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Posing for a photo after the Hyguane signature ceremony in the Jupiter Room at Europe\u2019s Spaceport in French Guiana, 12 February 2026 to construct a 4.5 MWp solar power plant called \u2018PV3\u2019.<\/p>\n
Front row, from left: MT Aerospace French Guiana Managing Director Michael G\u00e4rtner, RMT French Guiana Managing Director Nathalie Gouin, ESA\u2019s Director of Space Transportation Toni Tolker-Nielsen, CNES\u2019s Director of Space Transportation Carine Leveau, CNES\u2019s Director of Europe\u2019s Spaceport in French Guiana Philippe Lier.<\/p>\n
Hyguane \u2013 a portmanteau of the French words for hydrogen, French Guiana and the local Iguanas \u2013 is an ambitious project led by the European Space Agency (ESA) with French space agency CNES and industrial and academic partners to develop a low-carbon hydrogen ecosystem at the Europe\u2019s Spaceport in French Guiana.<\/p>\n
The Hyguane pilot scheme aims to produce 10 to 15% of Ariane 6 hydrogen needs a year. In addition, the Hyguane ecosystem will provide hydrogen to fuel heavy vehicles in French Guiana and to produce energy through hydrogen fuel cells, including electrical back-up of critical infrastructure systems at Europe\u2019s Spaceport in case of a black-out.<\/p>\n
The Hyguane ecosystem will be completed with the construction of a hydrogen refuelling station and, pending funding from ESA Member States, a garage to maintain hydrogen-powered vehicles.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n