With hydrogen, the energy transition is accelerating
Hydrogen... everyone is talking about it, and for a good reason! Reducing CO2 emissions from industry, developing clean transportation, limiting the use of fossil fuels: hydrogen ticks many boxes. It's simple, its potential is immense for the coming decades. With hydrogen, the energy transition is really accelerating.
Génération Hydrogène
Climate emergency, energy mix, clean mobility, industrial renewal, energy sovereignty... These are some of the major challenges we are facing today and to which hydrogen provides, in one way or another, all or part of the solution.
To learn more about this molecule and the challenges of its use, Air Liquide invites you to Génération Hydrogène.
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Accelerating the decarbonization of industry
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Driving forward hydrogen mobility for road, water and air
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Fostering clean production, the challenge of the decade
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Joining forces around hydrogen
Our latest press releases focusing on hydrogen
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Read moreAir Liquide and TotalEnergies join forces to develop a network of over 100 hydrogen stations for heavy duty vehicles in Europe
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Read moreAir Liquide receives support from Dutch State for two large-scale electrolyzer projects in the Netherlands
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Read moreAir Liquide and Toyota France team up to showcase hydrogen mobility during Nuit Blanche 2022
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Read moreAir Liquide to build two new hydrogen production units with carbon capture technology in Shanghai Chemical Industry Park
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Read moreAir Liquide and Siemens Energy form a joint venture for the European production of large-scale renewable hydrogen electrolyzers
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Read moreAir Liquide and Groupe ADP announce their ambition to create the first joint venture to facilitate the development of hydrogen infrastructure at airports
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Read moreAir Liquide, Toyota and CaetanoBus join forces to accelerate the development of hydrogen mobility in Europe
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Read moreAir Liquide and Lotte Chemical enter a strategic alliance for the hydrogen supply chain deployment in South Korea
May 02, 2022
Developed on an industrial scale, this molecule will not only help respond to the climate emergency but also to the needs of populations and businesses. Air Liquide's mastery of hydrogen is decisive. But this mastery alone is not enough. Faced with environmental challenges, Air Liquide wants to move forward hand in hand with all the stakeholders of the hydrogen industry, without any blinkers and with pragmatism.
“The future is being shaped by hydrogen in particular, that has become a crucial enabler of a successful energy transition. And this success will undoubtedly be collective.
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Matthieu Giard
Vice President, Member of the Executive Committee supervising the Industrial Merchant and Hydrogen business lines
20 and 25% of CO₂ emissions are produced by industry and transport respectively
Source: International Energy Agency (2021)
Heavy industries: towards low-carbon process
Hydrogen is used in many industrial processes such as refining, petrochemicals, etc. So if the production of this hydrogen is low-carbon, the industry reduces its environmental footprint.
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Air Liquide & ArcelorMittalIn the industrial basin of Dunkirk (France), ArcelorMittal and Air Liquide are joining forces to reduce CO2 emissions by 2.85 million tonnes by 2030.
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Air Liquide & thyssenkruppWith Air Liquide, German steelmaker thyssenkrupp Steel is aiming for a 20% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions in its blast furnaces in the Ruhr.
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Air Liquide & TotalEnergiesAir Liquide and TotalEnergies are joining forces to decarbonize hydrogen production at TotalEnergies’ Normandy platform in France.
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Driving forward hydrogen mobility for road, water and air
“Thanks to hydrogen, we are taking up the challenge of clean mobility and thus making a concrete contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in one of the most emitting sectors.
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Erwin Penfornis
Vice President, Hydrogen Energy business line
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Fostering clean production, the challenge of the decade
Heavy industry, transportation, but also electronics, chemical and glass industries…Low-carbon hydrogen and renewable hydrogen will play an increasingly important role in more and more human and economic activities. Today though, the main challenge is clean hydrogen production.
Electrolysis, a technique mastered by the Group, is used to produce hydrogen based on the decomposition of water. Behind these technical words lies a large-scale production process of renewable hydrogen that Air Liquide has deployed, providing a concrete response to the energy transition.
Capture, store and even use CO₂
Today, the majority of hydrogen is produced from natural gas through the steam methane reforming process. The capture of CO2 during this process is another major issue to which Air Liquide is responding with a unique solution: Cryocap™. This carbon can then be stored at a large scale or reused in other industrial processes.
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The PEM electrolyzer: a giant leap for low-carbon hydrogenAir Liquide has recently finalized the construction of the world’s largest PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) electrolyzer
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Cryocap™: an inside look at the Port-Jérôme siteThe Port-Jérôme site in Normandy, France, is the largest steam methane reforming hydrogen production unit operated by Air Liquide in France.
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HyBalance: towards carbon-free hydrogenIn September 2018 in Hobro, Denmark, Air Liquide inaugurated HyBalance, a pilot site for the production of carbon-free hydrogen.
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Federating energies around hydrogen
Skills are crossed, or better still, they merge. Faurecia and Siemens, among other major global players, are our technological partners. Airbus, ADP and VINCI Airports are our partners in various projects to invent the airports and aircraft of tomorrow. On the road, we operate with a number of companies such as Lotte Chemicals, First Element or via our joint venture "HysetCo" with Toyota and TotalEnergies in particular. The list is long but inspiring, and yes, that is our passion.
Hydrogen Council, at the heart of a global dynamic
Observers will note the impressive development of the Hydrogen Council: 13 industry leaders instantly joined this global initiative in 2017. It now comprises some 120 industrial groups.
Air Liquide, major partner of Energy Observer
Energy Observer and Air Liquide have been working together since the launch of an incredible odyssey, that of the Energy Observer, the first hydrogen laboratory vessel to travel the world to demonstrate the key role of hydrogen in the energy transition.
The world’s largest clean hydrogen infrastructure fund
Air Liquide, TotalEnergies, VINCI and several international companies are launching the world's largest fund dedicated to low-carbon hydrogen infrastructure.
See hydrogen differently
If you want to understand to what extent the ecological transition goes along with hydrogen, and become familiar with certain technical and scientific aspects, if you are keen on discovering the latest international innovations, or if you simply want to debate and exchange ideas, in short, if you think that hydrogen is changing the game, then cH2ange with hydrogen is for you. Discover this initiative!