French industrial gas supplier Air Liquide has taken the final investment decision (FID) to launch the construction of ELYgator, a 200 MW electrolyzer project in Maasvlakte, at the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

The decision follows support from the Dutch government through the OWE subsidy scheme for large-scale hydrogen production via electrolysis, in addition to earlier support from the European Innovation Fund and the Dutch Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI) program. Both this support as well as the refined regulatory framework were key to the project’s advancement, according to Air Liquide.