The French government has allocated land at Le Havre, one of the country’s largest ports, to three industrial projects, two of which would respectively produce and import renewable hydrogen or its derivatives.

US industrial gases firm Air Products is reportedly set to invest €1.1bn ($1.2bn) into building a renewable hydrogen import hub on its parcel of land, while French-headquartered renewables company Qair has pledged €500m for an e-methanol plant at its site.

Haropa Port, which manages Le Havre as well as the ports of Rouen and Paris, noted in its announcement of the land allocation that Air Products will specifically import ammonia, which can then be re-converted to hydrogen and transported within the country either as a gas through pipelines or as a liquid through dedicated trailers.