Revolutionizing clean transportation

Hydrogen is at the heart of the clean transport revolution for road, water and air, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, pollution in our cities, and dependency on oil-based fuels.

Answering heavy mobility challenges

Transport accounts for 25% of global emissions, 70% of which directly caused by road transport (freight and passengers). Whilst existing technologies will keep improving, the development of new solutions is unavoidable to reach the Paris agreement objectives. Hydrogen is one of the key solutions to tackle the mobility challenge, and it is particularly well suited to answer the needs of intensive mobility and heavy transport.

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Accelerating hydrogen road mobility

There are already around 50,000 fuel cell vehicles on the roads (mostly cars), representing a global demand of 100 tonnes per day.

Hydrogen: a key solution for heavy mobility

Hydrogen is well positioned as a solution to decarbonize intensive mobility (public and freight transport) because it answers unavoidable criterias for decision makers: weight, space and cost amongst others. With larger vehicles or used more intensely, hydrogen can offer the best of all worlds: a short refueling time for a long range autonomy.

Depending on its usage, the need in hydrogen depends on the vehicle type, ranging from 0.35 kg per day for a car, to 30 kg for a bus, and 70 kg for a truck.

~4,000

hydrogen buses already in operation worldwide

Bus

Buses are covering very specific routes in small areas at fixed time. Such a high predictability level makes them a prime choice for transition towards zero emission. Buses are today’s fastest growing segment in hydrogen mobility. Fuel cell buses, refueling stations and hydrogen are now available on the market.

What are the benefits of hydrogen for buses?

  • Fast refueling time: 10 min
  • Autonomy: up to 100 km range with 8 kg of hydrogen
  • Noise reduction, a major impact in dense areas
  • Avoid high capacity grid connection
  • Cold, hot, hilly environment
  • Long buses with many passengers

>50%

zero-emission trucks will run on hydrogen by 2030

Heavy-Duty

Heavy-Duty is one of the most demanding mobility segments: trucks need to be operational for long periods of time over long distances. Hydrogen is the best suited answer to decarbonize heavy-duty transport.
In 2030, the production of fuel cell vehicles could represent 2.5 million vehicles, of which 20% could be heavy-duty. But with their intensive use, these could represent nearly 60% of the mobility market’s need in hydrogen.

What are the benefits of hydrogen for heavy duty vehicles?

  • Fast refueling time: 15 min
  • Autonomy: up to 1,000 km range
  • Payload parity with dieseI
  • Exigen environment

45,000+

Hydrogen light-duty vehicles already on the road

Light-Duty fleets

Hydrogen energy is particularly well suited to light-duty captive fleets such as taxi, utility vehicles, or even forklifts. These fleets are operating in specific areas during predictable shifts, allowing for the corresponding infrastructure to be deployed where needed.

What are the benefits of hydrogen for light-duty fleets?

  • Fast refueling time: less than 5 min
  • Autonomy: up to 800 km range
  • High flexibility, high use rates operations
  • Zero emission vehicles

Fuel Cell Electric Light Duty vehicles are convenient solutions for transport operators looking for long range and easy refueling operations. Light-duty vehicles and related infrastructures are already being deployed in Europe, Asia and North America with over 45,000 already on the road.

Decarbonizing aviation, from the ground to the air

2035

first commercial hydrogen aircraft

The aviation industry has committed to being net zero by 2050. Its climate impact goes far beyond CO2 emissions (NOx). For aircraft as well as for airports, liquid hydrogen can best answer the challenge of decarbonizing aviation. As the first hydrogen-powered commercial aircraft are expected by 2035, airports need to adapt their infrastructures as of today.

Hydrogen can be used for many applications in and around the airport. It will be used for propulsion - either by direct combustion or by powering a fuel cell. Hydrogen can also serve other ground mobility usages, notably heavy duty mobility or light ground support equipment.

What are the benefits of hydrogen for the aviation?

  • The cheapest decarbonised aviation fueI
  • The only low-carbon alternative to kerosene with synfuels (CO2 + NOx)
  • High energy density

  • A technology partnership for zero-emission heavy-duty mobility

    Air Liquide and Faurecia signed a joint development agreement to design and produce on-board liquid hydrogen storage systems for the automotive industry. Through this technology partnership, the two companies will accelerate the deployment of zero-emission heavy-duty mobility.

  • HyTrucks, a consortium to foster Hydrogen-powered trucks and infrastructure

    Air Liquide and the Port of Rotterdam Authority join forces to enable 1,000 hydrogen-powered zero-emission trucks on the roads connecting the Netherlands, Belgium, and western Germany by 2025.

  • Air Liquide and Groupe ADP first joint venture to develop hydrogen infrastructure at airports

    With this ambition of creating the first engineering joint venture dedicated to accompanying airports in their project to integrate hydrogen in their infrastructure, Air Liquide and Groupe ADP are strengthening their collaboration.

  • Future Proof Shipping, the first hydrogen inland vessel in Netherlands

    Air Liquide and FPS have signed a long-term contract for the supply of carbon-free hydrogen to FPS inland barge, the Maas, which transports containers between the Netherlands and Belgium.

Creating sustainable pathways to a zero-carbon maritime industry

120K

ships worldwide in commercial fleet today

The maritime transport sector accounts for 3% of CO2 emissions per year on a global scale.

Hydrogen's very high energy density allows a zero-emission maritime transportation, while having minimal impact on cargo space.

If as of now, almost the entire fleet uses diesel engines, new and greener propulsion systems are an increasingly important subject for the sector. Hydrogen is expected to play a key role.

We offer new avenues for zero-emission mobility in the maritime transport sector while bringing public awareness and technological innovation for waterborne transportation.

What are the benefits of hydrogen for the maritime industry?

  • Zero-emission
  • Higher operational range vs batteries
  • Suited for the average power requirements

Hydrogen from production to distribution

Air Liquide is present at every step of the hydrogen value chain
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Hydrogen for the Industry

A major lever for the decarbonization of industry
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