Accelerating hydrogen development in the U.S.
Hydrogen mobility is growing in the U.S. To meet the increasing demand, Air Liquide opened its largest liquid hydrogen production facility in 2022, in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
The facility and the associated logistics infrastructure mark a 250 million dollar investment by the Group in the national hydrogen market. The plant has a production capacity of 30 tons of liquid hydrogen per day, which is enough to fuel up to 40,000 hydrogen vehicles. It will serve customers looking for low‑carbon solutions, notably those in the mobility market in California.
Biomethane: for a sustainable energy mix
Air Liquide is committed to the development of biomethane, a key energy source to decarbonize transport and industry and accelerate the energy transition as part of a circular economy approach.
The Group is positioned as a partner of choice for industrial players, farmers and local authorities thanks to its presence along the entire biomethane value chain: from biomass sourcing, to the production of biogas and its purification into biomethane, to final transportation to customers. With production facilities in France, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and recently Italy, the Group is expanding its business on a global scale. In the United States, Air Liquide is currently building its largest biomethane production plant to date, in Rockford, Illinois. And in China, where biomethane has major potential, the Group launched its first production plant at the end of 2022.
22 biomethane production plants worldwide with production capacity of 1.6 TWh per year, equivalent to the average gas consumption of approximately 333,000 people.
+25% increase in capacity over the past 3 years.