Air Liquide, Airbus and Groupe ADP have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to prepare for the arrival of hydrogen in airports by 2035 as part of the development of hydrogen-powered commercial aircraft. The partners will leverage their respective expertise to support the decarbonization of the aviation industry and to define the concrete needs and […]
Hydrogen-Powered Trains Have Arrived
For all the buzz about hydrogen trucks and planes, railways provide the most immediate test case for the rollout of a clean-energy technology that has electrified policy makers and markets alike. Investors got very excited about the potential of hydrogen as a sustainable fuel last year, but have taken a breather in recent months—as they […]
Air Liquide Partners With Rothschild & Co and The Solar Impulse Foundation to Accelerate The Development of Cleantech Solutions
Air Liquide partners with Rothschild & Co and the Solar Impulse Foundation (“SIF”) to launch a 200 million euro growth, buyout & late stage venture investment fund. This vehicle’s strategy will be to scale up companies that develop environment-friendly solutions. Early this year, the Solar Impulse Foundation announced that it had identified more than 1,000 […]
Air Liquide Successfully Launches its First Green Bond Issue by Raising 500 Million Euros
Main characteristics are as follows: Amount: €500 million Issuer: Air Liquide Finance, guaranteed by L’Air Liquide SA Settlement: May 27, 2021 Maturity: May 27, 2031 (10 years) Format: Fixed rate, repayment at maturity Coupon: 0.375% p.a. Air Liquide has successfully launched its first green bond issue, by raising 500 million euros which will be dedicated […]
Sasol and Air Liquide to launch the Renewable Energy procurement programme for its South African Operations
Sasol and Air Liquide are inviting bidders to participate in a Request for Proposal (RFP) process for the supply of renewable energy to Sasol’s South African operations. An international integrated chemicals and energy company, Sasol’s core business is leveraging technologies and the expertise of its people to build and operate world-scale facilities to produce a […]
Air Liquide signs its first Power Purchase Agreement for renewable electricity in the Netherlands
Air Liquide has signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Vattenfall, one of Europe’s largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat, to purchase a total of 25 megawatts of offshore wind capacity in the Netherlands. Following PPA agreements in the United States and Spain, this is the first PPA signed by the Group […]
Itochu, Air Liquide eye hydrogen supply chain in Japan
Japanese trading house Itochu and its energy trading subsidiary Itochu Enex have agreed with French industrial gas supplier Air Liquide to develop a hydrogen supply chain near major Japanese cities and tap potential growth in demand to supply fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). The three firms are planning to jointly discuss the possibility of a […]
Itochu, Air Liquide eye world’s largest scale hydrogen plant in Chubu, Japan
Tokyo Japan’s Itochu said Feb. 26 it was considering building the world’s largest scale liquefied hydrogen plant in Chubu in the central Japan from options including LNG at the earliest possible date with Air Liquide Japan and Itochu Enex under a strategic collaboration to develop hydrogen supply chain. The move follows signing of a memorandum […]
Air Liquide and Siemens Energy to develop a large scale electrolyzer partnership for sustainable hydrogen production
Both companies to initiate a European ecosystem for electrolysis and hydrogen technology Franco-German cooperation supported by French and German Governments Large hydrogen projects identified to lay the ground for industrial scale electrolyzer systems, one of these opportunities is the Air Liquide-H2V Normandy project in France with a capacity of 200MW Joint application for funding of […]
Air Liquide signs long-term supply agreement for BASF’s new state of the art battery material plant in Germany
Air Liquide and BASF have signed a new long-term contract for the supply of oxygen and nitrogen to one of BASF’s largest and most innovative European sites, located in Schwarzheide, Germany. Air Liquide will invest around 40 million euros in the construction of a state-of-the-art Air Separation Unit (ASU) at this flagship site for the […]
