Air Liquide Inaugurates the World's Largest Low-Carbon Hydrogen Membrane-Based Production Unit in Canada
January 26 2021 - 2:45AM
Business Wire
Regulatory News:
Air Liquide (Paris:AI) has completed the construction of the
world's largest PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) electrolyzer.
Supplied with renewable energy, this unit is now producing up to
8.2 tonnes per day of low-carbon hydrogen in Bécancour, Québec.
With this large-scale investment, the Group confirms its long-term
commitment to the hydrogen energy markets and its ambition to be a
major player in the supply of low-carbon hydrogen.
The new 20 MW PEM electrolyser, equipped with Cummins1
technology, is the largest operating unit of its kind in the world
and will help meet the growing demand for low-carbon
hydrogen in North America. Bécancour's proximity to the main
industrial markets in Canada and the United States will help ensure
their supply of low-carbon hydrogen for industrial use and
mobility. The commissioning of this electrolysis unit
increases by 50% the capacity of Air Liquide's Bécancour
hydrogen production complex.
Compared to the traditional hydrogen production process, this
new production unit will avoid the emission of around 27,000
tonnes of CO2 per year, which is equivalent to the emissions of
10,000 cars per year. The choice of Bécancour is based on two
attributes of the site: the access to abundant renewable power
from Hydro-Québec and the proximity to the hydrogen mobility
market in the northeast of the continent.
Susan Ellerbusch, CEO, Air Liquide North America and
Group Executive Committee Member: “The fight against
climate change is at the heart of the Air Liquide Group's strategy.
The inauguration of the Bécancour site in Canada marks an important
step in the implementation of this strategy. With this world’s
first, Air Liquide confirms its commitment to the production of
low-carbon hydrogen on an industrial scale and its ability to
effectively deploy the related technological solutions. Hydrogen
will play a key role in the energy transition and the emergence of
a low-carbon society.”
Air Liquide's commitment to hydrogen
energy
In the past 50 years, Air Liquide has developed unique expertise
enabling it to master the entire hydrogen supply chain, from
production and storage to distribution and the development of
applications for end users, thus contributing to the widespread use
of hydrogen as a clean energy source, for mobility in particular.
Air Liquide has designed and installed more than 120 stations
around the world to date. Hydrogen is an alternative to meet the
challenge of clean transportation and thus contributes to the
improvement of air quality. Used in a fuel cell, hydrogen combines
with oxygen in the air to produce electricity, emitting only water.
It does not generate any pollution at the point of use: zero
greenhouse gases, zero particles and zero noise. Hydrogen provides
a concrete response to the challenges posed by sustainable mobility
and local pollution in urban areas..
About Air Liquide in
Canada
Air Liquide started its activity in Canada in 1911 and now has a
team of more than 2,500 employees working to serve more than
200,000 customers and patients across Canada. In all of the
country’s key industrial regions from coast to coast, Air Liquide
offers innovative solutions — gas, equipment and services — in a
wide variety of sectors: aeronautics, automotive, agri-food
industries, chemical, metallurgy, metal fabrication, mining, oil
and gas and healthcare.
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.
1 After the acquisition of Hydrogenics by CUMMINS, Air Liquide
(through its wholly owned subsidiary: The Hydrogen Company) has
increased its ownership stake to 19%
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