Air Liquide Installs the First Hydrogen Charging Station in Downtown Paris
02 December 2015 - 3:35AM
Business Wire
Regulatory News:
On the occasion of COP21, Air Liquide (Paris:AI) is
installing the first hydrogen charging station in Paris, in
partnership with the Paris-based electric taxi start-up STEP
(Société du Taxi Electrique Parisien), and the support of the Paris
City Council. The station will be located in the heart of Paris, at
Cours Albert Ier, in the Pont de l’Alma public
parking lot. It will enable the deployment of “hype”, the first
fleet of hydrogen-powered electric taxis serving the Greater Paris
Area.
First hydrogen charging station located inside the city limits
of Paris, it will serve the first hydrogen-powered electric
taxis of the “hype” fleet, starting in the coming days and for
several months following COP21. This hydrogen-powered vehicle
fleet, initially composed of five Hyundai ix35 cars, should count
around 70 vehicles within a year and several hundred within
five years.
In the course of 2016, a permanent network of hydrogen
charging stations, designed in particular to meet the needs of
this taxi fleet, will gradually be installed in the Greater
Paris Area.
The Paris station, like all the stations designed and installed
by Air Liquide, is able to recharge hydrogen-powered electric
vehicles in less than five minutes for an extended range of
up to around 500 kilometers.
Hydrogen offers a number of advantages for clean transport. Used
in a fuel cell, it combines with the oxygen in the air to produce
electricity without generating any byproduct other than water, and
also offers a considerably extended range capacity.
Air Liquide masters the entire hydrogen supply
chain, from production to storage and from distribution to the
development of applications for end users. The Group is actively
participating in promoting the widespread use of hydrogen as a
clean energy, especially for the transportation sector. To date,
75 hydrogen charging stations have already been designed and
installed by Air Liquide worldwide, five of them in France.
The first hydrogen charging station for a local authority in France
was inaugurated in January 2015 in Saint-Lô (Normandy), for the
General Council of the Manche department.
François Darchis, member of the Air Liquide Executive
Committee supervising Innovation, stated: “I am delighted about
this partnership with the start-up STEP. This first station will
allow us to promote the benefits of hydrogen as a clean energy for
vehicles with consumers. Hydrogen offers a concrete solution to the
challenges posed by the issue of sustainable mobility, reducing
greenhouse gas emissions as well as local pollution in urban areas.
This project further illustrates Air Liquide’s commitment to the
deployment of hydrogen technologies that support both sustainable
mobility and environmental protection.”
Hydrogen, a clean energyUsed
in a fuel cell, hydrogen combines with oxygen from the air to
produce electricity while releasing only water. Hydrogen can be
produced from diverse sources of energy, including natural gas, but
also from many renewable energy sources. This makes hydrogen one of
the solutions for the supply of clean energy, while its storage
capacity offers a guarantee of supply safety.
Blue HydrogenIs an Air
Liquide program whose goal is to gradually decarbonize its
production of hydrogen dedicated to energy applications. In
practical terms, Air Liquide has made a commitment to produce at
least 50% of the hydrogen necessary for these applications through
carbon-free processes by 2020 by combining:
• the use of renewable energies, water electrolysis, and biogas
reforming,
• the use of technologies for the capture and upgrading of
carbon emitted during the process of producing hydrogen from
natural gas.
Even when it is produced from natural gas, hydrogen is a
virtuous energy: for equal distance traveled, hydrogen cars allow
to reduce GHG emissions by 20% compared with internal combustion
vehicles and don’t produce any fine particles.
World leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry
and Health, Air Liquide is present in 80 countries with more than
50,000 employees and serves more than 2 million customers and
patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen have been at the core of
the company’s activities since its creation in 1902. Air Liquide’s
ambition is to be the leader in its industry, delivering long-term
performance and acting responsibly.
Air Liquide ideas create value over the long term. At the core
of the company’s development are the commitment and constant
inventiveness of its people.
Air Liquide anticipates the challenges of its markets, invests
locally and globally, and delivers high-quality solutions to its
customers and patients, and the scientific community.
The company relies on competitiveness in its operations,
targeted investments in growing markets and innovation to deliver
profitable growth over the long-term.
Air Liquide’s revenues amounted to € 15.4 billion in 2014, and
its solutions that protect life and the environment represented
more than 40% of sales. Air Liquide is listed on the Paris Euronext
stock exchange (compartment A) and is a member of the CAC 40
and Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 indexes.
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