Air Liquide Steps up Its Biomethane Activity in the UK with a Major Contract with ASDA
December 21 2020 - 12:15PM
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One of the leading retailers in the United Kingdom, ASDA, has
contracted Air Liquide (Paris:AI) to install and operate six
biomethane (BioNGV) distribution stations to refuel trucks on its
sites. Alongside other investments to increase Air Liquide's
production and distribution capacities, this major contract marks a
significant acceleration in the Group's development of its
biomethane activity in the UK.
British retail group ASDA will commission more than 300 new
BioNGV (Natural Gas for Vehicles) trucks in 2021 to reduce the
environmental footprint of its transport activities. To support
ASDA, Air Liquide will install and operate biomethane stations on 6
of the retailer's 15 sites. These stations will refuel both ASDA
trucks and those of some partners.
The new stations for ASDA, which will be operational by the
first quarter of 2021, will boost Air Liquide's network to 20
filling stations in the UK. These stations are dedicated to
refilling fleets of trucks and buses. At the end of 2019, Air
Liquide acquired Gas Bus Alliance, which added 7 biomethane filling
stations for buses to its network in the country.
The Group will also install its tenth biomethane production
plant in the UK by the summer of 2021, near Nottingham, with a
production capacity of 90 GWh. Today, Air Liquide's biomethane
production capacity in the UK amounts to 650 GWh per year, which is
enough to supply 1,000 trucks.
Air Liquide operates all along the biomethane value chain, with
a circular economy approach, from the production and purification
of biogas into biomethane in the plants it operates, to its
injection into natural gas grids, and its uses, in particular as an
alternative solution to traditional fuels for a cleaner mobility.
Indeed, biomethane, produced from agricultural, industrial, or
household waste, reduces transport CO(2) emissions by 90%,
particles by 85% and noise up to 50% compared to diesel.
Emilie Mouren-Renouard, Member of the Air Liquide Executive
Committee, in charge of Innovation, Digital & IT, Intellectual
Property and Global Markets & Technologies World Business Unit,
said: "We are very pleased to support our customers who choose
renewable fuels to reduce their emissions. Thanks to a wealth of
expertise and experience along the entire biomethane value chain,
Air Liquide is strengthening its unique position in the United
Kingdom and contributes to the construction of a low-carbon society
and to the fight against climate change."
Biomethane is produced from waste treatment (agricultural, domestic and
industrial) thanks to the biogas purification technology based on the use of
patented polymer membranes produced by Air Liquide. Used as fuel in vehicles,
natural biogas or biomethane is also called bio-NGV (Natural Gas for
Vehicles). Bio-NGV, as well as hydrogen, represents a clean solution for
transportation. Air Liquide is present at every step of the biomethane value
chain and supports the circular economy: from waste to mobility. The Group's
global biomethane production capacity amounts to 1.3TWh and operates more than
80 NGV stations in Europe.
A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry
and Health, Air Liquide is present in 80 countries with
approximately 67,000 employees and serves more than 3.7 million
customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen are essential
small molecules for life, matter and energy. They embody Air
Liquide's scientific territory and have been at the core of the
company's activities since its creation in 1902.
Air Liquide's ambition is to be a leader in its industry,
deliver long term performance and contribute to sustainability. The
company's customer-centric transformation strategy aims at
profitable, regular and responsible growth over the long term. It
relies on operational excellence, selective investments, open
innovation and a network organization implemented by the Group
worldwide. Through the commitment and inventiveness of its people,
Air Liquide leverages energy and environment transition, changes in
healthcare and digitization, and delivers greater value to all its
stakeholders.
Air Liquide's revenue amounted to 22 billion euros in 2019 and
its solutions that protect life and the environment represented
more than 40% of sales. Air Liquide is listed on the Euronext Paris
stock exchange (compartment A) and belongs to the CAC 40, EURO
STOXX 50 and FTSE4Good indexes.
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