Hydrogen Strategy: a new stage in the reindustrialization of a border region

An industrial development program for East Moselle has been defined within the framework of a reindustrialization that has become essential following a series of industrial closures. This program is based on 30 years of local knowledge in the use of hydrogen and is mainly oriented in two directions: on the one hand, the progressive installation of massive hydrogen production equipment in order to satisfy the needs of heavy mobility and especially the decarbonization of neighboring industries and the Saarland steel industry by adapting the existing transport and storage infrastructures; and, on the other hand, the creation of a training and certification center in order to develop the necessary professional skills. This program is thus part of the implementation of a cross-border Hydrogen Valley extended to Saarland, Luxembourg and Belgium. (authors)