Virya Energy, the energy holding company of the Colruyt family and the retail group of the same name, will receive a 25 million euro subsidy from the Walloon government for a green hydrogen project in Engis, Liège.
The project is called Vallhyège, referring to “une vallée de l’hydrogène vert” (a valley of green hydrogen) in Wallonia. It will be the first Walloon factory to produce hydrogen using green energy.
‘Valley of green hydrogen’
The green electricity will be converted into green hydrogen via an electrolyzer supplied by John Cockerill from Liège. The green hydrogen will be used as fuel for vehicles at Virya Energy’s DATS24 stations or for ships in the port of Liège. The project with the Liège energy company John Cockerill is estimated to cost 60 million euros.
In July, Virya Energy signed contracts for the first green hydrogen factory in Flanders – an 80-million-euro project in Zeebrugge.
Virya Energy is the energy branch of Korys, the holding company of the Colruyt family and the listed retailer Colruyt Group. This holding company has been investing in green energy with wind and solar parks for decades and strongly believes in the potential of green hydrogen.
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