Air Liquide to Invest in Hydrogen Supply Chain to Support the Acceleration of Low-carbon Mobility along the Seine Axis (France)

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Pursuing the development of its low-carbon hydrogen ecosystem in the Normandy industrial basin, Air Liquide (Paris) will invest 50 million euros in a new hydrogen packaging and delivery supply chain to refueling stations along the Seine Axis, to support the acceleration of low-carbon mobility.The new packaging site will be supplied with renewable hydrogen from the Air Liquide Normand’Hy electrolyzer with a capacity of 200 MW currently under construction. This investment will contribute to the decarbonization of industry and mobility in the Normandy and Ile-de-France regions.

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The establishment of this supply chain will support the growing number of hydrogen vehicles along the Seine Axis, from Le Havre to the Ile-de-France.

This includes hydrogen taxis, which are expected to triple in number between 2023 and the end of 2024, corporate fleets of light utility vehicles, and heavy mobility with hydrogen buses and trucks. Leveraging long-term partnerships, including a contract to supply renewable hydrogen to HysetCo’s fleet of vehicles, Air Liquide will dedicate around a quarter of the production capacity of its Air Liquide Normand’Hy electrolyzer to supplying renewable hydrogen for decarbonized transportation. This is equivalent to the consumption of 500 hydrogen trucks or 10,000 light vehicles.

As previously announced, the other three-quarters of Air Liquide Normand’Hy’s production capacity is intended to supply renewable and low-carbon hydrogen to customers in the Normandy industrial basin, including the TotalEnergies refinery in Gonfreville.

Air Liquide's hydrogen network in Normandy already includes two hydrogen production units: one located at the TotalEnergies refinery in Gonfreville and another at Port-Jérôme, where the Group installed its CO2 capture solution Cryocap™ in 2015.

"Leveraging the capacities of the future Air Liquide Normand’Hy electrolyzer, this investment in the renewable hydrogen supply chain constitutes a concrete and decisive step forward in favor of low-carbon transportation around the Seine Axis," said Emilie Mouren-Renouard, member of Air Liquide’s Executive Committee, supervising the Group’s operations in Europe. "It reinforces Air Liquide's positioning across the entire renewable and low-carbon hydrogen value chain, a key component of the energy transition, from production to packaging and transportation to delivery points. With this new project, the Group confirms its commitment to fostering ecosystems that contribute to the transition towards a low-carbon society."

About Air Liquide

Air Liquide is a world leader in gases, technologies, and services for industry and healthcare. Present in 60 countries with 66,300 employees, the Group serves more than 4 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 Group’s activities since its creation in 1902.

With its ADVANCE strategic plan for 2025, Air Liquide combines financial and extra-financial performance, developing solutions for the energy transition—particularly with hydrogen—and making strides in healthcare, digital, and high technologies.Air Liquide’s revenue amounted to more than 27.5 billion euros in 2023. Air Liquide is listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange (compartment A) and belongs to the CAC 40, CAC 40 ESG, EURO STOXX 50, FTSE4Good, and DJSI Europe indexes.