, 4 tons of renewable hydrogen is enough to power 100 trucks for around 400 km per day, without emitting any CO2. To secure its supply of renewable electricity, Lhyfe has signed PPAs with producers in Germany, including EDPR.

On site, the facilities have been built in a container format with stackable modules to reduce their footprint. These modules handle the entire renewable hydrogen production and distribution process, from electricity conversion, cooling, water treatment and electrolysis, to hydrogen purification, compression and filling.

The filling stations allow trucks, or tube trailers, to drop off empty containers and collect full ones to deliver renewable hydrogen to Lhyfe’s customers.

Decarbonizing heavy-duty mobility and industry in Baden-Württemberg and Germany. This renewable hydrogen is intended to supply customers in the mobility and industrial sectors. An agreement has already been announced for the supply of regional hydrogen refueling stations of H2 MOBILITY, the leading hydrogen refueling station operator in Germany.

. Besides the customer base which Lhyfe has already built up in Baden-Württemberg, this site is also expected to supply a future distribution station in Schwäbisch Gmünd.

For industrial applications, renewable hydrogen offers a carbon-free alternative to grey hydrogen and natural (fossil) gas, particularly in the chemical, steel, and glass sectors. Lhyfe’s production site in Schwäbisch Gmünd could also supply the planned hydrogen-powered “H2-Aspen industrial zone”.

The project was subsidized by the state of Baden-Württemberg (€2.1m) and the EU through the European Regional Development Fund (€4.3m), as a flagship project within the “H2-Wandel – Model Region for Green Hydrogen Baden-Württemberg” initiative.

RFNBO-certified hydrogen available to all types of customers . The Schwäbisch Gmünd site obtained its RFNBO (Renewable Fuel of Non-Biological Origin) certification in September 2025. RFNBO is the European Union’s most stringent standard for renewable hydrogen under the European Renewable Energy Directive. It certifies that Lhyfe’s hydrogen production at its Schwäbisch Gmünd site is 100% renewable and complies with the environmental and traceability criteria that must be met by sustainable activities under the EU Taxonomy.

The RFNBO certificate provides Lhyfe’s customers with proof of the sustainability of the molecule purchased, thus enabling them to be eligible for national and European grant schemes.