Hydrogen fuel and storage specialist ITM Power (LON:ITM) is to supply an integrated hydrogen refuelling station (HRS) to French renewables group Hydrogène de France.
The initial contract is worth €1.5mln to ITM, which will supply the hydrogen electrolyser technology, with the station designed to supply fleets of fuel cell powered vehicles.
HDF will be responsible for the purchase, installation, operation and maintenance of the station, which will be in France, as well as the preparation of the HRS site that will be commissioned in 2017.
HDF is readying for large scale deployments of fuel cell vehicles and buses in the future as part a national plan to create and regional HRS clusters across France.
The electrolyser HRS will be partly funded by the European Union through the H2ME 2 initiative, a €100mln project to showcase hydrogen fuel cell technology.
Graham Cooley, ITM Power’s chief executive, said: “France is becoming a leader in the development of hydrogen mobility infrastructure and we look forward to further sales."
Damien Havard, chief executive, HDF added: "ITM Power's skills in systems management were essential in our choice.”