Air Liquide Contributes to a Large Hydrogen Filling Station Network in Germany
September 30 2013 - 8:05AM
Business Wire
Regulatory News :
Air Liquide (Paris:AI), together with its partners of the “H2
Mobility” initiative, has signed a term-sheet agreement to
implement a major action plan for the construction of a nationwide
hydrogen filling station network in Germany. By 2023, the
current German network of 15 hydrogen filling stations will be
expanded to about 400 hydrogen stations covering the whole
country. The overall investment by all partners will be around
€350 million.
This will ensure a need-related supply for the fuel cell
electric vehicles available to the market in the coming years.
A first step will be the deployment of 100 hydrogen
stations in Germany over the next 4 years.
Since 2010, Air Liquide has been a partner of the “H2
Mobility” initiative, aimed at evaluating and
contributing to the development of a hydrogen infrastructure in
Germany, to support the mass production of fuel cell electric
vehicles. In 2012, Air Liquide opened its first hydrogen station
for the general public in Düsseldorf, Germany.The Group is also a
partner of comparable initiatives in Great Britain, France, the
Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland as
well as in Japan.
Air Liquide masters the entire supply chain of hydrogen, from
production to storage, distribution and use by the end consumer. In
the last decade, the Group has built more than 60 hydrogen
stations in the world. Air Liquide stations allow to fill
vehicles with gaseous hydrogen in less than 5 minutes.Alongside the
automotive industry, Air Liquide supplies hydrogen for forklift
truck fleets for logistics warehouses in France, Canada and the US,
as well as for municipal bus fleets.
François Darchis, Senior Vice-President and a member of
Air Liquide's Executive Committee, commented: “This agreement
represents a major step forward in the construction of a hydrogen
filling infrastructure in Germany and beyond in Europe. Hydrogen
contributes to the challenges of sustainable mobility: reducing
greenhouse gases and local pollution in our cities, and thus
ultimately to the preservation of the environment. This project
also highlights the commitment of the Air Liquide Group to
develop and promote innovative technologies for the deployment of
the ‘hydrogen energy’ infrastructure worldwide.”
Hydrogen, a clean energy carrier
Used in the fuel cell, hydrogen combines with oxygen from the
air to produce electricity, with water as the only
by-product.Hydrogen can be produced from a various range of
energy sources, natural gas in particular, but also from renewable
energy sources. Hydrogen thus has great potential to provide clean
energy and ensure reliability of supplies.Air Liquide is present
across the entire hydrogen energy chain (production, distribution,
high-pressure storage, fuel cells and hydrogen filling
stations).Air Liquide revenue from hydrogen for refineries and
petrochemicals markets in 2012: €1.9 billion
Blue Hydrogen
With Blue Hydrogen, Air Liquide is moving towards a gradual
decarbonization of its hydrogen production dedicated to energy
applications.In practical terms, Air Liquide takes a commitment to
produce at least 50% of the hydrogen necessary for these
applications through carbon-free processes by 2020, by
combining:
• renewable energy sources, water
electrolysis and biogas reforming,
• carbon capture and storage technologies
during the hydrogen production process based on natural gas.
Air Liquide is the world leader in gases for industry, health
and the environment, and is present in 80 countries
with 50,000 employees. Oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and
rare gases have been at the core of Air Liquide’s activities
since its creation in 1902. Using these molecules, Air Liquide
continuously reinvents its business, anticipating the needs of
current and future markets. The Group innovates for the god of
society while delivering profitable growth and a consistent
performance
Innovative technologies that curb polluting emissions,
lower industry’s energy use, recover and reuse natural resources or
develop the energies of tomorrow, such as hydrogen, biofuels or
photovoltaic energy… Oxygen for hospitals, home healthcare,
fighting nosocomial infections… Air Liquide combines many products
and technologies to develop valuable applications and services not
only for its customers but also for society.
A partner for the long term, Air Liquide relies on
employee commitment, customer trust and shareholder support to
pursue its vision of sustainable, competitive growth. The
diversity of Air Liquide’s teams, businesses, markets
and geographic presence provides a solid and sustainable base for
its development and strengthens its ability to push back its own
limits, conquer new territories and build its future.
Air Liquide explores the best that air can offer to preserve
life, staying true to its Corporate Social Responsibility and
sustainable development approach. In 2012, the Group’s revenues
amounted to €15.3 billion of which 82% were generated
outside France. Air Liquide is listed on the Paris Euronext
stock exchange (compartment A) and is a member of the CAC 40 and
Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 indexes.
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