The hydrogen was delivered as part of the GROHW project, a collaboration between the Netherlands’ largest energy supplier Essent, Nefit Bosch, Firan, and Witteveen+Bos.

The initiative aims to reduce CO2 emissions in the Netherlands, and marks one of the first implemented green hydrogen projects in the country.

With Lhyfe supplying the fuel, Essent operates the Deventer hydrogen station, Firan and Witteveen+Bos provide infrastructure expertise, while Bosch is testing boilers ahead of a planned H2-ready combi model by 2029.

Although the French producer did not disclose volumes, the hydrogen was delivered to Overijssel in 40-foot containers. In 2024, the company made more than 470 deliveries to clients with a 99% service rate.

Lhyfe currently operates four production sites in France and Germany. In the future, hydrogen could be supplied from its planned 200MW Delfzijl project in the Netherlands, which is scheduled to come online by 2030.

“The first delivery to Essent marks the kick-off of our commercial activity in the Netherlands – a priority market for us – in the best possible way: with the country’s leading energy supplier,” explained Luc Graré, Lhyfe’s Head of Central & Eastern Europe.

“This collaboration also paves the way for new applications of renewable hydrogen through Nefit Bosch’s development,” Graré added.

Despite Bosch advancing industrial and non-domestic hydrogen boiler technology, independent studies have consistently found hydrogen heating to be less efficient, more resource-intensive and more expensive than alternatives such as heat pumps or district heating.