Air Liquide to Build in the USA its Largest Biomethane Production Unit in the World
04 February 2022 - 03:45AM
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Air Liquide (Paris:AI) continues its development of
biomethane activities with the construction in the USA of its
largest biomethane production unit in the world. This will bring
the worldwide biomethane production capacity of the Group to 1.8
TWh. The new production unit in the State of Illinois will allow
Air Liquide to keep providing low-carbon solutions to its customers
in the industrial and transportation sectors and to accompany them
in the reduction of their emissions.
Located in Rockford, Illinois, the new production unit will
produce biomethane from biogas from a solid waste treatment plant,
owned and operated by Waste Connections Inc. It will have a
production capacity of 380 GWh per year, which represents the
largest production capacity per plant for the Group. It will be
operational by the end of 2023. Another biomethane production unit
from another landfill is also being built in Delavan, Wisconsin,
and will be operational at the beginning of Q2 2022. Thanks to
these two new units, Air Liquide is becoming a significant
biomethane production player in the U.S. to accompany its customers
from the industrial and transportation sectors in the USA and in
Canada.
Air Liquide has developed competencies throughout the whole
biomethane value chain, from biogas production from waste, to its
purification into biomethane, liquefaction, storage, and
transportation to distribution. For these two projects, Air Liquide
will use, in addition to its own membrane technology, a
complementary technology developed by Waga Energy, a company
specialized in the valorization of biogas from landfill sites,
founded in 2015 and supported by ALIAD, the Group’s capital venture
fund.
Globally, Air Liquide now has 21 biomethane operational
production units in the world for a yearly production capacity of
about 1.4 TWh. After the commissioning of the two new Rockford and
Delavan plants, the Group’s biomethane production capacity will
reach 1.8 TWh per year.
Émilie Mouren-Renouard, Member of the Air Liquide
Executive Committee, in charge of Innovation, Digital and IT,
Intellectual Property and Global Markets & Technologies World
Business Unit, said: “ Biomethane, like hydrogen and CO2
capture technologies, has a prominent place in the portfolio of
solutions developed by Air Liquide to fight global warming and
preserve the environment. The announcement of the construction of
our largest biomethane production unit in the world illustrates Air
Liquide’s determination to accompany its customers in the
industrial and transportation sectors throughout the energy
transition, but also to actively contribute to the emergence of a
low-carbon society. ”
A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry
and Health, Air Liquide is present in 78 countries with
approximately 64,500 employees and serves more than 3.8 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 -
with a strong commitment to climate change and energy transition at
the heart of its strategy. 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 more than 20 billion euros in
2020. 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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