HYDROGEN, A SECTOR IN THE INDUSTRIALIZATION PHASE

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2022 represented a milestone for the development of renewable hydrogen. While the Group pursued

its policy of innovation and research and initiated new projects, it also moved further toward

industrialization. A critical prerequisite to make the energy transition a reality.

GOVERNANCE DEDICATED

TO HYDROGEN PROJECTS

A trailblazer in renewable energy,

the Group today is engaged in around

100 hydrogen projects of different sizes

and at different stages of maturity

in industry, mobility and networks.

To ensure the best possible sharing

of the strategic vision and the roll-out

of projects, ENGIE set up an internal

“hydrogen coordination cockpit”.

This governance body is intended

to facilitate interactions among

the different Group entities involved

in the hydrogen projects and provide

better visibility on the actions taken.

More broadly, the Group is a founding

member of the Hydrogen Council, which

is pursuing the goal of accelerating

the use of hydrogen as an energy

transition vector at the global level.

It is also a member of France Hydrogène,

which brings together industry

players to structure and accelerate

the development of hydrogen solutions

in France.

The challenges posed by the

industrialization of the hydrogen sector

require the creation of partnerships,

particularly to pool the financial risks.

Thus, on November 3, 2022, ENGIE

inaugurated the H2 Factory, a test

platform intended to accelerate

the development of the renewable

hydrogen sector by establishing a

connection between R&D and industrial

applications with the contribution of

many partners, including startups,

in the context of European R&D projects

within international consortia.

BECOME A WORLD PLAYER

IN RENEWABLE HYDROGEN

The Group combines the expertise of

all its international and French teams

around three axes of development:

industrial usages, mobility and

hydrogen as an energy vector.

This involves the teams from ENGIE

Lab CRIGEN, ENGIE Impact, Tractebel,

Storengy, ENGIE Solutions, ENGIE Green,

GNVERT, GEMS and its GBU Renewables

and GBU Flex Gen & Retail.

As such, the Group is positioning itself

over the entire hydrogen value chain,

from the production of renewable

energy to operations, maintenance and

distribution, and acts for its customers

as integrator, operator and developer

of a broad range of industrial-scale

solutions, built on partnerships and

innovative technologies.

INDUSTRIALIZING THE SOLUTIONS

Numerous projects to produce renewable

hydrogen through electrolysis are being

rolled out in France and internationally

to decarbonize the industry and

to develop new industrial divisions

and more sustainable mobility

see map opposite

ADAPTING THE NETWORKS

The production of hydrogen

on an industrial scale requires

the development and planning of

transport and storage networks

ENGIE is committed to the

European H2

Backbone initiative and is supporting

the deployment of a network of nearly

40,000 km of hydrogen networks in

21 countries, two-thirds of which would

be made up of existing networks that

have been repurposed.

ACTING WITH THE COMMUNITIES

ENGIE’s local roots are a real asset in

uniting the various economic players

and institutions in the development

of renewable hydrogen in the local

communities. To create these new

production, operation and distribution

circuits, ENGIE relies on trusted partners,

its detailed knowledge of the regions

in which it is present, and its ability

to act over the entire value chain.

In France, ENGIE is actively responding

to calls to bid on regional projects

launched by the French environmental

agency ADEME with solutions intended

to accelerate the development

of hydrogen uses. Hydrogen holds

the promise of a new technological,

energy and industrial sector, both

locally and globally, with the additional

benefit of new jobs. A vital division

for contributing to the decarbonization

of the energy mix.

COMMITTING TO NATURAL

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION

Along with projects to produce

hydrogen by electrolysis, the Group is

committed to the development of the

natural hydrogen production market

in order to promote a lowcarbon and

competitive supply through Storengy

This gas is continuously generated

deep within the surface of the Earth

and in particular can be mined via

boreholes In 2022 Storengy launched

a campaign to measure emissions

of natural hydrogen to identify areas

with high potential for the development

of this market

Our ambition is to be a leader in

renewable hydrogen even if we

will also need lowcarbon hydrogen

to develop the division and the

market ENGIE is positioned over

the entire hydrogen value chain

from production to distribution

including transmission via pipelines

and storage in salt caverns

Valérie RuizDomingo ENGIE Group

Hydrogen VicePresident

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