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Hydrogen, from production to distribution

Air Liquide is present at every step of the hydrogen value chain.

Thanks to its unique hydrogen expertise developed in industry (space, aeronautics, heavy industry) over the last 60 years, Air Liquide masters the entire value chain: production, conditioning and distribution.

+20%

Increase in hydrogen production with Cryocap H2 for carbon capture

Producing renewable or low-carbon hydrogen

Our technologies and our capacity for innovation enable use to offer, depending on market needs, renewable or low-carbon hydrogen produced:

  • By electrolysis from renewable energies (wind, solar, hydro) or low-carbon sources
  • By natural gas or biogas reforming with CO2 capture

A major challenge for Air Liquide is to scale up the production of renewable and low-carbon hydrogen to decarbonize our activities and those of our customers committed to the energy transition.

Water electrolysis

Electrolysis, a technique mastered by the Group since the 70s, is used to produce hydrogen based on the decomposition of water. Behind these technical words lies a large-scale production process of low-carbon hydrogen that Air Liquide has deployed, providing a concrete response to the energy transition.

Natural gas or biogas reforming with carbon capture

Today, hydrogen is mainly produced from natural gas using steam methane reforming. Our in-house solution, CryocapTM H2, is the only one that can capture carbon dioxide while also increasing the production of hydrogen. It can then be sorted at a large scale or reused in other industrial processes or the food industry.

Mastering the hydrogen supply chain

Hydrogen can be stored at a large scale and transported in liquid or gaseous form. With over 60 years of experience, Air Liquide is a renowned expert, mastering both the gaseous and liquid hydrogen value chain for a climate centric, optimized, total cost of ownership.

Gaseous supply chain

With over 58 filling centres worldwide, we can offer tailored solutions for every need, combining delivery by pipeline, by trailer and in bulk. Our leadership in high pressure conditioning and composite storage allows us to optimize payload and lower our carbon intensity, while providing a quality traceability for all our deliveries.

Liquid supply chain

Leveraging our worldwide leadership in extreme cryogenics and liquefaction, Air Liquide currently operates 5 hydrogen liquefiers worldwide at a total capacity above 60 tonnes per day, and culminating over 800,000 hours of operation. Proven design, inhouse development, proprietary equipment…we design, deploy and operate state-of-the-art solutions for liquid hydrogen. 

 

60+ years experience in cryogenics & liquefaction

700+ liquid Ariane hydrogen tanks

Our hydrogen refueling stations

We are contributing to the deployment and growing use of hydrogen by developing technologies that implement it. We offer standardized or customized solutions that meet the customer’s needs: from design to integration, manufacture, installation, commissioning and maintenance of hydrogen stations. Our solutions are dedicated to filling cars, buses, trucks, trains and in the near future, ships and aircraft.

Our stations portfolio

We offer the most extensive portfolio of hydrogen refueling stations and related services for all your clean mobility hydrogen energy needs. Our team will support you at every stage of your project, from the choice of the hydrogen source, design (appropriate refueling times, footprint), installation, start-up, operation and maintenance. 

~200

hydrogen stations delivered worldwide

A large portfolio of hydrogen refueling stations

  • A wide range of protocols
  • Compatible with all types of vehicles

Engineering and installation services

  • Process
  • Design
  • Commissioning

Maintenance and operational support

  • Preventive and predictive maintenance
  • Technical assistance
  • Spare parts
  • Training

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