Colas wins its first hydrogen production and distribution station contract

This project called “Hydrogen System for Electric Mobility in Dunkirk” (SHYMED) is developed by Hynamics, a subsidiary of the EDF group, in partnership with the Urban Community of Dunkirk and the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations.

With a power of 1,25 MW in phase 1 (until 2025), this production unit will power ten hydrogen buses as well as waste collection vehicles near the Dunkirk Energy Recovery Center. SHYMED should thus make it possible to avoid the emission of 1.137 tonnes of CO2 each year.

Colas Rail will manage the project and manage the high current, low current and station automation activities.

Spac will be responsible for the design, hydrogen network activities and the supply of critical equipment, in particular those linked to electrolysis, compression and vehicle refueling.

Colas France will carry out all earthworks, roads and various networks, as well as civil engineering and development work.

The design studies are being completed and construction has started, with start-up scheduled for the end of 2024.

For Hervé Le Joliff, president of Colas Rail: “This first reference allows the Colas group to position itself as a provider of turnkey hydrogen solutions for its customers, in a promising new market that meets the challenges of a carbon-free world. »

The project is part of the objective of the Urban Community of Dunkirk to develop “low carbon industrial zones” (ZIBAC), as part of the France 2030 investment plan.